Okay, so I figured I'd find out who watches the awesome engineering extremes that is formula one racing on here with a discussion of the happenings that unfolded at the USGP a couple of hours ago. I believe that the FIA's decision to totally eliminate the Michelin drivers from the linup by denying all their attempts (chicane) to continue on with the race this weekend was a bunch of garbage. I personaly think that what the FIA should have done was to set into place a temporary chicane before turn 13 to at least run a race with a full field; even though that was not the track layout initially imposed. The rational for them to deny them the chicane was that it would have made it very unfair to the Bridgestone drivers who were able to race. I don't understand how it was more unfair to slightly alter the race course to keep on with a multi billion dollar GP race with hundreds of thousands of fans watching on what they were saying one of the most famous tracks in the world. If was a matter of safety to the michelin drivers; not even of performance of the cars, it was a life threatening situation for them to race full throttle on turn 13... did they WANT to see another incident like R. Schumachers season crippling crash? I guess so.
I just see it as a more unfair decision to the race drivers, the Michelin teams, and the continuing success of the USGP in the circuit to not make necessary alterations to rules or the track. They just simply blamed Michelin entirely and said they (FIA) would pull out of the race (make it an unofficial race) if the michelin drivers reached an agreement with a compromise for something allowing them to race. I can see how it could party be Michelins fault but I mean... how much harder of a tire would they have had to have brought out to race safely. Like one of the announcers was saying it would have been such an incredibly hard compound that they might as well have not raced anyway.
So 6 bridgestone cars had a test session. There was no race in reality.
These are solely my opinions. I'm not trying to step on anyones toes with this, just wanted to see what you guys thought about it.
BTW -- did anyone hear one of the announcers (I believe david hobbs) blatently call the american fans "morons" for throwing debris on teh track. I thought that was hilarious that he was wrialed up enough to say that one national TV.
See ya guys!
I just see it as a more unfair decision to the race drivers, the Michelin teams, and the continuing success of the USGP in the circuit to not make necessary alterations to rules or the track. They just simply blamed Michelin entirely and said they (FIA) would pull out of the race (make it an unofficial race) if the michelin drivers reached an agreement with a compromise for something allowing them to race. I can see how it could party be Michelins fault but I mean... how much harder of a tire would they have had to have brought out to race safely. Like one of the announcers was saying it would have been such an incredibly hard compound that they might as well have not raced anyway.
So 6 bridgestone cars had a test session. There was no race in reality.
These are solely my opinions. I'm not trying to step on anyones toes with this, just wanted to see what you guys thought about it.
BTW -- did anyone hear one of the announcers (I believe david hobbs) blatently call the american fans "morons" for throwing debris on teh track. I thought that was hilarious that he was wrialed up enough to say that one national TV.
See ya guys!
its a good weekend i goto the motorshow thats on aswell the same week and its on my birthday 