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It had always been part of our plan to look out
for our French friend Pascal or his children Vincent and Amandine at Mulsanne,
having met him there last year and lo and behold we bumped into him straight
away in the car park as we arrived! We all walked to the corner, pausing
here and there to watch, now in full daylight. It was quite a cool morning
but the sun was now very much in evidence and we had high hopes for a hot sunny
day at last.
We stood overlooking Mulsanne Corner and watched
the race until about 7 am when we all came down off the banking to have some
breakfast. Coffee and croissants were the order of the morning and gave us
all a well-earned boost.
But James, Tony and I had to make a decision at
this point as to whether to take a short break from the action with a nip back
to our 'digs'. I think James was actually quite keen to keep going but to
be honest, I did need a break - even if it was only for a few minutes -
after all, I was going to get pretty hot if I didn't dispose of my long johns
soon! I'm also a bit older than both James and Tony, and I do tend to feel
the pace after being awake all night!
So we said au revoir to Pascal, Amandine and
Vincent and made our way back to the car. We dropped Robert off at the
main circuit entrance before heading back to our hotel. Once there, we had
absolutely no intention of lounging around - just enough time for a quick wash
and change of t-shirt and underwear and that all-important brush of the teeth
and I was ready to head back to the car and off again to the circuit.
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