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Originally Posted by MikeK
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.
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The teams chose not to run. They could have changed tires every 10 laps, or changed their suspension/alignment to reduce the load on that edge of the tire, but they didn't.
People run uncompetitive cars all the time in different series from Autocross to F1. Heck, 4 of the cars on the track Sunday fall into that category. Drive slow, and lose like the other teams do every week, babies.
Heck, I bet the teams could have picked up some lightly used Bridgestone's cheap if they really wanted to race...
Asking a sanctioning body to change the rules when there are no provisions to do so is just silly. You can't change the rules because the majority of the teams don't like them.
One of the best things to think about is if it had been reversed, tire brand and teams. Th FIA made the right decisions.