US Formula 1 race great for Ferarri, bad for Michelin

[LL - NY]

It is somewhat pathetic (and trust me, I'm a Ferrari fan and a Schuey fan) that
a single partial member of a governing body has enough power to essentially
nullify a race. The issue was safety, that Michelin ended up in this position 
was truely their mistake. Ferrari could've conceded to allow Michelin to run, 
perhaps with a weight penalty, but went the "insured" route. Truely pathetic,
and truely pathetic that the FIA hasn't the cajones to be able to control their
own events. 

LL - NY - disappointed and I wasn't even able to watch the race.

On 6/19/05, Sébastien ROUL <s.roul at free.fr> wrote:
> because Michelin are better... they won the 8 first races this year, Ferrari
> with Bridgestone won no race till today...
> 
> Michelin has planned a too soft tyre for indy which was a mistake and found
> it to be dangerous (one driver hit the wall because of the tyre during
> friday session and was seiously hurt).
> 
> Michelin found an arrangement in order to let the race go on with his tyres,
> this arrangement was agreed by everyone but Ferrari... so there was no
> arrangement... and they could not go in the race...
> 
> Very sad for Formula One which is the best motoring competition in the world
> : 900hp in a 3.0 liter displacement engine with only unleaded fuel... that's
> technology !
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Enzeder" <enzeder at comcast.net>
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 8:31 PM
> Subject: US Formula 1 race great for Ferarri, bad for Michelin
> 
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> >
> > >
> > >We build race tires, but they can't handle race conditions...
> > >
> > >I wonder why McLaren, etc didn't just borrow tires from Bridgestone...
> >
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