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MY GOD did anyone see what happened. The USGP started SIX CARS. All Michilin tired cars took a warm up lap then parked.

Probably the death of a USGP for a few years.



Sheesh and some people say that the SCCA and NASCRAP is a political mess.....

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I was truly baffled by the childish way that this whole tire fiasco was handled. In speaking with my wife, we concluded that if we had spent a fair chunk of change to see an F1 race in Europe, we would be beyond livid. Somehow, those fans should be given some sort of preference for tickets at another venue.

You can't really fault the teams for not wanting to expose their driver's to the risk of bad tires. Afterall, at the local level, don't we stress the importance of safety above everything else? Many of the Michelin shod teams even went as far as to propose that they would forfeit points and grid position for the event as part of a modified course. Michelin went to great lengths to get tires airlifted only to find out that the FIA would not approve them for use.

In the end, I see a majority of fault placed on the FIA. Their inflexibility to compromise left fans jaded and angry.