[Spud]

Comparing IRL or even CART to F1 is apples to oranges. When IRL and CART run an oval their cars and tires are setup to run them, I don't believe you'll see CART or IRL running a combination road/oval (roval). That being said Michelin had the opportunity to test at that track, and either they didn't test enough or they just got it dead wrong.

But this gets back to this new 1 tire rule. In seasons past we would have never seen this type of thing. If in practice they found a tire was not working, next day everyone who wanted them would have had new compounds available, not possible today.

In my opinion this is what happens when you get someone as out of touch as the FIA (Mad-Max) making rules changes in an offhanded way. He did not seem to see the possible ripple effects of all of his stupid new rules for this season.

Have we already forgotten the 2-day qualifying baloney? What about the 1 engine for 2 races? Did he forsee the teams like Renault running as few as 3 laps on Thursday/Friday practice days to preserve their lumps? Did he consider what those days would be like for the fans?

The FIA seems bent on destroying all they touch, can't ever seem to leave well enough alone, its no wonder so many of the teams are looking to start their own series.