They could've made a seperate speed lane at the bottom of the banking just for the M runners or made them run through the pits. Ultimately, Michelin didn't want to compromise on their competitiveness and would've preffered the B runners to make the concession, the FIA told them where to go so they pulled out instead.
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@ Darwock - That's true actually, they advised the teams they could not guarantee the safety of the tyre over race distance and the only way the cars could go round the track was by following the FIA's recommendations. The teams then collectively chose to withdraw rather than make concessions but I think that was also done with Michelins advice.
The whole situation was Michelins fault for not bringing adequate tyres to the track. Why they didn't bring the backup set they are supposed to for every race I#ll never comprehend. Did they think they were above mistakes?
In the interest of safety and 'the sport', could Bridgestone not have given Michelin a little warning about the super abrasive surface that was now at Indy? I know it's not the usual way in competetive business and F1 in particular but they already knew the risks and the whole scenario could have been avoided with a little foresight from the Bridgestone execs.
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And I think they will be hauled over the coals but I don't quite know when it'll happen.
Anyway, I'm getting bored of all this tyre speak now and want to make a rare self-indulgant post!!
I was in th south of France last week so a visit to Monaco was well in order and it was fantastic. Anyone else been?
There was still loads of rubber on the roads and they were still taking down metal barriers after 3 weeks.
Managed to drive round almost the whole circuit too (in our sh1tty citroen C2). Got two tyres up on the red an white in a couple of places too, one of them being Portier after Loews, a really crazy sequence of corners.
So proud of the pic (attached) of me at loews too. The rubber where Trulli launched his car was still there
It's also really hilly which you don't realise from tv and games. I knew there was hills but not that steep.
So much of the track is totally fake too. Coming out of the tunnel downhill to the nouvelle chicane (where Button tried to mame himself a few years back and Heidfeld put such a good move on Alonso this year) is completely unrecognisable, the chicane takes them well off the actual road and onto car parking bays and a bit of tarmac where there was a snack bar now, right on the edge of the water it is too, but it took me ages to work out where everything would be as it just looks like a normal road now. The whole section from Nouvelle to La Rascasse is through a carpark so without the barriers up is totaly unrecognisable.
I saw 2 Merc SLR's and an F50 too - rich buggers there!
An added bonus was that Melissa found it interesting and exciting too and completely put up with me just standing around looking at roads and rubber marks working out in my head where the track goes
Enough rambling, if you get the chance to go it's well worth it as an F1 fan, if you get the chance to go in a car and can find your way round, even better, I loved it.
Last edited by Alastair; 21-06-2005, 11:30.
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Originally posted by KungfuNice picture.
All I want to know is if you can drive through the tunnel?
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- Nah man, but I did look! All the shops in the tunnel were full of F1 merchandise that was mostly tat! Fontville (where DC has his hotel) had an amazing shop/gallery of 'real' F1 things like exhaust manifolds, genuine helmets, smashed up wheels, bits of cars etc. All a bit pricey for me though. I think the Jordan steering wheel was 45,000 Euro!!!!!
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Originally posted by KungfuThats Monaco joining the Nurburbring on my to-do list then.
Really need to get to an actually GP now too, might do a road trip to Belgium in a year or 2 I think.
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Originally posted by PeanutsAnd the fact that they didn't bring a backup was in itself a breach of the sporting code
The teams made it pretty clear that their contracts with Michelin didn't allow them to run - after all, if some of them had they they would have automatically leapt qualifying position on those that pitted earlier; someone would have done it for that reason alone.
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Originally posted by PeanutsIf you ever get a chance to see F1 in action, take it. My most abiding memory was the noise of the engines. You could feel the vibrations in the pit of your stomach, it was just incredible.
Am going to the French GP in a couple of weeks actually - hope there isn't any negative fall out from the US fiasco - could be interesting!
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