WEC has now arrived in Spain for the penultimate race of the 2026 season. The last two races in Europe were not on the initial calendar, but the political and military situation in the Middle East, meant that WEC will finish the season in Barcelona and Monza.

This ‘Spotter Guide’ is for the 6-hour race, which takes place on Sunday 18 October.

Note that the programme for Saturday has a different running order because practice session 3 has been split between the two classes.

The pictures shown below are lower resolution screengrabs. If you want a better quality for printing, I include a Dropbox link to a PDF version with higher resolution.

PDF LINK: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wsaju4e4rp0ajfihe0bbu/08-barcelona-03-26-eng.pdf?rlkey=bbdnw5dvk39xdstfiff3p8cik&st=2947xekj&dl=0

Hypercars, built to the LMDh regulations (i.e. Alpine, BMW, Cadillac and Genesis) have a red frame around the car picture.

WEC has now arrived in Spain for the penultimate race of the 2026 season. The last two races in Europe were not on the initial calendar, but the political and military situation in the Middle East, meant that WEC will finish the season in Barcelona and Monza.

This ‘Spotter Guide’ is for the 6-hour race, which takes place on Sunday 18 October.

Note that the programme for Saturday has a different running order because practice session 3 has been split between the two classes.

The pictures shown below are lower resolution screengrabs. If you want a better quality for printing, I include a Dropbox link to a PDF version with higher resolution.

PDF LINK: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wsaju4e4rp0ajfihe0bbu/08-barcelona-03-26-eng.pdf?rlkey=bbdnw5dvk39xdstfiff3p8cik&st=2947xekj&dl=0

Hypercars, built to the LMDh regulations (i.e. Alpine, BMW, Cadillac and Genesis) have a red frame around the car picture.

Hello guys,

My friends and I (group of 5) are planning our very first trip to the 24 Hours of Le Mans next year.

I have been doing some research and found out that General Admission and Camping passes sell out in literally minutes during the general public sale.

Because of this, we are seriously considering buying the ACO Membership just to get access to the early presale. Is it really necessary or not worth it?

Photos taken with my Sony DSC-W830 digicam

Bonjour,

On s'y prend à l'avance... Mon fils est en 4e et souhaite s'orienter vers :

- bac pro méca puis BTS puis FFSA

OU

- bac STI2D puis BUT méca puis FFSA

... Afin de travailler comme mécano dans la Formule 1 à l'issue de plusieurs années d'expérience en Formule 4, 3 et 2 bien sûr. Je précise qu'il est bilingue, étant binational franco-britannique.

Savez-vous si un stage de 3e au circuit ou dans une écurie serait possible ? Ça sera en janvier 2028, donc pas au moment de la course.

Nous habitons à deux heures du Mans mais je suis prête à prendre une semaine de congés et un Airbnb.

Avez-vous d'autres tuyaux ?

Merciiii

If you’re attending… Plug for the (non-competitive) Pau Costa Foundation 5k Charity Run. Great opportunity to discover the almost 5k Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Get your tickets now - should be a blast and it’s for a good cause 🏃🏼‍♂️🏁🇪🇸

Hello everyone! Me and a friend are planning our second trip to Le Mans from Spain next year after going in 2025, but this time we are leaning towards camping instead (just a car and a tent).
From your experience, what are the best camping sites? I’m thinking something close to the main track (Houx, Épinettes, Hippodrome) just based on walking distance, but what more is there to take into consideration? From what I’ve read there’s really not many differences between them. What do you value the most?
Also, what’s the difference between numbered and non-numbered pitches? Is there any benefit to either of them?
TIA!

This post is intended more as a recommendation for visiting the city of Le Mans than for the race itself, but I think it will still be relevant to fans of this subreddit who are considering a visit to the circuit and museum.

Back in July, I spent a few days in Paris and happened to see some banners in the metro advertising the new Le Mans museum.

As a motorsport fan, it sounded like a great opportunity to see something a little different from the usual Paris tourist attractions, so I changed my plans and decided to take a day trip to Le Mans and visit the circuit museum.

Getting to Le Mans from Paris was incredibly easy. The city is connected by multiple trains each day, including both TGV and regular services. I would definitely recommend the TGV, as it takes roughly half the time.

The problem starts once you arrive in Le Mans.

The museum isn't particularly well connected to the city centre by public transport. There is a tram stop that gets relatively close to the circuit, but it's located along the Mulsanne Straight, quite a distance from the museum and the start/finish area. Interestingly, the museum's own website doesn't recommend getting off there either, instead suggesting Guetteloup–Pôle Santé Sud and walking from there.

So that's what I did.

The walk takes around 15–20 minutes and goes through a sort of back road between small industrial businesses and stores. There is very little shade, and in the July heat it was honestly not a particularly pleasant walk.

The museum itself has plenty of parking, and I understand that the vast majority of visitors probably arrive by car or motorcycle. However, given that the museum is advertised in the Paris Metro and that the Circuit de la Sarthe is an internationally recognised attraction throughout the year, I think the public transport connection could be much better.

To be clear, I'm not talking about race days or major events, when I understand the tram system does much of the heavy lifting. I'm talking about an ordinary day. I visited on a random Monday around noon, and there were still plenty of people at the museum.

The bus options aren't realistically better either, as they also leave you with roughly a 15-minute walk. But this seems like the easiest problem to solve. Routes 5, 10 or 21, for example, could potentially make a small diversion to serve the museum/circuit entrance. Even if that added only a few minutes to the route, it could make a significant difference for visitors arriving without a car.

Aside from that rather grueling access situation, I really enjoyed my visit. The museum and circuit were great, and Le Mans itself was a lovely city to explore.

Overall, I'd highly recommend it as a day trip from Paris, especially if you're a motorsport fan!

I'm interested to know if there is any free site to watch it without paying 1.5k for single event

Hi! My second post here- thank yall for the advice, I’m staying in Le Mans for the race but does anyone recommend a certain kind of tix? I want grandstand or paddock tickets, does anyone know prices and options for those?

Thank you!

Hallo in die Gruppe!
Wir würden gerne nächstes Jahr nach Le Mans zu Rennen.
Ab Frankfurt.
Tipps für die Anreise, Tribünen und Unterkunft in Le Mans. Was geht da ab?
Flug nach Paris dann mit demTGV weiter?
Freue mich über alle Infos und Erfahrungen.
Danke und Gruß

Hi, I’m thinking about ACO membership. I’d like to go to ACO hodpitality with my friend. If I buy ACO membership for 79€ do I also need to buy these 2 packages or 1 access to hospitality is included in the membership?
I’m really confused

Hi, we would like to go there in 2027 but we can come to Le Mans on Friday night. We only want to come to see the race. Where should we sleep? We thought that Saturday-Sunday we will stay all night on the circuit but don’t know what to do on Friday

Hi all- any ideas on when the 2027 tickets get released? I think it was November when I last got them for 2025.

Also- ACO membership- any reminders on best way to play it? One membership gets 2 ticket access to the ACO lounge if I recall? TIA

Hi! I’m going to France & Le Mans for the first time in 2027 for the race, does anyone know if tours is a good town to stay in for it? Or does Le Mans offer hospitality packages that aren’t camping?

Thank you!

Hello, I’m looking to get a 1989 poster and I noticed that compared to others (see second image), the one on the official site seems to be cut off at the bottom. Does anyone know if it’s actually like this, or just the image?

After the heat at COTA, WEC has now arrived at the Fuji Speedway in Japan. The weather in Japan has changed to autumn with plenty of rain in the preceding weeks.

Fuji Speedway is owned by Toyota, and naturally, they hope that what happened at COTA won't be repeated here on their home turf.

My ‘Spotter Guide’ is for the 6-hour race, which takes place on Sunday 27 September.

The pictures shown below are lower resolution screengrabs. If you want a better quality for printing, I include a Dropbox link to a PDF version with higher resolution.

PDF LINK: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/biyepi0tesif5d1btyg05/07-fuji-eng-v.02.pdf?rlkey=0xbnxjzp8xhu2bw21265mpntf&st=11tdp9nw&dl=0

Hypercars, built to the LMDh regulations (i.e. Alpine, BMW, Cadillac and Genesis) have a red frame around the car picture.

I have a limited amount of time for some not fun reasons to go to Le Mans, Ive started saving for about 5000$ cad. Is this enough to be in Le Mans for the entire week for scrutineering, free practices, qualifying and the race with hospitality (likely camping but let’s face it who the hell is sleeping) is 5000$ feasible? Probably around 2000$ on getting there but I know my job gets me some flight discount benefits ecta.

If this isn’t enough I’d like to know before I can’t get there on that budget.

Cheers

… In the stunning and quick #16 E-type ‘low drag’ coupe. This car, chassis S850663, registered 49 FXN took part in the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans.
We measured up to 116 dB, trackside 🔔😜📣