Same thing will happen in Spa...

I don't think top speed was the issue. It was the side g-loading of the tire on the banking.

 

I don't think it was necessarily the top speed, but the banking that caused the problem, but I am pretty confident that Michelin will have the correct tires at all the rest of the tracks. This will not happen again, iMO.

 

Jinx you owe me a coke.

 

The issue was caused, in part, by the diamond cut resurfacing used at Indy - it was a wear issue, that compromised the tire's construction/ carcass integrity, not a top speed issue. The high load transfer that coming onto the banking caused, coupled to the speed, exacerbated the wear issue, creating the possibility of catastrophic tire failure at a very dangerous spot on the track.

 

I'm a bit confused by this one

 

When 2 people say the same exact thing at the same time!!

JINX!!!

 

Sorry, this is something we did when I was a kid. When someone would say the same thing at the same time, one would call out 'Jinx you owe me a coke' considering our posts were at the exact same time and wrote almost the same thing it would apply, but again you would have to have grown up in my small town in New Mexico to get the reference.

 

Not just New Mexico, I think its just a US thing, my little brother still does it (we live in Northern VA).

 

I learn something new every day ! I must have lived a sheltered life as a kid

 

My friends do that to me a lot. I'm not good at saying "jinx you owe me a soda" (my friend's dad works for Pepsi so he doesn't say Coke). When I try to say it as fast as possible, I usually mess up and say "punch, you owe me a drink." My friend one time said "rape you owe me a snack." LOL!

 

The next race is in France, correct?

No way Michelin wont be ready.

 

Even if they werent ready and pulled out of Spa, they would find away to blame it on someone else anyway. Its the french way of life.