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Sunday June 30, 2019
The
surprise of the day was that Cristina got out of bed at 6am to join me and
David and Irma and Wolf to watch both a 7am Moto GP race from Assen, Holland,
then the Formula 1 Grand Prix race at Spielberg, Austria at 8am. The carrot for this was that we would follow
this excitement to go grocery shopping at LA14…..
This
was a particularly auspicious day as both races were very exciting. The bike race had many lead changes and
challenges and was very thrilling. The
early leader, Rins, crashed, followed later by a crash by the crowd favourite, “the
Doctor” Rossi. The winner, Maverick
Vinales (love that name!) had a big win for Yamaha, many years in the
making. My favourite, Marquez was
second. Info here:
Then
the usual speed/heat/tire strategy was really evident as my guy, Charles
LeClerc, had won the pole position at Spielberg and stayed in the lead until 3
laps to go. He was then bumped on a
passing attempt by my most hated driver Max Verstappen (he has done this
before) pushing Charles off the track to finish second as well.
There was a steward’s inquiry but those spineless guys did not change
the result. Dirty driving is still
allowed in Formula 1 and Verstappen revels in it. Canadian driver,
Lance Stroll, finished way back in the pack as usual.
Verstappen’s
win was a long awaited victory for Honda motors. Stories here:
Irma and I had German sausages and the others had German sandwiches while we watched the races. Then Cristina and I indeed go to LA 14 and load up on $100 worth of groceries. Without thinking, I bought sausages for lunch which I cooked up when we got home. There was enough to share with the dogs. Do we like good sausages,..?? You bet....
I started writing this Blog then my eyes started dropping. An hour nap with the dogs was in order. When I got up it was sprinkling outside, cooling things down nicely.
I just might get around to beginning watching the last video series that I borrowed from Miguel, Shaka Zulu. David and Irma confirm that it is pretty good.
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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| First turn, first lap, Rins in the lead |
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| 3 laps later, Rins inexplicably crashes |
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| Rossi and Nakagami slide off hard at the back |
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| David, Irma and Wolf in concentration |
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| 4 laps to go, the battles are fierce |
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| Viniales on the Yamaha cruising the last lap in the lead |
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| My guy, Marquez is in second |
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| Maverick Viniales shows off at the wire |
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| A big day for Maverick and Yamaha |
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| Post-race interview with the winner |
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| Podium for Marquez, Viniales and Quartararo |
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| Formula 1, the first turn, LeClerc (16) in the lead |
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| Look at all the position changes by lap 2 ! |
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| Max Verstappen is tracking down Charles LeClerc |
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| Verstappen will increase the pressure |
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| Verstappen is doing the fastest laps now, catching LeClerc |
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| The gap is closing fast |
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| Unsuccessful pass by Verstappen |
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| LeClerc is desperately hanging on |
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| Max intentionally swings wide to knock Charles back |
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| I am not happy with these developments, dirty driving.. |
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| The investigation is a joke |
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| I do not like this jerk. |
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| Charles was visibly upset. Rightfully so. |
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| Top 10 results |
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| 11-20 results. Canadian Stroll is 14th |
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| Hamilton still leads for the Championship |
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| Mercedes, with Hamilton and Bottas are tops |
