Once I was up for breakfast all was good and as I hadn't found anywhere better I went for the complimentary offering again. This time it was much improved by the fact that they had bacon, so I took my fair share and then someone's else's too. I figure it's like a trade, I have their bacon, they have my cheese. It's still a trade if they don't know about it or have a choice in it, right?
Once I was full up on pig I jumped in the car to get to the track, I was getting used to my underpowered 1 litre Fiesta now despite having to change gear with my wrong hand. On the way to the circuit a sporty Citroen DS3 wanted to play, I had him in the twisty bits but couldn't stay with him up the hills.
The first race was at 11:30 so I rocked up at just before 11 now having sussed out where to park and which stand to sit it. It's a good job I had done my homework too as it was much busier today and I had one of the last spots in my car park which was empty yesterday. The stands were much busier to, but it's easy to find a seat for one so I got a similar seat on the upper stand to where I was yesterday.
The race was the Nurburgring Legends, basically older racers ranging from prototypes to GT40s to classic Mini Coopers. It was a two horse race but a close race and it was great to see the minis clawing back in the bends after being thrashed on the straight by the Mustangs. It felt like my Fiesta vs DS3 battle earlier!
After the race there was a two hour gap so I went looking around the shops and won me a cap on one of the simulators. I needed a pair of sunglasses so I found a nice pair of Oakleys reduced from €130 to €65. I went to buy them and apparently when the printed price is crossed out with pen and a new price written next to it, this doesn't mean it's reduced, it means it's still €130. So I told the robbing bastards to stick it and walked off.
After lunch it was qualifying time, the big boys were out and Porsche got a 1-2 on the grid, a great result being a Porsche fan. Not so good if you're an Audi fan (are you reading this Pandaman?).
To round the day off were a few more races, first the Porsche Super Cup, who were absolute nutters. The guy who I was sat next to missed everything, every time he went to get something out of his bag or looked the other way a car would spin or overtake or something. I felt sorry for him so I ended up pointing for him when something looked likely to happen.
The final race of the day was the Legends again and I couldn't be bothered waiting so I thought I'd head to the paddock to look around again. They'd closed off my secret entrance to the pits now, probably for the best, but I did manage to get into scrutineering. Here is where half a dozen of the multi-million pound cars were taken to be checked out to make they they were legal. Amongst them was the pole sitter and 3rd place as well as a couple of ferraris and an Aston Martin. I could easily have touched/kicked/modified the cars if I felt like it, it's hard to believe how much trust there is here.
Back in the paddock teams would leave their unused race tyres out too, it would be very easy for someone to put a cut in one to sabotage a team. Not that I did that of course, nor do I condone it, but there are crazy people out there.
With the racing done I headed home but on the way I stopped by a curious road. It was not far from my hotel and basically a dirt track but car were always going down so it peeked my interest, it must lead to a good view. I went down there and ditched the car after a while as the road was too rough. After about a 15 min walk I came across a gathering of people at the cliff edge. The nutters were paragliding off the top! It was one hellova view though. What I don't understand about paragliding or wing suits is, how did they invent it? I mean for it to work you have to jump off something high, and what, just hope it worked? Anyway these nutters were Dutch and travelled the world doing it and this spot was really good apparently. I think they should be in the new Point Break film.
its back to base for my customary evening meal, I was determined to get a dessert tonight as I'd been too full on other nights, so I opted for whT I would be a smaller meal (a schnitzel), but it was huge again. So I had a pudding anyway. Stuffed.
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