Walt, more to it than that...Michelin advised their
teams at least 1 day before the race that they could
NOT guarantee the safety of their tyres after 2
blowouts and serious tyre problems for all the teams.
They all asked for a chicane before the banked
section BUT Ferrari refused. They even offered to
start behind the Bridgestone teams and race for NO
points. Again Ferrari and head of formula 1 refused.
So I feel that Michelin and the teams took the only
responsible action the could...spectator and driver
safety being paramount...So they did parade lap and
retired. BUT I feel formula 1 heads should be SHOT (or
something worse) they had a solution but were
unwilling to take it thinking they could force the
teams hands.
I really feel for the poor spectators.
John Duggan Wales UK
--- Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> All but a half dozen of 'em quit after one lap. The
> Michelin tires/tyres apparently weren't up to safely
> taking one of the turns and they couldn't agree on
> what to do about slowing things down. Nearly as
> dumb as the IRL and CART pissing contest of the past
> few years.
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
> -------------- Original message
> ----------------------
> From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > I'm almost afraid to ask, but . . . what "F1
> fiasco"?
> >
> > On 6/23/05, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yeah, it's those 'wet behind the ears'
> colonists in the U.S.
> > > > that get all steamed up about such things!
> > >
> > > Hey, we colonists have a right to be steamed
> after the F1 fiasco!
> > >
> > >
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Regards
John Duggan,
Wales, UK
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