Race Day and Dizziness

I got to sleep in until 7:30 am today. The boys let us. No crying or meowing to come out early. Chip has been getting up at 4 am for the past 3 days. Thanks, Chip.

The race was in Styria today. The Red Bull Ring. One of my favorite tracks. The 4th smallest track of the season. Pre-race coverage started at 7:30 AM. I got up and got ready, done by 8 AM. I started watching pre-race coverage. No Crofty, no Brundle. B team on deck. I don’t mind them. Harry Benjamin is a good announcer. Karun Chandhok brings some race experience as a former driver. Crofty can be annoying at times with his inadequate calls and misinformation. I did miss Martin Brundle’s gridwalk. No one does it like him. Ted Kravitz needs to stay in the pit lane with his notebook.

Formation Lap, Carlos Sainz could not get his car out of first gear. He was stuck on the grid. The marshals got him going. Since this happened, he would have to start from the pit lane. Well, guess what? His rear brakes lit on fire. All ablaze. Carlos did not start. Immediate retire. Since it was an aborted start, they had a 10-minute delay to reset cars and take away a lap. 71 becomes 70 laps. Lights out and away we go. Max started 7th due to a yellow flag caused by a Gasly spin in Quali 3. It’s an all-out drag race down to turn 1. The front 6 get away clean. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes rookie, great driver) locks up and goes into Max Verstappen. Both cars out. Bummer, my racing driver is out. No help from driver 2 Tsunoda. He started 18th and won’t be of any help. The two McLarens were free to race, and it has been a spectacle. Papaya Rules are in place. Race finished McLaren 1, 2 with Charles LeClerc’s Ferrari in 3rd.

Race done by 11:30 am. Made a bologna sandwich and had some chips. Rested a bit and started on some egg bites. Keep that recipe from yesterday; they’re good. I recently ordered some extra steamer baskets to top our pots. This allows us to make more bites at once, cutting our time down. I want to get one more steam pot to make four at once. Two of the bites broke, so we sampled them. Amazing flavor. We have the recipe down pat.

The last couple of days, my dizziness has been awful. As soon as I stand up, I’m floored by the spins. I take my time and go easy as I make my way to wherever I may roam.

Thank you for stopping by!
~Bruce