2020 Dates

Guide to the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2020 race
The 88th 24 Hours of Le Mans WEC will be held on 13-14 June 2020 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France.

IMPORTANT DATES

31st May 2020 Test Day

Sunday 7th June 
Most camp sites open, private sites are normally later in the week.

Sun 7th June
14.30 to 19.00 ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKING & SCRUTINEERING
in the Town Centre, Place de la Republique


Mon 8th June
10.00 to 18.00 ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKING & SCRUTINEERING
in the Town Centre,  Place de la Republique

These are great days to get close to the cars and drivers, ACO members get a bit more access and the tour of the scrutineering area is worth doing.

Mon 8th June
18.00 to 18.30 THE WINNERS’ HANDPRINTS in the Town Centre, St Nicolas Square info

Tuesday 9th June 
10.30 to 10.45 Official photo of the cars on the start line straight.
17.00 to 18.30 Driver’s autograph session, in the pit lane.

Wednesday 10th June 
10.00 to 15.00 Pit Walk, you will need the correct pass for this!
15.30 to 20.00 Le Mans 24, Hours Free Practice
20.30 to 21.30 Road to Le Mans, Free Practice 1
22.00 to 23.00 Le Mans 24 Hours, Free Practice
23.15 to 00.00 Le Mans 24 Hours, Qualifying
Please note new qualifying rules and times this year!

Thursday 11th June 
On Track
8.30 to 9.30 Road to Le Mans, Free Practice 2
10.00 to 10.45 Porsche Carrera Cup, Free Practice 1
11.25 to 12.10  Porsche Carrera Cup, Free Practice 2
13.00 to 13.20 Road to Le Mans, Qualifying 1
13.35 to 13.55 Road to Le Mans, Qualifying 2
14.40 to 15.40 Porsche Carrera Cup, Qualifying
17.00 to 19.00 Le Mans 24 Hours, Free Practice
19.30 to 20.30 Road to Le Mans, Race 1
21.00 to 21.30 Le Mans 24 Hours, HYPERPOLE!
22.00 to 00.00 Le Mans 24 Hours, Free Practice

Off Track
More info on the Beermountain AGM to follow!!

Fri 12th June
Off Track
Visit to the WW2 crash memorial, more to  follow






Fri 12th June Classic British Welcome at St Saturnin  www.classicbw.org/ 


Friday 12th June
10.00 to 20.00 Public pit walk
8.00 to 16.00  “Virage de Mulsanne” Classic Cars and other interesting cars and bikes with music and food on the circuit from Mulsanne corner up the Indianapolis straight.

17.00 to 18.30 Drivers parade in Le Mans City

Lots more happens around Le Mans and the circuit on Friday, keep an eye out for more info!


Saturday 13th June 
On Track RACE DAY!

9.00 to 9.45 Le Mans 24 Hours, Warm up
10.15 to 11.00 Porsche Carrera Cup, RACE
11.40 to 12.45 Road to Le Mans, Race 2
16.00 Start of the 88th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours
Please note the new start time

Sunday 14th June
Race day, 16:00 End of the 88th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours
Again, please note new finish time, this may affect your journey home if you leave after the race!

Please let me know of any other important dates, I will keep this post updated.

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2020 AGM

We are in the very early stages of planning the 2020 AGM.

Info from the AGM  2019 (more to come):

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Your Le Mans

We would love to hear about your experiences at Le Mans, good, bad or funny.

Tell us about camping calamities, weather worries, socks, star sightings, driver discoveries, map mayhem etc.

please email them to me, Bingo at
reviews@beermountain.com 

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Team Langoustine to run the Thomas Cook camping!

In good news, Team Langoustine will be taking over the Thomas Cook Private camping from 2020!
We have spoken to the guys at Team Langoustine and it all sounds very exciting.

They will be publishing prices and more information soon.

https://teamlangoustine.com

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2019-2020 WEC Calendar.

The calendar sees the return of races in Bahrain and Brazil, with the Middle Eastern event moving from six to eight hours in length.   In total there are two 4-hour races (Silverstone and Shanghai), three 6-Hour races (Fuji, Sao Paulo and Spa-Francorchamps, two 8-hour races (Bahrain and Sebring*) and the biggest race in the world, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, concludes the 8th season of the FIA WEC since it began in 2012. 

https://www.fia.com/news/wec-20192020-fia-wec-calendar-approved

2019-2020 FIA World Endurance Championship Calendar

Rd 1       01 September 2019        4 Hours of Silverstone                   GBR

Rd 2       06 October 2019              6 Hours of Fuji                              JPN

Rd 3       10 November 2019         4 Hours of Shanghai                      CHN

Rd 4       14 December 2019         8 Hours of Bahrain                         BHN

Rd 5       01 February 2020            6 Hours of São Paulo                    BRA

Rd 6       March 2020                      1000 Miles of Sebring (8 hours)   USA (TBC)

Rd 7       02 May 2020                     6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps   BEL

Rd 8       13-14 June 2020              24 Hours of Le Mans                    FRA

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Mission Motorsport

The monies raised at the AGM this year have again one to Mission Motorsport.
£2432 was raised this year with over £17,000 given over the years.
See more on the Mission Motorsport website.
www.missionmotorsport.org

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Team News

Teams are an important part of the Le Mans experience.  Many of us travel and camp with our 'team' and many Beermountaineers are part of their own 'team'. The best dressed team award at the AMM is always a fantastic spectacle.

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Everything you need to know about your campsite..

Our campsite pages include reviews, maps and resources to make sure you can find out all you need to know about your base.

We also provide every campsite with a rating based upon a number of criteria. Our new summary page shows our rating for each site.. but this is of course only our opinion! These range from one "bottle" to five "bottles". However some sites provide a very specific role that is likely to suit some and not others, making the rating tricky. For example you would probably not want to stay on PZ54 if you did not have a motorhome, and you would be unlikely to enjoy Mulsanne if you like being around the pits for the weekend.

To help with this our members have been helping by adding their reviews of recent experiences. Can you help us? We just need you to have a look at the campsite page for where you stayed last year and let us know if you think our review is accurate. You can find our new campsite landing page here.

Once you have had a look we would really appreciate it if you could give us your feedback and a few words on your own experience. We believe that through more member reviews we can reduce any subjectivity and provide a broad, impartial and informed view of every campsite at Le Mans.

We hope your plans are going well for this year's race and that you like our new look website.

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