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It was time to move on, as the start of the race
was now only an hour away and we needed to take up our seats in the T17 Durand
grandstand, so we hot-footed it from the Village through the Dunlop underpass
and up behind the grandstands. It was packed of course, in stark contrast
to the rather eerie deserted stands and tribunes that greeted James and I when
we were here on Tuesday afternoon.
Although we were pretty hungry by now, the queue
for the cafe at the back of the stand was enormous so all four of us decided to
take up our seats first. Yes, I did say 'all four of us', as Robert had
managed to organise a seat with us in the stand and we planned to stick with our
band of four throughout the race. And there were other Tenthers in the
stand too - Chris (Kpy) was a few rows up to the right with Mathias (CTD).
Matt had bought a grandstand seat from Chris and on his first visit to Le Mans
he was now safely under the experienced veteran's wing!
We got into our seats just in time to see the cars
moving off from their echelon line to do one or two laps before the pit-lane
closed. In the front row we had a good view, if not a particularly
photographically-friendly view. Standing up in this grandstand was
strictly forbidden and well-policed, but I wasn't all that worried. I knew
I would still be able to get that fabulous rolling start on video as usual.
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