LRS Formula
Online Terms and Conditions of Sale
These terms and conditions of sale are up to date as of 1 May 2023
01Legal information
These General Terms and Conditions of Sale (hereinafter the “T&Cs”) are offered by LRS Formula (hereinafter the “Company”), a SARL (limited liability company) with share capital of 129,500 euros, registered with the Registre du commerce et des sociétés (Trade and Companies Register) under number 390 681 260, whose registered office is located at TECHNOPOLE DU CIRCUIT – 58470 MAGNY COURS, France. Its standard-rate (non-premium) telephone number is +33 (0)3 86 58 54 54, its email address is contact@lrs-formula.com and its individual intra-Community VAT identification number is FR67390681260.
The Company is the owner and publisher of the website https://www.lrs-formula.com/ (hereinafter the “Site”). The Site is hosted by LOKRIS, a SARL (limited liability company) with share capital of €50,000, registered with the RCS (Trade and Companies Register) of Vienne under number 432 292 464, whose registered office is located at ZA La Cruzille, 40 rue Montgolfier, 38090 Villefontaine, France.
The publication director of the Site is Laurent REDON.
The Site offers the Customer (hereinafter “the Customer”) an intermediation service for the online purchase of driving experiences in Formula 1, Formula Renault and sports cars, and passenger rides (hereinafter the “Services”).
02Application and enforceability of the T&Cs
The purpose of these T&Cs is to set out all the conditions under which the Company markets the Services as offered for sale to Customers on the Site.
They therefore apply to any order (hereinafter the “Order”) for Services placed on the Site by the Customer.
The Customer declares that they have read and accepted these T&Cs before placing their Order.
Validation of the Order therefore constitutes acceptance of these T&Cs. They are updated regularly; the applicable T&Cs are those in force on the Site on the date the Order is placed.
03Ordering services on the Site
3-A: Order
The Customer selects the Service they wish to purchase and may access the summary of their Order at any time before confirming it.
The Customer confirms their Order after entering their billing information, their preferred date for the Service (except in the case of a gift voucher allowing the Service to be booked later) and, finally, their payment information. A clear and legible payment statement will appear on the Order confirmation screen to ensure that the Customer explicitly acknowledges their obligation to pay for the Order.
The Company will send the Customer a confirmation email in the form of a purchase invoice, setting out the details of their Order summary and, where applicable, the confirmed date on which the Service will take place. In the case of a gift voucher purchase, the Customer will simply receive an order confirmation email with their gift voucher. The sending of this confirmation email formalises the contractual commitment between the Company and the Customer.
3-B: Possible damage
To cover any damage caused to the car(s) by a participant responsible for an incident, that participant must, on the same day, hand LRS FORMULA a security deposit cheque corresponding to an excess of €10,000 inc. VAT for the F1 Bronze and F1 Full Experience driving experiences, €15,000 for the F1 Silver driving experiences, €20,000 inc. VAT for the F1 Gold driving experiences, or €5,000 inc. VAT for the FR (Formula Renault) driving experiences.
If the damage costs less than this amount, LRS FORMULA will send the liable party a cheque for the difference.
The excesses may be partially or fully bought down.
3-C: Insurance
LRS FORMULA is insured through the broker OPF COURTAGE, located at 262 rue DUGUESCLIN, 69003 LYON.
- 1under a “multi-risk professional” policy taken out with the insurer AXA IARD under number 22301834404, covering in particular its professional civil liability as a driving and racing school on circuit or road, a driver training school, and for passenger rides on circuits
- 2under a civil liability (RC) policy for organisers of track sessions on asphalt circuits / racing schools taken out with AMSRE / AXA IARD under number 2025-01346 – 22243234104, including in particular the following cover: civil liability for the operation of “school” F1 vehicles
- 3under a “personal accident” policy taken out with the insurer Group Special Lines (GSL) under number ADP20256140, covering death up to an amount of €15,000 and total permanent disability up to an amount of €30,000.
Consequently, the participant waives any right to hold LRS FORMULA liable beyond the cover taken out. Each participant undertakes to sign a document limiting the liability of LRS FORMULA to the cover mentioned above for the “personal accident” part.
3-D: Products
The Customer cannot choose the car they will drive on the day of the service. Each programme offers Formula 1 cars of different power levels; these may be changed at any time depending on availability, but will always meet the same power criteria.
04Prices and payment terms for orders
Prices are shown on the Site in the descriptions of the Services, in euros and inclusive of all taxes (inc. VAT).
The total amount is shown in the Order summary before the Customer accepts these T&Cs, validates their Order, enters and validates their billing details and proceeds to payment.
Orders for Services on the Site are payable in euros. Full payment must be made by the Customer on the day of the Order, exclusively by bank card (in the case of interest-free payment in instalments, the service must in all cases be paid in full one month before the final date) or by bank transfer, unless special payment terms have been expressly agreed by the Customer and the Company.
The Site uses the online payment security system of ATOS, a provider specialising in securing online payments. This system guarantees the Customer complete confidentiality of their banking information. The bank card transaction carried out between the Customer and the secure system is therefore fully encrypted and protected.
The Customer warrants to the Company that they hold the authorisations required to use the payment method chosen when placing the Order.
The Company reserves the right to suspend or cancel any performance and/or delivery of an Order, whatever its nature and stage of performance, in the event of non-payment or partial payment of any sum owed by the Customer to the Company, in the event of a payment incident, in the event of fraud or attempted fraud relating to the use of the site and the payment of an Order, or in the event of misuse or abusive use of a discount code.
05Date of the service
Once the Order has been validated, and following the online booking of a date by the Customer, the Company will contact the Customer either by email or by telephone in order to define the arrangements for organising and delivering the Services and the confirmed date and place of the Service.
If the date chosen by the Customer when placing their Order is not available, the Company will send the Customer another possible date by email. If the Customer does not accept this newly proposed date within six days of the Company sending the email, the Order will be automatically cancelled.
The Customer acknowledges that any Service ordered in the form of a gift voucher has an expiry date as stated at the time of purchase. It is also expressly pointed out that the closure of a circuit hosting the Service ordered shall not affect the expiry of the Service. The Customer is therefore advised to check carefully the opening dates of the circuit hosting the Services when ordering a Service as a gift for a third party.
Any Service date confirmed by the Customer is final. The Company nevertheless reserves the right to change, postpone or cancel the date of the Service at any time up to the day before the scheduled date, depending on technical contingencies and the weather, variable circuit openings / closures, authorisations, or any event beyond the Company’s reasonable control. In such a situation, the only compensation permitted is the option to postpone the confirmed Service to another date.
Refusal of a Service, the Customer’s lateness or absence on the confirmed date or on an alternative date proposed by the Company, or the invocation of any reason whatsoever that jeopardises the Service on that day and date, shall not give rise to any refund whatsoever and will result in the loss of the full amount of the Order.
The Customer also undertakes to inform the Company of any change that may occur between the Order and the delivery of the Services.
06Right of withdrawal
In accordance with article L.221-28 of the Code de la consommation (French Consumer Code), the Customer acknowledges that the statutory right of withdrawal does not apply once the Company has confirmed the date of the Service, as it is then a leisure activity to be provided on a specific date, which does not benefit from a right of withdrawal.
In the case of a simple gift voucher purchase with no confirmed date for the Service, the Customer has 14 clear days from the validation of their Order to exercise their right of withdrawal with the Company, without having to give reasons or pay any penalty.
To exercise their right of withdrawal from the Order, the Customer must notify their decision to withdraw by means of an unambiguous statement, without giving reasons. The Customer may communicate their decision to withdraw to the Company by any means, in particular by sending it by post to the Company at the following address: L R S FORMULA, TECHNOPOLE DU CIRCUIT 58470 MAGNY COURS, France or by email to contact@lrs-formula.com.
If the Customer notifies the Company of their decision to withdraw, by whatever means, the Company will send them without delay an acknowledgement of receipt of the withdrawal on a durable medium (in particular by email).
If the Customer withdraws, the Company will refund the Service subject to the right of withdrawal using the same means of payment as that used for the initial transaction, unless the Customer expressly agrees to a different means. The refund is made as soon as possible and no later than 14 days from the day on which the Company is informed of the Customer’s decision to withdraw from their Order.
07Customer service
For any request for information or clarification, or for any complaint, the Customer must first contact the Company’s Customer Service, so that it can try to find a solution to the problem.
The Company’s Customer Service can be reached using the following contact details:
08Customer obligations
8.1. Customer obligations with regard to the delivery of the Services
The Customer is informed that the conditions required to take part in the Services are:
- Maximum height1.87 m
- Maximum weight100 kg
- Maximum shoe size (EU)44
- Minimum age required18 years for Formula Renault / Formula 4 and 25 years for Formula 1.
- Driving licenceA valid driving licence is mandatory.
If the above is not complied with, no refund of the Order will be permitted should the Service not take place.
The Customer undertakes to behave in accordance with the Company’s instructions during the delivery of the Services. In this respect, it is pointed out that the Services offered are subject to constraints inherent in Formula 1 activities (weight constraints, technical constraints, regulatory constraints, organisational constraints, physical fitness constraints). Accordingly, the Company reserves the right to accept or refuse any person it considers unsuitable for the Services.
The Customer must be in good physical and mental health, must not suffer from any infection or illness that is a contraindication to the Services, must not have had a recent accident, must not be undergoing medical treatment, must not suffer from problems of the lower limbs, spine, heart or ear, nose and throat (ENT), loss of consciousness or epilepsy, and must not be pregnant. The Company reserves the right to require a medical certificate in this respect, which is in any event recommended.
To cover the costs incurred by the Company, if the Customer requests a change of date (subject to acceptance by LRS Formula), an administration fee of €500 will be charged to the participant.
The Customer, or the third party for whom the Customer placed the Order, is also asked to call the Company the day before to make sure that the weather conditions are suitable for the Service.
8.2. General and contractual obligations of the Customer
The Customer undertakes to comply with the terms of these T&Cs.
The Customer agrees to use the Site solely for their personal use, in accordance with these T&Cs. In this respect, the Customer agrees to refrain from:
- Using the Site in any unlawful manner, for any unlawful purpose or in any manner inconsistent with these T&Cs.
- Selling, copying, reproducing, renting, lending, distributing, transferring or sub-licensing all or part of the content on the Site, or decompiling, extracting, disassembling, modifying, displaying in a form readable by the Customer, attempting to discover any source code of, or using any software enabling or comprising all or part of the Site.
- Attempting to gain unauthorised access to the Site’s computer system or engaging in any activity that disrupts, degrades the quality of, interferes with the performance of or impairs the functionality of the Site.
- Misusing the Site by knowingly introducing viruses or any other malicious program, and attempting to access the Site without authorisation.
- Infringing the Company’s intellectual property rights and/or reselling or attempting to resell the Services to third parties.
- Disparaging the Site and/or the Services and the Company on social media or by any other means of communication.
If, for any reason, the Company considers that the Customer is not complying with these T&Cs, the Company may at any time and at its sole discretion remove the Customer’s access to the Site and take any measures, including any civil and criminal legal action, against the Customer.
09Liability
The Company implements all appropriate measures to provide the Customer with quality Services under optimal conditions. However, it shall in no event be held liable for any damage attributable either to the Customer, in particular in the event of non-compliance with these T&Cs or with the instructions given by the Company, or to the unforeseeable and insurmountable act of a third party unconnected with the contract, or to a case of force majeure.
In this respect, it is pointed out that the Services offered are subject to constraints inherent in Formula 1 activities (weight constraints, technical constraints, regulatory constraints, organisational constraints, physical fitness constraints). Consequently, the day and expected time of the Service, and any variable and/or random criteria related to the activity, are necessarily indicative only, and the Company assumes no guarantee or liability in respect of them.
The Customer is also informed that the Services offered on the website are high-risk sports that may cause serious physical or brain injuries, which may result in bodily harm or even the death of the participant.
The Site may contain links to other sites that are neither published nor controlled by the Company, which cannot be held responsible for the operation or content of these sites, or for any item present on or obtained through them.
It is expressly stipulated that the Company shall in no event be held liable, in any way whatsoever, if the Customers’ computer equipment or email system rejects emails sent by the Company, for example because of an anti-spam filter.
Before using the Site, the Customer must ensure that they have the technical and IT resources needed to use the Site and to Order the Services on the Site, and that their browser allows secure access to the Site. The Customer must also ensure that the IT configuration of their hardware/equipment is in good working order and free of viruses.
10Personal data
The Company attaches great importance to respecting privacy and takes all necessary measures to ensure the confidentiality and security of Customers’ personal data.
In connection with the provision of the Services, the Company collects Customers’ personal data, including in particular the following data:
- Email address
- First name
- Surname
- Telephone number
- Home address
- Date of birth …
The Company collects and processes Customers’ personal data for the following purposes:
- Provision of the Services and services on the Site
- Order management
- Management of returns, exercise of the right of withdrawal, payment, invoicing…
- Information about the Company, its services and its activities
- Responding to any Customer questions/complaints
- Handling requests to exercise rights of access, rectification and objection
- Quality monitoring and customer satisfaction
- Promotional offers
Data relating to the management of Customers’ personal data is kept for the period strictly necessary, as defined by the Loi Informatique et Libertés (French Data Protection Act), as amended.
Customers’ personal data is processed by the Company and by the Company’s partner companies and subcontractors. Where applicable, it may be passed on to partner companies after being anonymised, making it impossible for a partner company to identify the Customer.
The Company may also disclose personal data in order to cooperate with administrative and judicial authorities.
The Company ensures that Customers’ personal data is secured in an adequate and appropriate manner and has taken the necessary precautions to preserve the security and confidentiality of the data, and in particular to prevent it from being distorted, damaged or disclosed to unauthorised persons.
Finally, in accordance with the Loi Informatique et Libertés (French Data Protection Act) of 6 January 1978, Customers have a right of access, rectification and erasure, as well as a right to object on legitimate grounds to the processing of their data collected and processed by the Company, by contacting the Company directly at the following email address: contact@lrs-formula.com.
11Cookies and analytics tools
When Users use the Site, the Company may use cookies. This information is used to improve the use and operation of the Site and the Company’s other services.
Accordingly, information collected indirectly may be used to monitor the volume, type and pattern of traffic using this Site, to develop its design and layout, for other administrative and planning purposes and, more generally, to improve the service offered on the Site.
Cookies also make it possible to collect and analyse statistics such as the number of visits, unique visitors and pages viewed, or to produce other aggregate statistics on the Site’s activities.
A notice first asks each person visiting the Site whether they wish to accept cookies.
The User can disable cookies by changing their browser settings. The User is reminded that such settings may change the conditions of access to content and services that require the use of cookies. If the User’s browser is set to refuse all cookies, the User may be unable to benefit from some of the services offered by the Company on the Site.
To disable Google Analytics, go to the Google deactivation page and install the browser add-on at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=fr.
Instructions for deleting cookies in other browsers are available at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.
12Intellectual property
All elements of this Site, and the Site itself, are protected by copyright, trade mark law, design law and/or any other intellectual property rights. These elements are the exclusive property of the Company. All these rights are reserved worldwide.
The Company’s name and trade mark, logos, designs and models, stylised lettering, figurative marks and all signs shown on this Site are and shall remain the exclusive property of the Company.
The Company also retains all intellectual property rights associated with the photographs and videos it may take during the performance of the Services, which it reserves the right to reuse on any medium, in particular for promotional purposes. On the occasion of the Service, the Customer must sign an authorisation for the use of their image rights.
No title or right of any kind in any element or software will be obtained by downloading or copying elements of this Site. The Customer is strictly prohibited from reproducing (except for their personal, non-commercial use), publishing, editing, transmitting, distributing, displaying, removing, deleting or adding to this Site and the elements and software it contains, or from modifying them or carrying out any work based on them, or from selling or taking part in any sale in connection with this Site, the elements of this Site or any related software.
The Company grants the Customer a non-exclusive licence to use the Site. This licence is strictly personal and may under no circumstances be assigned or transferred to any third party whatsoever. The licence is granted for the duration of use of the Site.
Any use by the Customer of the company names, trade marks and distinctive signs belonging to the Company is strictly prohibited without the Company’s express prior consent.
13Newsletter
By ticking the box provided for this purpose or by expressly giving their consent to this end, the Customer agrees that the Company may send them, at a frequency and in a form determined by the Customer, a newsletter which may contain information relating to its activity.
When the Customer ticks the box provided for this purpose during the registration process on the Site in order to place the Order, they agree to receive commercial offers from the Company for Services similar to those ordered.
Subscribed members may unsubscribe from the newsletter by clicking on the link provided for this purpose in each newsletter.
14Governing law and jurisdiction
These T&Cs are governed by and construed in accordance with French law, without regard to conflict of laws principles.
In the event of any dispute that may arise in connection with the interpretation and/or performance of these T&Cs or in relation to them, the Customer may decide to submit the dispute with the Company to a contractual mediation procedure or any other alternative dispute resolution method.
The Customer may visit the European consumer dispute resolution platform set up by the European Commission, which lists all approved dispute resolution bodies in France, at the following address: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/odr/.
If this mediation procedure fails, or if the Customer wishes to bring the matter before a court, the rules of the Code de procédure civile (French Code of Civil Procedure) shall apply.