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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 there yesterday and I would like to thank the three teams that came ready to race. I stayed to the end and stood and clapped for all three teams. The other teams did what they had to do, unfortunately. The FIA shoulders some blame for the idiotic one tire rule, but the majority falls on Michelin for coming with an unsafe tire. There are plenty of ovals in the world so their claim that they couldn't test for a 6 degree bank sounds hollow. I do think that not changing to course was the right choice, who knows what effects the chicane could have caused. The cure could have been worse that the disease.

I don't F1 has to be dead in the US. It is wounded and it is up to those with the power to heal it. The American sports fan is forgiving, eventually. Look at the health of Baseball and Basketball and I would bet in five years Hockey. But that doesn't mean there isn't a price to pay.

Michelin should be run out of racing, this was shameful. The FIA needs to get off their self-serving buts and take good care of the sport by making good thought out decisions, not the slash and burn rule making they have exhibited the last few years.