The confirmed dates for the Le Mans Classic event in 2010 were announced at the Retromobile exhibition in Paris on Friday.

Gautier Rossignol from Peter Auto, the race organisers, said “We can now confirm that the race dates for the Le Mans Classic will be from the 9th – 11th July 2010. We hope that many British car clubs and individuals will be able to join us for more fun an excitement.”

Travel Destinations will be offering a variety of travel packages to car clubs and individuals wishing to attend the Le Mans Classic. Packages will be available ranging from trackside campsites to hotel packages in Le Mans town.

You are now able to pre-register your interest in attending the Le Mans Classic in 2010. Please either email us your contact details to us at info@traveldestinations.co.uk or call us on (0844) 873 0203.

The confirmed dates for the Le Mans Classic event in 2010 were announced at the Retromobile exhibition in Paris on Friday.

Gautier Rossignol from Peter Auto, the race organisers, said “We can now confirm that the race dates for the Le Mans Classic will be from the 9th – 11th July 2010. We hope that many British car clubs and individuals will be able to join us for more fun an excitement.”

Travel Destinations will be offering a variety of travel packages to car clubs and individuals wishing to attend the Le Mans Classic. Packages will be available ranging from trackside campsites to hotel packages in Le Mans town.

You are now able to pre-register your interest in attending the Le Mans Classic in 2010. Please either email us your contact details to us at info@traveldestinations.co.uk or call us on (0844) 873 0203.

Don’t miss your chance to join the Brits from the 13th – 14th June at the Le Mans 24 hours 2009. With Aston Martin confirming their presence at Le Mans this year, with their new Le Mans Prototypes, there is sure to be lots of British interest in this year’s Le Mans 24 hours race.

Here at Travel Destinations we are able to offer you the widest selection of the best ways to get the most from your Le Mans experience. As an official agent of the Le Mans 24 hours, we have all the best Le Mans tickets and travel packages available for you now.

• On-circuit Camping: The most popular way to see all that the 24 hours has to offer is to camp at the famous circuit. We have a variety of different on-circuit campsites available most with marked and numbered pitches. For details and prices of On-circuit camping packagesclick here.

• Porsche Club of Great Britain: The PCGB host their own private campsite at the Porsche Curves. Restricted to just 200 cars and with extra services such as security and catering this is probably the best on-circuit camping option available, whether you own a Porsche or not. For details and prices on the PCGB offer please click here.

• Chateaux Camping: For those wanting a more relaxed Le Mans experience we can offer camping pitches at one of French Chateaux just minutes from the circuit. With better facilities all round, including breakfast each morning and a bus transfer to the circuit these packages will suit those after something more comfortable than what’s available on circuit. For details and prices on our Chateaux camping options please click here.

• Evo, Octance & Auto Express: These motor publications have teamed up with Travel Destinations to offer some exclusive camping packages with everything included. Camping in the grounds of a chateau each offer includes breakfast and evening meals as well a host of other goodies. Check out each of the special offers by clicking here.

• Hotel rooms: We now have just a very limited number of Hotel room packages available in Le Mans itself. Click here for exclusive prices and details of these hotel rooms. We also have other rooms available at the Chateau Rive Sarthe in various recently converted buildings. For further details on packages with rooms at Rive Sarthe click here.

• Hospitality: Joining up with a race team at Le Mans to get the insiders view of events has been just a dream for many at Le Mans, but we can now make your dreams come true. We now have a partnership with the Oreca-Courage race team who are based at the Le Mans circuit. We have a number of hospitality packages available with Oreca-Courage that not only include food, drink and a comfortable place to watch the race, but also you will have access to the pits, paddocks and private areas previously only available to race team staff. Don’t miss these special hospitality offers that can be added to any of our packages by clicking here.

• Can’t make the Le Mans 24 hours this year? Don’t despair because we can still help you make it to one of the Le Mans Series events around Europe. With the Germans (Audi), the French (Peugeot) and the British (Aston Martin) now all confirmed to be fighting it out for pole during the Le Mans Series, this battle to be the best in Europe is anticipated to be the best yet. We have tickets and hospitality available for each race, including Catalunya, Spa, Nurburgring, Algarve and of course Silverstone. Click here for all the Le Mans Series details.

All Le Mans ticket availability is going fast, so call now on (0844) 873 0203 to reserve your place now!

There is just two weeks left to reserve your place at the Le Mans 24 hours 2009 at our special offer price.

Everyone who confirms their on-circuit camping package reservation before January 30th 2009, will receive their booking at our 2008 price.

Bookings made after this date will be price adjusted to reflect the current poor exchange rate between the pound and the Euro.

Book now on (0844) 873 0203 to reserve your space at our special offer price.

Aston Martin have announced they will compete at Le Mans 2009

On the 50th anniversary of its outright win at Le Mans, Aston Martin will return to Le Mans with two Works LMP1 cars bearing the iconic blue and orange livery of Gulf Oil.

In an ambitious attempt to emulate the legendary achievements of the 1959 DBR1 driven by Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori, Aston Martin will endeavour to bring the Le Mans title back to Britain.

“2009 is a hugely significant year for Aston Martin at Le Mans and the challenge of reclaiming victory in this famous race for Aston Martin and Great Britain was simply too great to ignore,” said Aston Martin Chairman, David Richards. “However, we do not underestimate the task. While we have won the GT1 class for the last two years, competing against the proven speed and endurance of the diesel-powered cars with all their years of winning the prototype class, will be a massive undertaking. Nonetheless, I see this as a great opportunity to showcase the ingenuity of British engineering talent.”

Dr Ulrich Bez, Aston Martin Chief Executive Officer commented: “Racing has been, and still is at the heart of Aston Martin. Our cars today are subtle, elegant and handcrafted but they still have the genes for competition. I am happy that we have found partners who, with their support, will enable us to compete at the highest level of endurance racing. We will put all our heart and skill behind this project to demonstrate the essence of Aston Martin: Power Beauty and Soul.”

The new car which is based on the 2008 Charouz Racing System Lola will be powered by the same production-based Aston Martin V12 engine which, last year, helped Aston Martin secure its second successive Le Mans GT1 title with the DBR9. It also powered the Charouz car to a new La Sarthe lap record for a petrol car.

Aston Martin Racing is developing the car in conjunction with Lola, Michelin, Koni and BBS and continues its relationship with major partner Gulf Oil and official clothing partner Hackett.
In 2009, the ACO is introducing new regulations aimed at balancing the performance of petrol and diesel engined prototypes making the LMP1 category more appealing and relevant to Aston Martin.

Signalling ongoing commitment to motorsport, in addition to the Le Mans 24 hour race, the team will also compete throughout the year in the Le Mans Series (LMS), which opens with the 1000 km de Catalunya on the 5th of April.

Aston Martin Racing Works drivers, Jan Charouz (CZ), Tomas Enge (CZ), and Stefan Mücke (DE), who raced the Charouz car last year will renew their relationship with the team along with Darren Turner (GB) who was part of the winning DBR9 GT1 crew in 2007 and 2008. Harold Primat (CH) joins the team for the first time in 2009 with the remaining driver to be announced imminently.

To focus maximum energy on the LMP1 programme, the Works team will not defend its GT1 title at Le Mans. However, Aston Martin Racing will support any of its official partner teams and customers competing at the race.

Aston Martin Racing partner, Drayson Racing, has expressed its desire to compete at Le Mans with the new Vantage GT2. This follows confirmation of the team’s LMS entry and American Le Mans Series programme with a bio-ethanol powered Vantage GT2. Further announcements are expected in the weeks ahead as other Aston Martin Racing partner teams and customers confirm their plans for racing in the GT1, GT2, GT3 and GT4 classes of national and international racing series.

There is just two weeks left to reserve your place at the Le Mans 24 hours 2009 at our special offer price.

Everyone who confirms their on-circuit camping package reservation before January 30th 2009, will receive their booking at our 2008 price.

Bookings made after this date will be price adjusted to reflect the current poor exchange rate between the pound and the Euro.

Book now on (0844) 873 0203 to reserve your space at our special offer price.

We are pleased to be able to offer an extension to our exclusive Le Mans 24 Hours 2009 price offer. For all bookings made before the 31st January, we will be keeping our Le Mans on-circuit camping package prices at the same level as 2008.

Everyone booking their on-circuit Le Mans camping package with just a £75 per person deposit before , will guarantee their Le Mans 24 hours 2009 package at the same price as June 2008.

With exchange rates with the Euro dipping and ticket prices rising there hasnever been a better reason to reserve your space at the Le Mans 24 hour.

Call Travel Destinations now on (08700) 339923 to reserve your place at Le Mans 2009

We are pleased to be able to offer an extension to our exclusive Le Mans 24 Hours 2009 price offer. For all bookings made before the 31st January, we will be keeping our Le Mans on-circuit camping package prices at the same level as 2008.

Everyone booking their on-circuit Le Mans camping package with just a £75 per person deposit before , will guarantee their Le Mans 24 hours 2009 package at the same price as June 2008.

With exchange rates with the Euro dipping and ticket prices rising there hasnever been a better reason to reserve your space at the Le Mans 24 hour.

Call Travel Destinations now on (08700) 339923 to reserve your place at Le Mans 2009

Travel Destinations travelled to the Le Mans 24 Hours circuit this month to meet with representatives of the A.C.O. and discuss all that happened in a busy 2008, and plans for the Le Mans 24 hours 2009.

Andrew and Helen from Travel Destinations met with Pierre Cormier and Emilie-Jane Renaudin from the A.C.O, with our friends Bob & Andy representing the Porsche Club of Great Britain. This is a regular meeting intended to keep all parties up to date with new developments.

New for 2009:

Building work has finally begun on the football stadium inside the circuit north of Antares. While this should have little impact on camping on circuit, Houx Annexe North will not be used as a campsite this year. Houx Annexe South will be a campsite as usual.
Houx Annexe South Campsite will have marked and numbered pitches for the Le Mans 24 hrs 2009. Houx Annexe joins the list of Houx, Karting Nord, Maison Blanche, Blue North & South in having numbered plots in 2009. Other campsites will have marked plots but not necessarily numbered.
Further works will be carried out on the track within the Maison Blanche campsite. This will result in a further loss of camping space in this popular camping area for Le Mans 24 hours 2009.
Drainage work will be completed in the Beausejour campsite to avoid any future problems with water logging.
The campsite security fencing will be improved.
A new area called “Karting-Sud” will be available for the first time for 2009. This area will be used for buses and large vehicles with groups who also want to camp.
The Hundaudieres campsite, that used to provide pre-erected tents for individuals, will not be available in 2009.
The car parking at the circuit will be revised for the Le Mans 24hrs 2009. Parking Blue will be replaced by parking at Heronniere. It is important to note that car parking permits for the main areas will no longer give access to the car parks at Mulsanne and Arnage.
People who arrive to camp on the circuit before the Wednesday prior to the Le Mans 24 Hours will no longer be charged a supplement locally on arrival.
We would like to thank Pierre & Emilie-Jane for their hospitality at the Le Mans circuit and for Bob and Andy from the PCGB for taking the time to join us.

All our Le Mans 24 Hours 2009 packages are available now. Prices are available by clicking here, or calling our reservations team on (08700) 339923.

It may seem like a long way away, but the Le Mans 24 hours 2009 will come up quicker than an Audi R10 down the Mulsanne straight.

We are able to make your bookings for the Le Mans 24hrs 2009 now. We will book everything for you including your preferred channel crossing, race tickets, grandstand seats and camping. We can offer all campsites on circuit, and also offer a selection of alternatives for those wishing to camp a short distance away from the 24hrs of racing.

All our prices are available on this website. Click here and follow the menus for further details of our package prices. If you have any questions or wish to reserve your place at the Le Mans 24hrs 2009, please call us on (08700) 339923 and speak to one of our staff.

Please note that many of the most popular ferries, campsites and grandstands will sell out fast. The sooner you can reserve your space, the more opportunity you will have to select the best tickets for you.

Importantly you should remember that Travel Destinations is an ABTA bonded tour operator. This means that your money and booking will be safe no matter what happens between now and the race. Beware of booking with unliscensed agents!

Travel Destinations is also an official agency of the ACO, the organisers of the Le Mans 24hrs. This means that we will have a greater selection and availability of every ticket than other suppliers. Remember always look for the official supplier logo.

Book your space at the Le Mans 24hrs now by calling (08700) 339923 now!