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The race was doomed the moment Michelen found the serious fault and said it would be unsafe. No-one could go out under such circumstances unless modifications could be made to replace the tyres or slow cars down a lot.

We only have to look back to the court cases that have occurred in after major crashes to see how liability, both civil and criminal would still apply. McClaren (or was it Williams? ) took a long while after Senna's death extracting themselves from the Italian legal system.

What I fail to understand is given the timing when the problem was known, that the race could not have been deemed "void". Those teams not on Michelin tyres get the points in default. Michelen runners get nothing as effectively they are graded "did not start".

At that point then an "exhibition race" could have been held, at least offering some sort of proper event. A Chicane or whatever could then have been provided to ensure safety could be achived.