Schumi defends Michelin teams

I am sure they will get plenty of punishment from there sponsors. I also wonder how many of those teams are looking at alternate tire suppliers for the future?

 

I doubt any of them are. Their current tire supplier has given them tires that have allowed them to win every race this year, save the last one. Their tires are clearly superior to Bridgestone tires this year.

I would much rather have a tire that lets me win 1/2 the races and DNF in 1 or 2 of them, than one that will get me to the end every time, just half way down the pack (or worse).

So far this year, we have seen Schumacher dicing it up with Villeneuve, we've seen the Ferraris fighting for position with the Jaguars/Red Bull cars. We've seen Schumacher getting lapped by the faster cars. Who would want that, if such is the price of not having tire failures?

 

lol wow... amazing Schumacher is happy with Sunday. He finally got a win and Ferrari is now back in it as well.

So who should make things right with all the suckers who are out $1000s just for the extreme pleasure of watching Ferrari not race one another.... hmmm Schumi????

Stupid question really... we got to watch Ferrari and Schumacher!!! A bargin at any price!!!

 

To be honest, I really enjoyed myself up there.

 

I hope he gets all the point cushion he can, personally.

 

I hope that they don't take any points away from any drivers or the team and don't manipulate F1. I hope we can put the USGP behind and get on to real racing. Michelin screwed up, lets not screw up the WC. Let Ferrari win it or lose it on there own.

 

Michelin shot themselves in the foot this time and it really costs them a lot of unwanted PR bad press and that's not good for their products.
Teams should not be punished or blamed as who would want to risk their cars and drivers when one of their suppliers declared that their product wouldn't hold up!

 

I'll second that!

 

Senna1994 for the FIA board.

Pete

 

In stead of punishment, they should reward those teams for saving lifes........

 

If only it were that simple. I think F1 will be turned upside down in the coming weeks and months as the power-struggle between the FIA and the GPWC continues. There probably will be other races like the US GP and there may well be some races cancelled. It'll be interesting and frustrating to watch. I have no idea what the premiere open-wheel racing formula will look like or be called and I don't know if Ferrari will be competing in it.

 

Are you serious? How can you reward this type of B.S.? Car racing, especially F1, is one of the most dangerous sports out there, that's why they make the real money. Michelin hid behind this B.S., everyone knows it. The track temp was supposed to increase by 12-15 degrees for Sundays race, they simply overshot their estimates and through the "safety first" crap, tried to change the rules.

If you want to save lives, send money to Africa, 25 million people die each year and no one hears about it, socialism is dead.....

 

If it goes any further than "harsh words" we'll be looking at a split series next season.

The FIA have fumbled with the(ir) ball(s) enough and Max comes off as a senile Emperor; sitting on his couch, sipping tea, telling the people on the ground "what's best."

 

Didn't the drivers/teams do what they did because the tire was not safe at the speeds they were running????? Seems to me to be a no brainer, park it if you are going to hurt yourself and maybe somebody else. It could have been very bad. We will never know, but what we do know is that there are several F-1 drivers that are not fools. Congrats to all of them.