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Originally Posted by sherer
they brought a new tyre out for Sunday but basically it was made in the same way and so had the same problem
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They would have been penalised anyway if they ran a different tyre from Sat to Sun...but I thought they did plan to redesign in time for the race...but I may be wrong on this.
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Originally Posted by sherer
As for the FIA's idea that 14 cars should go through turn 13 slowly that was totally ludicrous and that's from the governing body who are supposed to be there for safety.
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Absolutely. That solution would be as dangerous, if not more so than running unsafe tyres.
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Originally Posted by sherer
As far as I can tell there were 2 solutions.. install a chicane, unfair to Birdgestone, unless the Michelin runnings didn't score points
Run the race at a later date
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I guess this is where we will all have our opinions. IMHO, installing the chicane woud have been unfair on the Bridgestone teams
if the Michelin teams didn't offer to surrender any points they gained in the race.
I think although it wasn't an ideal situation, it was a most sportsmanlike offer and of course would have pleased 120,000 punters in the stands and tens of millions of viewers around the world. It would have also made the FIA and Ferrari look good, unlike now where they look like the baddies.