OTT: US Formula 1 race great for Ferarri, bad for Michelin

[Bob D]

IIRC, michelin offered to ship in new safe tires for them to race on. 
Max Mosley said NO. Then Michelin said its ok to use those tires, but 
put in a chicane on turn 13. Max Mosely said NO.
Not sure Id place all the blame on Michelin...


Mike Veglia wrote:

>Michelin and the teams that run them are 100% at
>fault. The fans got screwed, F1's presence in the USA
>likely got screwed, but there is only one place to lay
>blame, and that is Michelin I'm afraid. The root of
>the problem can be also attributed to tire wars, and
>this supposed cost saving rule of running race
>distance on a set of tires
>
>According to Peter Windsor on SPEED TV's Wind Tunnel
>program Sunday night. Michelin was told of the track
>resurfacing and the Michelin running teams were
>invited to a tire test. I don't recall which two, but
>two teams sent two cars (one each) with test drivers
>to Indy to test tires with Michelin. Meanwhile, the
>majority of team testing was held at Silverstone
>instead. Obvious to see priorities lied here. That was
>the opportunity for Michelin Engineers and teams to
>"get it right" and they failed, miserably.
>
>Adding a chicane in the 11th hour because Michelin
>failed to provide reliable and safe equipment really
>wasn't an option. Clearly the technical hurdles were
>not insurmountable, after all the struggling Ferrari
>team finally got a decent qualifying result and ran
>race distance at a solid pace just fine. In fact, none
>of the Bridgestone teams had a tire problem.
>
>The only underlying conspiracy here is the opportunity
>for the breakaway teams to use this as a reason to
>begin the "split" in F1. Of course American open wheel
>fans only know all too well what happens when a strong
>series splits off into two. The best open wheel race
>in the USA last weekend was likely in Portland, but
>not many cared.
>
>Mike Veglia
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