Chris, that pretty well says it all. It is sad that the Michelin teams
decided that they would concede all the points to Bridgestone teams
rather than accept any of the options except boycott!
What were they thinking?
Joe C.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of triumph_marx@freenet.de
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 1:46 PM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: F1's Cluster
The Europe view:
The Michelin teams were offered 3 solutions according to the rules:
1. Drive slower at this turn
2. Change tires every ten laps and receive the punish for that
3. install the new tires Michelin flewed in over night and do the race
with new tires an be punished for changing tires.
The Michelin teams wanted a track change ( chicane) which is against the
FIA rules because the tracklength is changed, the drivers didn't
practise on and the chicane isn't accepted by the FIA officials.
Black day for the F1 reputaion - especialy in USA. Sad for the paying
people at the track.
Chris
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