According to what I heard on SPEED, if they had installed the chicane,
the FIA said that the race would be run without sanction and therefore
the points would not count.
Joe C.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Babcock [mailto:BillB@bnj.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 1:30 PM
To: 'Joe Curry'; KLynch7589@aol.com; fot@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: F1's Cluster
I watched the whole debacle. I bet Rubens wants to shoot Michael--what a
loon. I'm sure the blame will be pointed in every possible direction,
but
I'd vote for Michelin. Of course who really can understand what's going
on
with the Indy surface, but they should have at least understood they
were
going to need something more durable.
If they'd stuck the chicane in then they'd be racing in a configuration
that
no one had practiced or qualified on--lot's of room for protest and
pointing
fingers, especially if a Bridgestone-shod car crashed there. If they let
Michelin replace the tires then they'd give a huge advantage to the
Michelin-shod cars, at a time when Bridgestone has had to struggle
against
tire restrictions.
Probably no good answers. The tire rule needs fixing.
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