We watched the second qualifying session, not from
our own seats in the front row of T17 (where we would be at 3 pm on Saturday),
but from the back of the stand where the height made photography slightly
easier, although, as you can see from the photos, it's nigh-on impossible to get
a clean shot of the cars without fencing - and worse still - the fencing
stanchions - ruining the shots. Still, I guess that's the penalty of being
an amateur photographer at a race circuit these days!
As the Porsche qualifying came to a conclusion the
teams began to line up the cars for the start of the session at 7 pm.
Qualifying got under way and we even got to see the Nissan Zeod turn in a few
laps before it conked out again and had to be pushed down the pitlane to it's
pit right at the end of the (rather aptly renamed) 'Row of Woe'. But it
did make it out again.
Allon was keen to use the time available to go and
search out the best deals on t-shirts for his children and disappeared after an
hour or so.
It was very pleasant to sit here and watch the
session in glorious sunshine, everyone totally relaxed and enjoying the
atmosphere.
