Tom A
RFF Sponsor
Roger. it was a great race and it was also before all the restrictions on access to pits,drivers and track. We arrived a couple of days early, stayed in our Citroen HY (looks like a corrugated shed) and had free access to pits and track area for the trials and the set-up. Even if you are not a great fan of motor sport, it is something else at the 24 hour race. You go to sleep for a couple of hours with the sound of engines screaming during the night, get up with the sun and shoot the activity in the pits, watching cars coming in, covered in oil and dirt, pieces flopping off the bodywork, drivers exchanged, fuel and tires replaced and out they go - all 4-5 feet in front of you!
There is this smell of fuel, burnt oil, food and cigarette smoke - mixed in with the more pungent smell from the fact that there are about 3 toilets for 250 000 spectators - stuck there for at least 30 hours!
On the monday after, we left (wise drivers wait until the after the race - facing spectators who have been watching cars going 200 mph) and we also found the best croissants I have ever had at an early morning bakery.
There is this smell of fuel, burnt oil, food and cigarette smoke - mixed in with the more pungent smell from the fact that there are about 3 toilets for 250 000 spectators - stuck there for at least 30 hours!
On the monday after, we left (wise drivers wait until the after the race - facing spectators who have been watching cars going 200 mph) and we also found the best croissants I have ever had at an early morning bakery.