US Formula 1 race great for Ferarri, bad for Michelin

[Frederick Smith]

The one set of tires rule has made things interesting in F1 this year. 
Michelin smirked as Bridgestone struggled with their compounds early on, 
of course having "7" teams testing and supplying data didn't hurt 
Michelin's effort either. Bridgestone had "3" teams........ well "1" 
team + Jordan and Minardi. (let's call it 1.5 teams)

The one set of tires rule isn't very smart from other standpoints 
though, including that of safety. Kimi Raikonnen lost his front 
suspension one lap from victory due to having flat spotted a tire, 
luckily Jenson Button wasn't collected in the process. Besides that, pit 
work and tire changes are an integral part of racing............ a team 
sport!! F1 has seen fit to dispense with that element and while the 
magic that has been performed by the tire manuf. has produced some 
amazing results regarding tire wear and traction the bag of tricks was 
found lacking this weekend. Ferrari set their cars up for the track that 
"everyone" practiced AND qualified on and Bridgestone brought a tire 
that was up to the task.................. Michelin failed miserably at 
Indy, disappointed 100,000+ F1 fans in attendance at the track and who 
knows how may world-wide viewers. For that faux pas they should be held 
accountable, it was their sole responsibility. The FIA upheld the rules 
of the series, Ferrari took a hard line and refused to give ground to 
concessions............ they were prepared properly and F1 is big 
business unfortunately (annual total race team expenditures 
$2,500,000.000 [F1 Racing April 2005]) Let's suppose that there were a 
"one make tire rule" (as proposed) with the same mistaken choice as 
today................. 100k fans get to watch a military fly-over, then 
they get to go home!! F' with it 'till you break it seems to be the 
mantra of Ecclestone and Mosely, what a team!