Indianapolis formula one!
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chcr
Too cute for words
Winky said:
No, no. The tires always look like (to me anyway) they're falling apart. Frequently they do. You know they changed the rule this year that you have to qualify and race on one set of tires, right? The Michelin teams knew they couldn't get close to finishing on the tires they had. I think the drivers would've gone anyway (most of them) but the teams had the final say. Did you want them to go out and race knowing that most of them would probably crash due to tire failure? I've been following F-1 since I was a little kid and this pissing contest between the team owners and the FIA has continued through all that time. It was certainly a contributing factor here, but not the only one. The fans (as usual) are the ones that got fucked.
To me the upshot is that Michelin is under contract to provide suitable tires for the teams that use their tires. They knew the first day of practice that there was a problem. Should they have penalized the Bridgestone runners because of it? I don't think so. I do think it's worth noting that Bridgestone owns Firestone and Firestone makes all the tires for the IRL though. Still, IMO it was Michelin's responsibility first, although the silly rest of the shit was certainly ridiculous.
SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
Formula one still races? I be damned...
HomeLAN
New Member
Michelin, which I used to use exclusively, has turned into a pile of flaming shit. I put 60,000 mile jobs on the wife's car, and had the tread wear down to the indicators in 35,000. My mother had the exact same issue. Never again, man. There are brand new Goodyears on that Taurus now.
TexasRaceLady
Active Member
Michelin screwed the pooch on this one.
They didn't do their homework, brought the wrong compounds, so the drivers and the fans paid the price. No matter how much they want to blame the banking, or the resurfacing of the track---bottom line, they fucked up.
Bridgestone is a sister company of Firestone. When Firestone did the IRL test, the information was passed along. Bridgestone came prepared.
They didn't do their homework, brought the wrong compounds, so the drivers and the fans paid the price. No matter how much they want to blame the banking, or the resurfacing of the track---bottom line, they fucked up.
Bridgestone is a sister company of Firestone. When Firestone did the IRL test, the information was passed along. Bridgestone came prepared.
AlladinSane
Well-Known Member
Michelin went wrong way, sure, but the responsability for this whole fiasco is solely of FIA. They should have considered an alternative to the rules when they made it. I could think of a dozen political solutions to preserve the event. They did choose to fight with the teams. It was clear they wouldn't not race...
