Saturday March 28th 2009. Launch -?? days.

 

We are told that a launch decision will be announced on Monday afternoon. We have also been told not to expect any surprises.

 

Last night I was tired enough not even to be able to sleep as well as I needed to. That may sound silly, but switching off and relaxing has not been as easy as it should be. The most energetic thing that I did all morning was walk to get a haircut. Afterwards I started cleaning and tidying: vacuum; throw out the rubbish; etc. but really all I wanted to do was sit down and continue reading “The Right Stuff”. An afternoon nap helped and in the evening I got a call from a certain retired Italian banker to join him and a tall, patrician Englishman for dinner in an Italian restaurant, when I had one of the biggest pizzas that I have seen in my life.

 

Afterwards the clocks were set forwards and my alarm carefully set for the morning’s Gran Prix. There are a lot of fans at work and a bad performance Lewis Hamilton and I will be teased relentlessly on Monday.