Case Studies

Access at Le Mans

by Mark Rowe

At Le Mans, which can welcome more than quarter of a million spectators, the race circuit has a museum, about 40 restaurants, 20 shops, a medical centre, security stations all along the circuit, paddocks that store thousands of competition tyres, and the stands for each of the 60 competitors. This adds up to hundreds of access points, requiring a variety of permissions, which must be closely controlled and monitored by ACO (Automobile Club de l’Ouest, or roughly translated, the Automobile Club of the West).

Access rights are extensive for ACO employees, and some of the circuit’s customers, such as Porsche, which operates a building on trackside, while competitors and special guests have limited rights. The Porsche Experience Centre allows fans to try out its cars, all year round, on an allocated part of the circuit. With about 800,000 visitors hosted on the site each year, ACO has to account for 300,000 accesses, 53,000 of which must be managed during the competition, or the equivalent of 1,800 accesses controlled per day in June.

The specific requirements for access to its enclosure led ACO to focus on the management of access rights, to ensure traceability for all. The facilities, which total several hundreds of crossing points, are controlled by the Cyberlock product, from LOCKEN. The power is delivered by a re-chargeable digital smart key and software (including traceable data). What the product company calls key-centric access management is based around three elements: a smart key, digital cylinders and a software suite. A trial phase, over several years, has led to the system handling 544 points on the site, with 407 keys to enable access.

Toze Coelho, who is in charge of access within the operational management at ACO, says: “In 2016, we equipped the sports module, which is at the heart of the race, dedicated to the management of safety – monitoring by cameras/monitors – where instructions are given to the commissioners positioned along the track. This space is highly sensitive, equipped with multiple networks, and is prohibited to the public. Our aim is to extend this process to provide full access control, and we are particularly keen to equip the Museum of the 24 hours of Le Mans with the LOCKEN solution.”

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