[Dennis Kalma]

Must confess I am of two minds about it, but if I had to choose, the preponderance of blame would go to Max Mosely and the FIA...basically if you put a whole bunch of strange rules in place and attach a huge amount of money to successful results, well, strange things happen.

I agree that Michelin had a responsibility to provide a workable tire, but when you are only allowed to bring two tire types (plus wets), the track is resurfaced and relatively unknown to you, I would probably do what Michelin did and bring two tires that are likely to be competitive and likely pretty close to each other in construction with only relatively moderate variation between the two (they HAVE a successful recent record...they were likely building on that). Then you find out there is a problem, not totally sure what it is (your engineers really can't replicate the problem on the test bed....if they could have they would have picked up on it beforehand), and you know if cars start flying off of the track due to tires exploding, and perish the thought that someone gets killed....well the choice is easy. Take your lumps now and everyone lives at least.

I understand that Michelin flew in a bunch of replacement tires which **allegedly*** would have worked for the race, albeit unknown and untested on this track, but FIA did not allow Michelin to use them.

As for the idea of racing and just changing them frequently, well this is another dumb rule problem. FIA would have to decide on a case by case basis whether changing was justified, and if you took them off too early, then you were screwed for the penalty you got....if you took them off too late...well, someone may likely get hurt.

I think the chicane idea was desperate and ill founded, the better answer was to let Michelin use the other tire (if there really was one they were willing to let everyone drive on that is), otherwise....well, maybe realizing it is a sport there for entertainment and putting in the chicane was the best answer, maybe with half points for non-Bridgestone finishers or automatically awarding top points to Bridgestone drivers may have been the best choice in a very poor set of choices.

Ultimately the real answer is to get rid of Mosely, Ecclestone and that entourage and have some decent rules and management govern the sport....

And yes, for those who went and blew through their cash for a non-event....in 10 years time, you will at least be able to say you were there at the worst debacle in F1 history....I bet you WILL remember....

Dennis