Le Mans 2013 - Ayse's Story
Page 7 - Thursday (1)
The Calm - Legends and Pits
Having had a moderately late night after first qualifying on Wednesday we were in no great rush to be up and about on Thursday morning. I still woke up quite early - it's a work 'legacy', I tend to wake up before 6 am every day - but we didn't assemble outside the hotel until around 10 am for our morning trip up to the Bar Havane. I wasn't in great shape, I had a migraine and, more worryingly, some cold-like symptoms, starting with the obligatory sore throat.
Being in no hurry today was good though, it meant that I could take one of my 'magic' migraine tablets and retire to my room in the hotel for a couple of hours. I didn't actually attempt to sleep it off as that usually makes it worse, so I spent quite a while on Ten Tenths. Instead of bringing my antique laptop to Le Mans with me this year, I'd been lucky enough to have been given a Sony tablet by Cathy, a friend of the family, and with the advantage of the hotel's free 'wiffi', I was able to post regularly on Tenths during my time at Le Mans.
Feeling considerably better after the extra rest, I joined James and Tony on the journey to the circuit at around 1.30 pm. The weather was reasonable at this time and we spent a while in the shops at the back of the grandstands where I bought my wife an Alonso t-shirt! It could be worse - she could have been a Vettel fan! After our stroll, we decided to head for our grandstand where we indulged in the obligatory jambon and emmental baguettes. We watched the legends race from there, although I confess that the main interest in that for us was just how slowly the slowest of the cars could complete it's fastest lap! There was also pre-qualifying preparation going on in the pits, which was interesting to watch.
With the Legends session over, it was time to think about the second qualifying session which started at 6pm.
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