If it's any consolation, both times I've been we didn't have grandstand seats and we didn't feel like we were missing out. There are GA viewing areas right next to all the grandstands and quite a lot of places which are GA only with no grandstands, and you'll want to be moving around to check them all out anyway. If you want to be on the start/finish straight for the start/finish then take a deckchair and find a spot on the concrete steps in front of the main grandstands (does get very full though so you need to get there early).

I went in 2010 with just GA which was all good, I just worry that given how popular the event is nowaday, it'll be difficult to get spots. But man, I'm just gutted I didn't even get a chance of getting the grandstands even though I tried to buy as fast as I was allowed

So looks like it's more or less completely sold out

They talked about this on this week's Midweek Motorsport. Sounds like most of the grandstand tickets went during the ACO members pre-sale, so you may not have really had a chance

Ok, it's not the F1 car, but it's cool to see him finally get a factory Ferrari drive

His seat is likely in the soon to be confrimed 3rd car run by AF Corse in partnership with somebody.

The full line-up of the third Hypercar Ferrari is now believed to see Bobby Blackman and Yifei Ye join Bobby K.

https://www.dailysportscar.com/2023/11/ ... ffort.html

Guess the ACO had enough of By Kolles.

https://www.fia.com/news/wec-14-manufacturers-and-record-number-hypercars-headline-2024-entry-list?fbclid=IwAR1UdREX8xPxP24ux6Ik-ClJ0hHbT7OB0gZbgYXOzX6OfTtpWd1Wiiq8NAk

Interesting seeing McLaren and Ford included in the list of GT3 manufacturers for WEC next year as I'm pretty certain in order to get a GT3 entry you have to commit to Hypercar... (hence why Mercedes were denied). I know a McLaren Hypercar is pretty certain to be on the way, but Ford would come as a pleasant surprise!

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