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Friday in Barcelona

Friday in Barcelona

03. July 2009Barcelona - Yesterday and also today the temperatures in the paddock were far above 30 °C (86 °F) – apparent temperature 40 °C (104 °F), especially at times when even the light winds died down and there was not a breath of air. Consequently several bathing pools became the most favourite spots to linger. The higher the temperatures rose, the more absurd became the ideas. In the evening some of the Buggyra mechanics turned an extremely smooth concrete area in the paddock into a makeshift skating rink. With a lot of water and some washing powder they made a sliding surface where several people got carried away to do lots of ‘pirouettes’ that became more and more daring. Truck racing topics played only a minor role. More important was the hearsay that there will be a heavy thunderstorm on Saturday evening; but today everybody enjoyed the fantastic sunny conditions.