Hi Don,
On Monday 20 June 2005 6:16 pm, you wrote:
> IRL formula cars and CART formula cars are NOT F1 cars. They just
> look pretty much the same. And, they do not run at the Cleveland
> airport or on Detroit streets. Indy is the currently the ONLY F1
> race in the US. As an ex formula car race driver I understand the
> situation of not racing if the FIA would not allow a chicane to
> slow the cars to prevent tire failure from excess loading on the
> sidewall.I also understand the FIA saying that the race must go on
> as designed. Michelin screwed up!! That's racing...
Michelin screwed up BIGTIME. Without a doubt !
> I would have
> opted for a chicane for the fans but it wouldn't have been the
> right thing to do.
As I see it, there were two options that could have salvaged something
for the fans. One was the chicane ! The other would have been to
allow the replacement tyres to be used. I belive that Michelin had
flown in new tyres, I also heard that Bridgestone had offered to make
tyres available.
> It's a sad situation for F1 racing in this
> country especially with the pending promotion of Scott Speed. I
> just hope the sanction is not pulled from the race.
Sadly this may actually be the case. Both reporters (UK TV) expressed
that they thought that this could be the end of F1 in the USA. Lets
hope not.
> There was a case a couple of years ago where the CART cars pulled
> out of a race at TWS (Texas world speedway near Ft. Worth) due to
> the high banks and the g force problems caused by the high banks
> and the downforce on the cars.
>
> Again, as a "has been", I loved to race but not to race without the
> proper safety aspects of the sport.
>
> Don Guillett
> SalesAid Software
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
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