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The start/finish line at night…



…have to confess I’m not much of a fan of the start line area during the day, as it tends to be absolutely rammed. At night it empties out though, so you can sit down and watch the cars coming over the line and in the pits. Without the background noise of the big crowd the sound of the cars echoing off the buildings here is awesome.







Ferrari 458 sporting official Ferrari duct tape modification:







Have to confess that I am a massive fan of the look of both the LMP1 and LMP2 cars. Not sure why I prefer the look of closed wheel racing cars, but I find these far more interesting to look at than modern F1 cars.















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And that’s pretty much the lot! Absolutely fantastic 24 hours of racing and a brilliant weekend. If you are a fan of motorsport in the slightest, I cannot recommend it enough!

There was only one negative of the whole thing – and this is a bit of a downer to finish on - which came from an early race incident. The number 95 Aston crashed on the third lap exiting Tertre Rouge, sadly the driver died shortly afterwards.



RIP Allan Simonsen.