I like the LeMans OK. Probably wouldn't buy one too grilly.
As for the bad joke at Indy:
Michelin screwd the pooch. The FIA refused to compromise by installing a chicaine that all teams voted in favor of except Ferrari who more or less abstained. Granted its possible the chicaine would have lessened the Bridgestone shod car's advantage but that could have been off set by a penalty to have been decided by the FIA. Instead they offered several solutions that would have resulted in an even more dangurious situation than the chicaine. Slow down for turn 13 and they would monitor speeds and acess penalties accordingly. A race car has two speeds, stop and as fast as it will go. This would have been a scoring fiasco as well as dangerous. Bring in new tires and take a severe penalty which would have the effect of setting a race up within a race. Coming in every 10 laps and changing tires that would be assesed by stewards as to their roadworthyness. The FIA flatly rejected the chicaine and therefore set up a "Catch 22" no one could back down from or comprimise out of. Everyone lost except the Bridgestone teams, who came prepaired. Michelin whose stock dropped 3 points Monday and now faces suits from US spectators as well as a board of review from the FIA and a possible exclusion if F1 goes to a single tire supplier, which was being discussed even before this debacle. The FIA which as a sanctioning body is also being sued by spectators and has lost much credibility among F1 fans. The teams that pulled off are being sued by fans and have been supeenaed (sp?) to appear at the same FIA hearing and face the possibility of fines as well as penalties. Even Indy Speedway is being caught in the fall-out and is being sued by spectators because evidently they cant sue Michelin and the FIA without including Indy. They are also sueing the FIA. All in all I feel Michelin was firstly responsible for all of this and then the FIA for not reaching some sort of comprimise. It was a slap in the face of US F1 spectators and desecrated some of the most hallowed ground in racing history. I do hope heads will roll of all of the involved parties.
