F-1 race disgust

R Dogg 56 · June 19, 2005

I'd protest too if I knew my car's tires were unsafe

$0.02 USD, but I think the fans should have gotten their money back for not being able to get their money's worth in F1 racing. The FIA ought to be ashamed of themselves for what happened.

Edit: see my other post in this thread.

facn8me · June 19, 2005

That suck's. I'm not a big F1 fan but I am glad to see the owners and drivers not comprimising saftey.

Indy · June 20, 2005

That suck's. I'm not a big F1 fan but I am glad to see the owners and drivers not comprimising saftey.

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That's pathetic but at least nobody died because of a tire failure.

blue2kzr2 · June 20, 2005

It does suck, but Michelin shouldn't be faulted for this. Michelin apparently offered to fly new tires in but the FIA declined due to a rule that says teams are only allowed one set of tires per weekend. The FIA should be faulted for this in full due to thier hard-nosed approach. I side with the teams here, no sense compromising a driver's (or several) life, and the car that cost a pretty penny to make, just to race a full field.

silverado3500 · June 20, 2005

The FIA shot themselves in the foot at trying to gain any respect here in the USA. They say that the FIA covets the American market. If this is true, they should show this by offering a full refund to all the people who attended the race. They could have easily put up the chicane in that turn to make it safe for everyone. I don't fault Michelin, as blue2kzr2 mentioned, they offered to fly in replacement tires. The only people to blame are the FIA.

Oh well,

More power to Nascar.

SnakeEyeSS · June 20, 2005

well, I'm not sad I missed this years race after all, but I do plan to take off for next years!

R Dogg 56 · June 20, 2005

I did not hear that Michelin was willing to fly in replacement tires for the cars. Thanks to blue2kzr2 for adding this.

I retract my statement about faulting Michelin.

And the NASCAR race yesterday was interesting. The only major incidents that I saw were Brian Vickers (?) hiiting the water barrier at the entrance to Pit Lane, and Sterling Marlin's motor asploding and allowing for a small oil fire. Glad everyone was okay afterwards. Did you guys see "Batman" and the "Batmobile" at the start? I would love to have that back axle on a truck.

Scyry · June 20, 2005

I was reading the FIA was blaming the teams for not having their second set of tires be different from the first set. Supposedly if they'd of had the less sticky, all weather, all condition set from Michilen they would of been able to run. Probably would of been a crappy race then, but atleast they'd of had a decent number fielded.