VOLUME 56 ISSUE 48 DECEMBER 3, 2019 P83
6:00 AM
—OK, LET'S DO THIS
6:00 am start. Imagine being at the back of this lot!
At 6:00 am Jolanda heads out to restart the
race on a still very wet track. They deem it
safer to do the restart behind the safety car.
Judging by the lap times the track must be
starting to dry. When she comes in, I am
suited up and ready to go, but when she tells
Pierre it's time to change from rains to inter-
mediates, he opts to have her do a double
stint. His thought is that she knows the track
conditions best. I'm not really seeing the
logic, but at this point, I don't mind waiting for
things to dry out a bit more.
When she hands the bike to me I head
out to try to figure out the conditions the
best I can. We've been steadily climbing the
standings thanks to a lot of people falling
off. I want to ride well, but at this point, I also
want to finish. The track is starting to get
dry. If you've never had the joy of running
a rain tire on a dry circuit, I can tell you it's
nearly as sketchy as being on slicks on a
Paris gets ready for her final stint.
