Day 5: Saturday June 7
Today is the longest schedule of race events with all 4 different classes of cars running. The track opens at 7AM, and there's some kind of cars either practicing, qualifying or racing from 8AM through 6PM. I was tired when I got back to hotel around 9:30PM.
Not everyone is interested in the other classes of cars, but everyone wants to see the F1 cars. As the time of their scheduled sessions approaches the stands fill. Still, there were lots of empty seats today.
We saw a great set of F1 qualifying sessions! F1 has implemented a rather complicated method of qualifying, but the idea is to establish the race-starting position of cars based upon 3 sessions. In dramatic style, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes McLaren) set fastest time with only seconds remaining in the final qualifying round, putting him at the front of the starting grid (pole position, or P1) for Sunday’s race.
Today is the longest schedule of race events with all 4 different classes of cars running. The track opens at 7AM, and there's some kind of cars either practicing, qualifying or racing from 8AM through 6PM. I was tired when I got back to hotel around 9:30PM.
Not everyone is interested in the other classes of cars, but everyone wants to see the F1 cars. As the time of their scheduled sessions approaches the stands fill. Still, there were lots of empty seats today.
We saw a great set of F1 qualifying sessions! F1 has implemented a rather complicated method of qualifying, but the idea is to establish the race-starting position of cars based upon 3 sessions. In dramatic style, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes McLaren) set fastest time with only seconds remaining in the final qualifying round, putting him at the front of the starting grid (pole position, or P1) for Sunday’s race.
Sitting nearby all weekend are 4 local guys, very friendly but they speak mostly French. Very amusing to hang out with nonetheless.
Saturday evening’s celebrity dinner (again provided by GP Tours) was hosted by a famous British motorsport commentator who I never heard of. Guests included Sir Jacky Stewart (retired race driver) and Sam Michaels (Technical Director of the Williams team). There was an auction of various F1 memorabilia to benefit the F1 mechanics fund.
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