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I'm all booked up for the 1st Tickets private site on Bleu Nord again. Not sure on cars yet but possibly my RS6, C7 Biturbo and my mates 2014 911 (Beetle) Turbo.

Who else is booked up and ready to roll.........................

Yep, I'm in. Team Langoustine this year. As for transport, no idea, S4 power likely. Still it'll be the fastest car in town.

S4?

Doubt the rs6 will have landed, it's tight.

Or not, as the case now is.

Is this the last year Audi are running in the event?

They always do this on the weekend my company has an event. Can't those bloody frenchies work around me as I'm itching to get back to Lemans

Graeme4130 wrote:They always do this on the weekend my company has an event. Can't those bloody frenchies work around me as I'm itching to get back to Lemans

Shoddy. Can you feel a cough coming on, around mid June.

doodlebug wrote:

Graeme4130 wrote:They always do this on the weekend my company has an event. Can't those bloody frenchies work around me as I'm itching to get back to Lemans

Shoddy. Can you feel a cough coming on, around mid June.

Unfortunately, it's my company, so no one to phone in sick to but myself
The weekend's defined by a whole load of other uncontrollables, so it's the same every year
It's the frenchies that should change

Corporate jolly to Le Mans it is then, you're paying!

Noyjatat wrote:Is this the last year Audi are running in the event?

Not as far as I'm aware, AutoExpress published some BS that Audi were going to F1 in 2016, which Audi denied stating F1 is bollocks (not in those words) and they're committed to the WEC.

I'm going to get Masion Blanche this year, and be there for all of mad Friday.

Will be brilliant in 2015, with Nissan bringing something massivley different to what Audi/Porsche/Toyota are doing, and will Audi be able to adapt the car to offset the fuel handicap they've currently got? They've not been very competitive in the WEC series.

Mr V10 wrote: which Audi denied stating F1 is bollocks (not in those words) and they're committed to the WEC.

They should use that in a press release - refreshingly telling the truth

Although not sure how big their budget is for lemans and whether it directly translates into sales, and whether that'd be comparable to a competitive F1 team budget

I've read their Le Mans budget is $232 million and they have no intention of recouping any of that money directly through the race. What's an F1 team cost? I've not watched a single F1 race in my entire life.

Mr V10 wrote:I've read their Le Mans budget is $232 million and they have no intention of recouping any of that money directly through the race. What's an F1 team cost? I've not watched a single F1 race in my entire life.

I've slept through a few in my time
I remember reading that Redbulls rather extravagant budget was circa £300m/yr

Article on the BBC, look at Mercs' numbers.....