Michellin sucks, -ruined the USGP Options

[seanery]

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/finger.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/finger.gif) I can't believe it. WTF. Michellin, in it's 6th year here, can't create a tire that will will finish the race? WTF.

NO FRENCHIE FUCKING TIRES FOR ANY OF MY CARS!!! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/finger.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/finger.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/finger.gif)

[Jeroen]

QUOTE (lapuwali @ Jun 20 2005, 06:45 AM)

While Michelin f-ed up, it was clearly the FIA and Ferrari that ruined the actual race. As reported by Autosport, a press release from Paul Stoddart, team principal at Minardi, summed up what actually happened before the race itself. 9 of the 10 teams agreed to run a race with a chicane in Turn 13. Ferrari objected. The Michelin teams offered to start behind all of the Bridgestone teams, and even to run without scoring any points at all, no matter how they finished. Ferrari still objected, and the FIA sided with Ferrari. So, the Michelin teams had no option but to not start. They ran the warm-up laps, which fulfilled their contractual obligations to the FIA, then pulled off. Nothing else they could do, really. Jordan decided moments before the race to about face and race anyway. Minardi, who've stated as their goal this season to "not finish last", basically view Jordan as their only realistic competition, so they felt forced to run as well. The obstinate position of the FIA and Ferrari prevented any changes that would have allowed an actual race to be run in reasonable safety. In my view, the Michelin teams bent over backwards to accomodate them, and were told to get stuffed.

Yep, that's exactly what he said live on TV here... except he used a lot of F-words (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)

Stodard is one of the very few sportsmen left in F1 and was the only one to have the balls to speak up against the FIA

Michelin (or Michelin teams) ain't bitchin' about not earning points
Michelin f-ed up and as a result, their teams are screwed for points. No one has an issue with that. Sure it sucks, but those are the rules of the game.

FIA should (and could) have easily provided a way for the spectators and fans to see a race and still penalize the Michelin teams...

If there's a problem, you do everything in your power to fix it.
Michelin did, the teams did, but instead, FIA choose to hide behind their BS bureaucratic rules...

You should get a grab of this book:
"Bernie's Game: Inside the Formula One World of Bernie Ecclestone"
by Terry Lovell
It's a real eye-opener