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Sunday August 2, 2020
Happy 18th Birthday to my youngest grandson Tyson. We are proud of you!
I was at David's by 8am to watch the Formula 1 race from England. It was a cloudless, sunny morning and the scenery spectacular. A day like this is goung to be a scorcher, predicted 32C (feels like 36C). The road work is continuing between here and Tulua.
Lewis Hamilton, the Englishman, had the pole position once again, like it is his by right, followed by his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. In 3rd spot was Max Verstappen and 4th was my guy, Charles LeClerc.
As usual, Hamilton kept the lead from start to finish, ho hum, but it was a nail-biter at the end.
There were 3 minor crashes but that kept the pace car out there under the yellow flag for a record 12 of the 52 laps. Surprisingly a heavy wind was a big factor and caused many problems with grip and tires.
Second place Bottas lost a tire with 2 laps to go, finishing 11th, out of the points. First place Hamilton had his own tire issues and finally blew a tire on the last lap but still limped home to victory, 5.86 seconds ahead of Verstappen. Verstappen had made a pit stop to change tires with only a few laps to go to make the "Fastest Lap" of the day to garner an extra point. In doing so, he gave up the 7 points he would have gained by winning the race.
So the finish was Hamilton, Verstappen and LeClerc, who had a safe and comfortable spot in third.
After this, we watched a SuperBike race from Andalucia, Spain.
BTW, that was not a hummingbird nest yesterday. I thought it was too big and, sure enough, we saw a dove sitting on it this afternoon.
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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| What a glorious morning! |
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| Looking east to the central cordillera |
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| Road work continues |
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| Gorgeous smooth roads when they are done |
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| Scenery east of Tulua |
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| And off they go.... |
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| LeClerc (red car) briefly grabs 3rd spot |
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| Yellow flag so everybody changed tires to try to run to the end |
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| Stroll from Canada hangs in to take 9th eventually |
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| Bottas has tire problems |
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| Bottas has major problems but limps home |
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| Many have problems near the end |
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| A light show courtesy of Carlos Sainz |
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| Hamilton has huge problems but a big lead, for now. |
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| Left front tire is shot |
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| Verstappen had pitted and already made up 20 seconds |
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| Look at this ruined tire! How did it stay on? |
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| The race is done. Hamilton hangs on. |
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| Incredible win for this great champion. |
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| That tire looks terrible. |
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| Unbelievable! |
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| LeClerc is happy to get 3rd |
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| Hamilton has another year going his way. Best of all time. |
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| It is a privilege to watch this guy race. |
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| Here is that tire again......... |
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| Verstappen (2), Hamilton (1), LeClerc (3) |
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| Hamilton gives the Black Power salute |
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| Redding is on his way for a wire-to wire win |
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| The final SuperBike results |
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| Our old red hibiscus is blooming |
