Saturday, October 29, 2005

So, Michelin and FIA are in the middle of a fight. You see, FIA decided to return to the tyre change in the middle of the race. The reason behind not permitting the tyre change was to make Ferrari less competitive. The reason given for the tyre change was to reduce cost. After this season, FIA and the teams discovered they went to far. With the rules Ferrari didn't win a single race (except the one when Michelin threw a tantrum which, clearly doesn't count) and F1 lose money, even if it gain interest in the anti-Ferrari crowd, so, they decided to go back to the old rules. Michelin points out that this goes against the stated cost reduction reason and that changing tyres has nothing to do with racing. They are right in both counts, but I'm happy the decision went against them, because of what they did at Indy. I hope they don't win a single race, or sell a single tyre next year... 9:04:46 AM  What do you think? ( Thoughts) Who linked? []

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