[urq] RE: Presence at Indy (CARDCONSYS@aol.com)

[Doug Macy]

Hi Martin and listers! I met you on the Mound turn Six @ USGP on Saturday...
big guy sporting the cool URQ shirt w/ script on the long sleeve...

I place the blame squarely on Michelin and nobody else.

I think they had uncompetitive tires that were unsafe with
the setup that Toyota was running on Friday morning. Nobody
else had a similar failure (with only 2-3 laps on the tires)

They are allowed to bring two sets/specs of tires, and one is
supposed to be "safe in any event"

They painted themselves into a corner with the silly idea of a chicane
that would eliminate any penalty for them (and all of the Michelin teams)
showing up unprepared.

They could have/ should have run the safest tires they had at 9/10ths
in that banked section and suffered the consequences. Instead they screwed
their
customer teams, the fans, and their reputation.

Since I have been an F1 fan and enjoyed all of the technology, politics
and drama for over 25 years (some years more than the actual racing) i see
it as sweet
justice, perhaps even an honor to be present at a most dramatic moment in
recent F1
history... (if you really want to see the race, SpeedTv is the best anyway!)

Replay is on Speed 12;30 AM Saturday (just after midnight friday EST)

I knew for sure that there was no resolution when the cars pulled out on
track,
everyone around me was startled by what happened! I was sure the track
announcer
would say SOMETHING if there was any plan to run the Michelin tires.

We left after lap 2 for our 8 hour drive home!

Great day for all of the Tiego Montera "what his name in 3rd" fans!

Doug Macy (longtime list lurker)
Cumberland, MD
1990 CQ 257,000 miles
1987 4000Q20VT w/ 034efi coming soon...

Please check out Old School Quattros II Aug 19-20 2005!

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/d/r/drk150/OSQ/osq.html


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> Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:13:58 EDT
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> Subject: [urq] Presence at Indy
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>        I was also there, from Virginia, but due to lack of
> preparation time
> on my part and the 600 mile drive did not bring my UrQ. Did go
> over to the
> corral on a couple of occasions on Saturday but met just one
> local TT owner. The
> cars were all mixed up by make and although wandering up and down
> through the
> complete corral did not see much in the way of older Audis. Seems
> there was
> better representation last year.
>        If you go to the FIA site, fia.com, there is the text of Moseley's
> press conference. Must say I agree with him that it is Michelin's
> fault entirely
> and they are now trying to hide behind the safety issue. Think
> there could
> have been some way a race could have been put on though with some tactful
> diplomacy.
>        Talking of tactful diplomacy did anyone else read about
> Ecclestone's
> remarks regarding 'women dressed in white' and Danica Patrick?
>        Martin Dapot.
>
>