Souvenir Photo Studio, by Al Bourassa: Sunday April 18, 2021 Racing

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Sunday April 18, 2021

So much for a total lockdown... What a farce! I had made an explanation with a photo of David with his oxygen tubes just in case I was stopped trying to leave Andalucia. It wasn't needed. The only cop I saw was buying donuts while I was buying dessert....

They are repaving the highway again between Andalucia and Tulua, using the obscene money that they make at the road tolls. That is one part of government that does work... and the graft must be enormous.

Wolf and David always arrange for sandwiches from Berthold's restaurant, while I have taken to bringing dessert. My panaderia did not have my usual chicharon so I asked for the 2 next sweetest pastries which were with Arequipe. After the sandwich, I couldn't even finish my 2 pastries. I am still in pain from trying to eat it all. Lots of pastries left over.

Formula 1 racing today began from the Ferrari track in Italy, in the rain. That always makes for unpredictable results. On pole was World Champion Hamilton, followed by the RedBull teammates Verstappen and Perez, then my guy LeClerc. LeClerc saved his spinout for the warm-up lap. Verstappen got a big jump off the line and never looked back in spite of yellow flag delays and a red flag stoppage. Crashes were indeed the tale of the day, especially Russell and Bottas taking each other out. Any tire catching the edge of the wet grass was a recipe for disaster. Some drivers excelled but none matched the grit and determination of World Champion Hamilton who had a spinout into the gravel sending him far down the standings but fought his way back to second, challenging for the win. LeClerc was back and forth and stayed in fourth. Congrats Max Verstappen.

Following that, we watched MotoGP from Portugal. My main guy, Marc Marquez finally came back from his big injuries and surgeries. Riding and leaning from side to side at 200mph, with heart rates over 160 for an hour straight takes its toll. For a while Marquez was in the thick of it, even being second at one time, but finishing 7th. Hats off to him for the grit to fight through the pain. My #2 guy, Fabio Quartararo, had the pole but gave it up, dropping back to 6th for a while. But he brilliantly worked his way to the front again and won the race handily. 2 of the top 4 had late crashes, Rins and Zarco, and crushed their podium chances. Perrenial favourite, "The Doctor", Valentino Rossi, also crashed out. All in all, a very exciting day of racing!

I finished that book last night, and then watched some UFC, tired of the time wasted between fights and switched to watch the oldie "The Third Man", expecting to get another decent sleep out of that. I was wrong.

I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.

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