Originally Posted by Graham

Well that was Formula Farce, wasn't it?

I think Bernie et al really thought they could browbeat everyone into going on and racing no matter what and figured that when they had them out on the grid they'd all start.

Unfortunately their bluff was well and truly called and then ended up with an utter nonsense of the race that has destroyed not only the credibility of F1 but probably also any chance of F1 races in the USA for the next few years as well.

It is wrong and unfair to blame the teams for "not bringing the right equipment", the tyres are supplied by Michelin, not the teams and so it's not as if it's any one team that "made a mistake".

This was an exercise in brinkmanship and Bernie and Co. lost, big time.