[LM24] 24 Hours of Le Mans : The schedule

[rdjones]

Just got an e-mail from the ACO with the offical schedule for this years race and it looks like this :-

24 Hours of Le Mans : The schedule

24H du Mans 2002 / The Race
Tuesday, May 21th, 2002 11:32
The previsional schedule of the 70th 24 Hours of Le Mans
Monday, June 10
2.30am to 6.00pm : Administrative checking and scrutineering (Quinconce des Jacobins)

Tuesday, June 11
8.30am to 5.00pm : Administrative checking and scrutineering (Quinconce des Jacobins)

Wednesday, June 12
10.00am : Team managers briefing
01.00pm : Traffic interruption - Beginning of track preparation
02.00pm to 05.00pm : Pit Walk
04.45pm : Briefing of chief post marshals
05.00pm : Drivers briefing
05.40pm : Pre-grid "Formule France Euroserie"
06.00pm to 06.30pm : Free practice "Formule France Euroserie"
07.00pm to 09.00pm : 1st qualifying practice sessions "24 Heures du Mans"
10.00pm to 12.00pm : 1st qualifying practice sessions "24 Heures du Mans"

Thursday, June 13
01.00pm : Traffic interruption - Beginning of track preparation
02.00pm to 05.00pm : Pit Walk
04.45pm : Briefing of chief post marshals
05.40pm : Pre-grid "Formule France Euroserie"
07.00pm to 09.00pm : 2nd qualifying practice sessions "24 Heures du Mans"
10.00pm to 12.00pm : 2nd qualifying practice sessions "24 Heures du Mans"

Friday, June 14
10.00am to 08H00pm : Pit Walk
11.00am : ACO press conference - Handing over of trophies "Spirit of Le Mans"
06.00pm to 07.00pm : Driver's parade (city centre)

Saturday, June 15
06.00am : Traffic interruption - Beginning of track preparation
06.30am : Setting up of safety facilities
07.30am : Deadline for access to the track for safety facilities - Briefing of chief post marshals - Briefing of pit marshals
08.30am : Track opening
09.00am to 09.45 : Warm-Up "24 Heures du Mans"
09.40am : Pre-grid "Formule France Euroserie"
10.00am : Start "Formule France Euroserie"
10.45am : Finish & podium "Formule France Euroserie"
11.15am to 12.15am : V.I.P. Laps - Pit Walk
12.15am to 12.25am : Ear of corn positionning Motoring Cavalcades
12.25pm to 12.45pm : Motoring Cavalcades (3 laps)
12.45pm to 01.30pm : Ear of corn positionning "24 Heures du Mans"
01.30pm to 02.45pm : Driver's presentation
03.00pm to 03.10pm : Broadcasting of drivers and competitor's anthems - Official cars'track laps (3)
03.10pm to 03.15pm : Official homaage - Return of trophy "24 Heures du Mans"
03.22pm : Beginning of starting procedure "24 Heures du Mans"
04.00pm : Start of the 70th race of the "24 Heures du Mans"

Sunday, June 16
04.00pm : Arrival of the 70th race of the "24 Heures du Mans" - Awards on the podium

Does anyone know what Formule France Euroserie is ?

[FG1]

And what is

Ear of corn

FG

[Adam43]

It is, presumably, a description of how the cars line up when the first get wheeled onto the start finish straight - arranged like the traditional Le Mans start!

I don't know what Formule France Euroserie is? But does anyone else remember the Diablo race a few years ago! Madness!

[Fab]

Originally posted by FG1
And what is "ear of corn"

Francis, I know you speak a remarquable fluent french, so the translation is "mise en épi", the word épi means the shape of the corn on the growing plant...

Fab

[Fab]

Originally posted by AdamAshmore
It is, presumably, a description of how the cars line up when the first get wheeled onto the start finish straight - arranged like the traditional Le Mans start!

I don't know what Formule France Euroserie is? But does anyone else remember the Diablo race a few years ago! Madness!

1 - Adam, you're right !

2 - Formule France Euroseries seem to be cars with motorcyle engines (if it's what we saw at PQ)... no interrest for me, I won't be there these year and will arrive with my already tired newbies for the Motoring Cavalcades : really a shame for ACO ! Or do I make a mistake :confused: ?

[Aysedasi]

Originally posted by Fab

Formule France Euroseries seem to be cars with motorcyle engines

Oh wow.


I shan't be rushing to see that then.

[Fab]

Originally posted by Aysedasi
I shan't be rushing to see that then.

I'm sorry to be quite affirmative on the point that the cars don't look "racey" at all... kind of toys... widely deceptive, for what I saw at PQ... but it could be better to have some other fans opinion... Oh, I see : they were at Sebring Bar ! I was at Arnage, waiting for the second part of PQ... what a relief when I heard the first one... a Dallara or an Audi ? Maybe a Porsche (funny, in the silence, you can hear it from far away, Mulsanne, maybe more !)...

[FG1]

Originally posted by AdamAshmore
It is, presumably, a description of how the cars line up when the first get wheeled onto the start finish straight - arranged like the traditional Le Mans start!

Yep, penny's dropped!

FG

[AllonFS]

Originally posted by AdamAshmore
But does anyone else remember the Diablo race a few years ago! Madness!

Didn't see them, but the Renault Clio V6s in 1999 were quite a hoot. I just knew they would spin and so watched it from the Ford chicane where they were all over the track!

This year's effort seems particularly poor though, especially after last year's race with Moss etc. You would have thought they would put something similar on this year to whet people's appetite for the Classic in September.

[rdjones]

On the 1993 review video, they showed, some highlights from the Ventri race, well it looked quite interesting....