1. Sedicivalvole
2. MCMike
3. Coupedummy and lady.. Fiat cinquecento
4. Cc+lady and jake
Anymore for anymore?

Booked, yes you hear I have booked a hotel! Not a bloody clue what car were doing it in

Quick update as we're less then a week away, evenings events are karting on the Thursday night at the karting Le Mans circuit, BBQ Friday night and dinner with band on Saturday night at the Brit hotel.

Hope it goes well Joe and the trip over is without delays.
Remember to check your boot for additional passengers on the way back!

Thanks Mark

I am a little concerned with our outward journey as there are lots of delays on the roads and sailing times but we'll just have to go with the flow.

We're leaving for Le Mans

Good luck with the travelling!

Are you there yet?

Jake and I are now settled in the Ashford travel lodge for tonight, one hour delays for tomorrows boat and then 300 miles to Le Mans.

Multipla has coped well with the track car, trailer and spares, 60mph returns 35mpg so not bad as it's the 110 model, hills need to be planned so when idiots pull in front and then slow down they're encouraged to move faster with some subtle hand gestures, meh.

Frankie and Benny's for dinner

Just arrived in Dover!

Keep up the travel reports!

Everyone has made it to Le Mans ok.
5 coupes and a multipla in total.

Crazy cars the car park.
2 Porsche 918's
1 Ferrari f12
2 meclaren c12's
Various other porsche's
Gtr's
Lamborghini huracan

Must be 3 million plus in cars and more turning up today

Hi,

spend the day yesterday at the Open Pit Lane Le Mans and i can tell you that it was a very good day out.
Spoke to a few FCCUK members , but didn't go on the track:felt my car and myself were not ready.
The circuit is very close from the town.
The ambiance there , was quite relax and unstressful , you seems to be able to go on track whenever you want for as long as you want.The paddocks seems to be safe.

The weather was perfect: sunny ,not to hot.About the cars there:mainly Porches 911,few Ferraris512&358 and Lambos ,1clio,MeganeRS,GTRs.The fastest there was the 918 , more impressive than Lambos and Ferraris,all these cars weren't there for the show.
The Coupes were not out of place even if not the fastest,have to say Joe's had some piping problems.

Sounds like a good time had by all... waiting for the pictures!

Great weekend in all at Le Mans.
I had a boost spike issue with the track car (2.7) which caused some problems with the rubber join off the turbo to the solid induction, it wasn't holding even at 0.8 and I had to be towed back in three times as it just wouldn't hold the pressure, third time back the Marshalls said the car had to stay in the pits so Rocket Ronnie never actually saw a full lap unfortunately

Other Coupé owners had great sessions on both days and I was lucky enough to be able to drive Sue's LE 221 so the whole weekends track time wasn't a total waste, her car is very much set up for these circuits so I was happy hooning around in comfort, and with A/C

There were lots of nice cars here this year, the car park was probably double the value of 2013.

In all a great trip, great company, good food and accommodation, very long but successful with us all returning home safely and with working cars

Here's to the next one

As above, a really great weekend, relaxed, well organised, delta racing seemed to have there heads screwed on as were just as happy to please coupe owners as 1+ million pound cars.
I must go and sleep now!

Im sooo hanging.. at work atm. Lots of pictures and videos. Lots of laughs,food,alcohol and of course cars.

Fab weekend..roll on the next one.

[quote=Countrycruising]Great weekend in all at Le Mans.
I had a boost spike issue with the track car (2.7) which caused some problems with the rubber join off the turbo to the solid induction, it wasn't holding even at 0.8 and I had to be towed back in three times as it just wouldn't hold the pressure, third time back the Marshalls said the car had to stay in the pits so Rocket Ronnie never actually saw a full lap unfortunately







That's very disappointing for you Joe.

Looking forward to the pics
Sounds like you had fun.
Glad everyone made it there and back in one piece.

A quick video of some of the cars on track with us...
http://youtu.be/5cNS4D4X5QY

I'm going to ask the obvious question Reubs.

Why so many Jersey registered cars?

The event was put together by a group of people in Jersey. They wanted track time but the only way they could be taken seriously at the larger tracks was to set up a company. So they did.
There were some UK people there but it was mostly Jersey registered vehicals.

Thanks Sam.

Some pictures. Need to go through 300.. but heres a few

Very good. Keep them coming

My word, that's a miserable herd of spectators in the last photo

One or two of us may have been a little hungover....

Having had time to recover and download the event here's a more detailed post on the Delta weekend.

Travel to Dover was pretty easy tbh even with operation stack running on the M20. Journey with trailer to Ashford Travel lodge was fine, left work at 5.30pm and arrived just before 10pm so still plenty of time in hand for dinner and a beer.

Thursday morning traffic was slow but flowing to the A2, ferry updates said all were running on time but by the time we got there we were all bumped to the 10.45am, we had all day to travel so we weren't too bothered. P&O ferry was rammed, Sam and Em very nearly didn't make it on being at the back of the que but his Mito just squeezed in the rear so full house and off we sailed.

Journey down to Le Mans was shall we say slow at 55-60mph, Sam and Reuben kept in convoy, bless, and we trudged along with ease until I lost a wheel weight in Rouen after hitting a pot hole, this gave me wheel wobble at 55mph so it was either sit at 50 or 65 which is kinda hard to do with a trailer and their big hills so the last 70 odd miles were the hardest as it just seemed to draggggggggggggg.........

Arrived at the Brit hotel, dump bags and off to the bar for a large cold beer steak house dinner and bed

Friday was a prep day for us at the circuit to unload the trailer, check my car and generally chill. Delta were on circuit at Maison Blanche so Jake and I popped down to watch them after lunch and we grabbed a few laps in Sue's which was fun. Maison Blanche is a very fast technical circuit but her Coupés set up is perfect for this so much fun was had to the point were I nearly lost it at 100+mph so I brought it back in after a cool down lap as I getting quick and didn't want to bin it

Friday night............... I blame Nick and Mike!

Saturday slow start but I made it to the 8.45am briefing, just, Nick and Mike didn't

My track time was cut short, read above

Generally though the day was ace, blue skies, 35 degree and some seriously fast vehicles out on track. The 918 Porsche is in a whole league of it's own, 1000FtLbs of torque that made the Hurricane look like it was going backwards, just a shame the interior is so dull for a £700k car.

Evening meal in Le Mans opposite the Cathedral, 3 course meal with drinks for 35 Euros each and an added bonus of a light show projected onto the Cathedral known as the Nuit des Chimères.

Sunday we steamed back in no time at all, front wheels were rebalanced Friday so that issue was resolved and I repacked the trailer differently which made towing far easier, 21.45pm ferry and home for bed by 04.00am after dropping the trailer off at work.

This is the second weekend we've attended Le Mans with Delta racing and it was just as enjoyable as our first back in 2013. Costs weren't bad at all at £250.00 for the whole day on circuit, that's 8 hours driving on such an iconic circuit which is worth every penny in comparison to what we have here in the UK and those costs.
The format was changed this year unbeknown to me that Delta were offering half day sessions at £100.00 for either am or pm so next year I'll be doing the afternoons on both circuits so it's not such a rush in the morning, I like that extra cup of coffee in the morning.

Costs break down:

Travel lodge £67.00
Ferry with trailer £265.00
Toll roads £60.00
Track time £250.00
Brit hotel for 3 nights £180.00
Meals for 2x roughly £250.00
Track fuel £48.00 (60 litres of E85)
Multipla fuel £160.00 (2.5 x tanks diesel)

If you like track time, road tripping, great scenery, good food, beer and a laugh keep this in mind for next year as it's definitely worth the effort and journey

It's a fair whack for a long weekend but it sounds like much fun. The Norway trip was about twice that, all up... but that was for a fortnight

Next year I think I'll take the Portsmouth/La Harve ferry route as it's a hard 5hr slog with the trailer from Calais and hills need to be planned for otherwise it's 3rd gear before the top.