Originally posted by bigMoneyRacing:

Michelin is completely to blame for not supplying a tire suitable for competition.


Agreed...
Originally posted by bigMoneyRacing:

However, the FIA is to blame for not reaching a compromise so that there still might have been a race.



I disagree with you there. Since each team can bring two different compounds ( performance and "safe/reliable" ) and albeit they can only choose one to qualify/race on, the FIA could've allowed them to change to the safer tire (had the teams even brought the second set) with a penalty. (FIA - Michelin correspondence) As you can read, the FIA DID offer some possible solutions, although it wouldn't have been a competitive race at all.

Any way you look at it, the outcome would still be the same, I think. I also think that the FIA handled the situation well. Tomorrow's FIA hearing will give some answers...

Knowing that F1 popularity in the US is fairly sparce, I hope that what few fans there are realize this is not a Bernie power-play, nor is it IMS's fault. I'm just hope Michelin sucks it up and compensates the ticket holders.

Okay... I'll shutup now...

--JamesT

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