Monday, June 20, 2005
Embarrasing.
I guess this is gonna be hot in the news. Aih..An embarrasing farce of a race it was in Indianapolis. Seven out the ten teams pulled out of US GP. The result? Only six cars on the track. Pathetic.
The story goes like this: On friday, Michelin (the tiremaker for the seven teams) saw a problem with the tires at the track which ultimately caused Ralf Schumacher to crash. Michelin asked the FIA for replacement tires to be flown in for the teams, or at least, put up a makeshift chicane at a turn which is a high-speed bank.
FIA's response? They ruled out Michelin's request. Result? All seven teams running on Michelin tyres boycotted the race. All twenty cars finished the parade lap, and 14 cars pulled into the pits, leaving six cars on the starting grid.
What a farce, what an embarrasment.
This is gonna be big news in the next few days.
Racing fans left the racetrack disgusted and some were demanding refunds. Some even threw water bottles and beer cans onto the tracks. Aih.
What's my take on the sad race? It's a pity on the American racing fans. They looked forward for a great race, and all they got was this. The sport is gonna lose the American fans over this silly debacle.
The FIA did not think of the sport, and the fans of the sport. This is politics first and sports second, which was supposed to be another way. The image of F1 might be forever damaged by this decision.
If only the FIA agreed to put makeshift chicanes, this sad farce wouldn't have happened. Nine out of the ten teams wanted to put chicanes to control the speed. If only FIA let Michelin to bring new tyres, this wouldn't happen. Instead, the FIA overruled everything, and this upsets the teams, and ultimately, the fans.
The image of F1 will be tarnished.
Aih.
Ooh, this came as a suprise. Since when you were a fan of F1?
I thought you like "F4", better? ;)
Anyway, this is something I heard through the grapevine; some of the teams are planning to pull out from the F1 after the contract expired and start their own Grand Prix series.
Does this mean FIA screwed up, big time?
Only time will tell.
>> FIRST'd.