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Dean · 2005-06-28, 01:42 PM

Interesting... This detial in the article is still of interest to me, and I can't find a definitive answer...

"Michelin air-freighted a new compound tire to replace the questionable ones, but F1 officials would not allow them to be used. F1 rules require a team to race on the tires they used during qualifying. "

As I understand, they could run on the air freighted tires, but would be subject to a penalty. I think it was Scott that said they couldn't guarentee those tires either.

I think this is one of the key points. If they could have run on the replacements at speed, then I place the more of the blame on the teams for not wanting to take the penalty and deciding not to race instead. Anyone got any more details on that bit?

2005-06-28, 01:42 PM	#24
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	Interesting... This detial in the article is still of interest to me, and I can't find a definitive answer... "Michelin air-freighted a new compound tire to replace the questionable ones, but F1 officials would not allow them to be used. F1 rules require a team to race on the tires they used during qualifying. " As I understand, they could run on the air freighted tires, but would be subject to a penalty. I think it was Scott that said they couldn't guarentee those tires either. I think this is one of the key points. If they could have run on the replacements at speed, then I place the more of the blame on the teams for not wanting to take the penalty and deciding not to race instead. Anyone got any more details on that bit? __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...