24 hours of Le Mans 2014
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A flying Porsche apparently 
http://sportscar365.com/lemans/lemans24/bergmeisters-wild-ride-at-le-mans-test-day/
http://sportscar365.com/lemans/lemans24/bergmeisters-wild-ride-at-le-mans-test-day/
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It wasn't just the #91, one of the Ferrari's did the same.
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I'll be packing up on Monday and Tuesday, as we leave on the Wednesday. Very excited, especially as a lens I'm hiring arrives on the Monday! The drive should be fun as usual (going in a 996 turbo); all of the cars you see are always very entertaining!
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Don't let the photography get in the way of the racing! It's a huge event to take in and unlike a standard race it's not something that will likely relive itself in a JPG. Make sure you go and enjoy yourself first and foremost. Make sure the photos serve only as a trigger for your memory.
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I've been for the last 6 years or so, so I get the atmosphere and feel of it! Especially as the weather forecast is very very good!!Don't let the photography get in the way of the racing! It's a huge event to take in and unlike a standard race it's not something that will likely relive itself in a JPG. Make sure you go and enjoy yourself first and foremost. Make sure the photos serve only as a trigger for your memory.
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Fair play. Snap away!
Not jealous. Not at all.
maybe you should make plans for next year!! 
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Is the bike helmet to protect his forehead from the sun or from D-day re-enactors? What the actual hell?
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It's still a bike helmet which will serve no purpose should a car hit him. It's like he's been sent from MTV with a mic and an insurance policy.
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Forecast is saying 30 degrees on the Thursday, and in the 20s with sun for the rest of the time. SO EXCITED.
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That's great to hear. I better pack the sun cream and the waterproof (just in case)
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Very cool.
Ford chicane has been fettled apparently, to force the cars to use it as a chicane instead of trying to straight line over the kerbs. Should be good for spectators because it'll turn the start/finish straight into a drag race.
In principle the yellow flag zones is a good idea. In practice, 40mph is very very slow and under race conditions there will be cars closing on those regions doing 200+mph. So it might get interesting, particularly in the wet! It's slower than the pit lane limit too.
The ACO have a direct radio feed to the teams (maybe even the drivers?) so they would be able to get advanced warning out to everyone as to where the zone starts well before someone plows into the back of a slow moving car.
I'd much rather see this in use than have a battle destroyed by someone getting stuck behind the wrong safety car.
I'd much rather see this in use than have a battle destroyed by someone getting stuck behind the wrong safety car.