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Originally Posted by L L Cool G
at least Minardi finally got some points
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But they aren't happy with them at all. Infact, they admitted they would have rather have gone without than race this farce.
Jordan agreed not to race and then went back on their word therefore forcing Minardi to race. I respect the fact Minardi had the balls to stand up for what they believed in before their hand was forced.
Yes, it was extremely unsportsman-like for Ferrari and Jordan (I'll exclude Minardi since they actually show some class) to decide to race. They were given more than one alternative which would have favoured them and still allowed a race like having the Bridgestone cars on the first 3 rows of the grid and have those 6 cars the only ones which were eligable to score points. However, they technically still didn't do anything wrong. I'd still be embarrassed if I were representing their teams.
At the end of the day though, it was Michelin's own fault. They supply teams with 2 sets of tyres (not the same 2 sets for every team though) and they didn't supply safe tyres. They are 100% at fault. The F.I.A has to take some blame but if Ferrari and Jordan don't agree to a chicane then they can't do anything if they don't decide to cancel the race (which they should have done).
I would be really surprised at this point if there was not one single tyre supplier next season or if there was another U.S Grand Prix lined up for a while.