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Post US GP Toyota Testing: Like its Michelin rivals, Toyota spent the post US Grand Prix week busy testing at Jerez. The team opted not to test with Ralf Schumacher to provide him with the longest possible time for recovery from his US Grand Prix crash as possible. Their chief test engineer said: "Ralf has no lasting ill effects after his accident at Indianapolis but we always make driver safety the priority. The team's medical staff decided that the sensible thing to do was maximise Ralf's recovery time before Magny Cours, where he will return to the cockpit alongside Jarno" This article explains what's going on behind the scenes of F1: signonsandiego.com There is a fight going on for control of the "world championship" series and the world's most famous racetrack was taken hostage and turned into a pawn... Nine of the 10 teams on hand agreed to some compromise, as long as Michelin cars paid some type of penalty. Ferrari did not. And Formula One went along with Ferrari... The situation, however, went far beyond tyres. The seven teams that boycotted the US GP – BMW-Williams, BAR-Honda, Renault, Toyota, Mercedes-McLaren, Red Bull and Sauber – are among the nine teams that have threatened to break away from Formula One and launch a rival series in 2008. The only team that has sided with F-1 czar Bernie Ecclestone and his hand-picked puppet head of the sanctioning FIA (Max Mosley) at the moment is Ferrari. Still think (the US GP) boycott was just about tyres? There's an article about the whole US GP debacle at motorsport.com "Right from the start the FIA appeared to be making accusations rather than focusing on finding an acceptable solution... Michelin shouldered its responsibility and stood up in the face of the storm that was sure to follow... The FIA is the sport’s governing body. Faced with the Indy scenario it did not appear to act like the responsible organisation it’s supposed to be" They finish with asking what would YOU do: Do you go ahead with an embarrassing, farcical event that will be ridiculed on a global stage and possibly damage the sport irreparably, or do you find a compromise? Should be a no-brainer, shouldn’t it? Me: I feel better after reading some common sense, see above article and that is the last word I'm posting about this unless I read something else that makes any sense. Nigel Mansell says Michelin not to blame "You cannot blame Michelin. I thought it was very brave of them to declare their concern over the integrity of their product and advise the teams. You cannot really blame the teams, who had to react to the advice they were given and not risk the safety of their drivers. You cannot disregard warnings about tyres. When the safety of drivers and, possibly, supporters comes into question, you don't mess about. You do whatever is necessary in order to race. A compromise had to be found. And that compromise was a chicane being installed at that final fast corner. Simple and effective" Michelin unsuccessfully asked the FIA to ease its rule forbidding teams from changing tyres after qualifying. They also refused to consider installing a curve that Michelin said would slow speeds and make the track safer for its tires. Michelin then advised its teams not to compete. Michelin: "We are absolutely not embarrassed about our decision, although we do have regrets for the fans of Formula One and for the racing drivers of course. We feel it is a reasonable decision and we were professional to bear in mind primarily the safety of the drivers. We had no other choice" Previous to the US GP: Michelin said it had been working with its experts to try to find a tyre that they knew would be safe for Indianapolis. They advised the seven Formula One teams they supply not to race the US GP unless Ralf's tyre failure in practice could be explained or new tyres shipped from France. They also said: "Our advice today is to not run tomorrow's race". Michelin ordered new tyres to be flown in from France, while they analyzed the old ones, and sought a special dispensation to use them. That request triggered an immediate controversy, with teams obliged to use the same tyres for qualifying and the race. Michelin needed permission from the FIA to use a new batch of tires. If the governing body refused it was feared teams would boycott the race. The FIA said introducing a new tyre part way through the weekend would break Formula One rules. They said flatly they would not bend the rules, noting that any team that used a new batch of different specification tyres flown in by Michelin would be penalized. The result of this was that 14 cars on Michelin tyres refused to race. Jarno Trulli: "It was very clear that we were unsafe today and we couldn't race. I'm really sorry for the USA fans". It left just six cars on the track — all of which used Bridgestone tyres. 18/6/05: Interview with Ralf after he was forced to pull out of the last race (some quotes already posted on the previous page) |
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