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Originally Posted by Dean
Michelin air freighted in replacement tires which the teams could have run with a penalty, but they decided to be babies and not play. IMHO the 7 teams are equally to blame for the outcome with Michelin.
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I disagree. From what I heard during the commentary in the race, the new tyres had the same defects as the race tyres. The only safe option was to slow the speeds at turn 13. I think the teams on michelins made the right choice. Michelin had proven that the available tyres could fail on turn 13, where Ralf Schumaker cracked his spine when he went off last year.
The fault lies with michelin for causing the problem, then the FIA for not being willing to compromise to keep all the cars in the race.