A little long before firing up - family trademark or is my car alittle sick?

I find that when starting my 1999 NB 1.8 it takes about a second before
the engine fires up. Or to put in different words it takes just slightly
long enough for me to notice and think "Huh!".

This seems to be regardless of ambient temperatures and only if the car
has been out running within the hour or so it fires up straight away.

Voltage on the battery is fine and I can hear the starter turning at
what I think is normal speed so my guess is that fuel supply is the
issue. When I had the car at is' first major service (60K miles) in the
summer the mechanic reported the issue was a family trademark but still
it bugs me a little.

I run the 95 RON gas around on the car and fuel quality is generally of
high standards so that should be fine.


Any thoughts?

Kind regards
Bruno