Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank Dernie wrote: > Peter, .... > It was clear from this later information that the safety of the > drivers, corner workers and spectators could not be guaranteed unless > some sort of compromise on the circuit was met. There are precedents > for this. Remember Jackie Stewart. Sorry that's rhetorical as you obviously do :-) > The FIA are now circulating outraged press releases which try to lay > the blame for the actual race fiasco elsewhere. Absolving Bernie and Max... Clearly the technical > failure was down to Michelin. The FIA release I saw said that the Michelin teams could have run on their alternates. But then they would have been uncompetitive and the fans would have complained because... The absence of a compromise solution > allowing a race to take place for the spectators was IMHO entirely due > to the FIA refusing to adopt such a compromise. Obviously they have the > power to do this though they have never used it like this before. Interesting, though I would have thought that the FIA backed by Bernie would have been able to adopt whatever appropriate measures were deemed necessary to get the race run... > I wonder what the real reason is? Time will probably tell. I have a feeling that this is going to be one of those F1 debacles that runs and runs. Peter