Some events stand out. Because of their history, often, but also because of their exceptional nature, whether in terms of number of editions or size. Mach 1 is one of those unique experiences, which allow their participants to experience the unique, the impossible. A dream shared by many car and speed enthusiasts, but rarely fulfilled.

Like the biggest manufacturers of supercars, who test their prototypes on long roads and tracks reserved for the occasion, Mach 1 is a unique moment in a year, sometimes in a lifetime, which allows you to explore the full potential of your exceptional car, without any limits. After two successful editions in 2022 and 2024, Mach 1 is back, ever more ambitious.

Participants from previous years undoubtedly remember it. These sensations are irreplaceable, impossible to reproduce, even on the most beautiful circuits. Just imagine. In the middle of more than a hundred exceptional cars, you wait patiently for your turn. In the distance, Ferrari and Lamborghini advance, ready to start a high-flying duel. With their eyes fixed on the start signal, the tires scream a few milliseconds after the green switch. The engines enter the red zone in an instant and deliver their full power.

Blink and you miss the show. The Italians disappear at an unreasonable speed, until they are only an imperceptible point at the end of the track, after only a few dozen seconds. A shiver goes through your body while the engines, four kilometers away, are still audible.

Then it's your turn. As far as the eye can see, a tarmac usually reserved for military planes. But this time it's all yours. Gaze, signal, acceleration, and here you are propelled to 300 km/h, your eyes on the speedometer, then in the rearview mirror to see your competitor of the moment. Arrived at the end of the track, all that remains of this experience is a unique sensation, an untouched euphoria. Your competitor is up to you. A discussion starts, one look is enough. That is automotive passion, in its purest expression.

Mach 1 Loire Valley, a new exceptional edition

In 2026, Mach 1 Loire Valley will offer its participants these unique sensations, and much more. This new edition offers an ever richer range of emotions. Immersive, timeless, visceral and refined, they can be discovered throughout the day.

To start, you will participate in an exclusive mission, a journey through the roads and remarkable places of the region, to an emblematic site. After a meal in an exceptional setting, it's time to join the Châteaudun military air base. Usually closed to the public, it welcomes hand-picked partners from the automotive and luxury sectors for the occasion. The car park is gradually filling up, until there are more than a hundred exceptional cars.

The long awaited moment is approaching. The opening of the track. For more than three hours, you experience a rare moment, in the heart of a community of enthusiasts. Then, after so many sensations of unusual intensity, it's time to slow down. To put the car down, to leave the hustle and bustle of the engines for a quieter pace. In a carefully chosen location, participants meet around a dinner created especially for Mach 1 by the two-star chef Christophe Hay. A gastronomic break designed as a natural extension of the day, where precision, demand and emotion take on another form.

The conversations are prolonged, the eyes meet, the memories are fixed. We look back on a run, a trajectory, a sensation experienced a few hours earlier. Intensity gives way to sharing, to that silent complicity that unites those who have had the same experience.

Mach 1 is not just about a track, a rally, or a destination. It is a global experience, built around the car, but especially around those who live it. A rare moment, timeless, that does not seek to be reproduced, only to be lived to the fullest.