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Originally Posted by packt up
I agreed with most of what you said Rob but I fail to see how it was unsportsmanlike. What exactly are they supposed to do if the other teams can't finish a race? They shouldn't be expeceted to just drop out too. If Arsenal turned up to Old Trafford complaining that they didn't have any boots would that entitle them to argue for a postponement? Or some to change the sport so that feet weren't necessary? (don't exactly know how but you see my point).
Putting in a Chicane would have been just as ridiculous and just as unsafe as racing with shit tyres. Changing the track means the drivers need to relearn breaking zones, turning points and in essence the entire track becomes a different entity. Not to mention it would need an entirely different set up. Running Formula One cars is a science and throwing Chicanes in at the last minute is not going to make anything safer.
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If Arsenal showed up to a match with no boots, the match wouldn't go ahead. You need correct footwear in order to step foot on a football pitch. How exactly is it sportsmanlike for Ferrari and Jordan to race against nobody (because they weren't racing each other and let's not even kid ourselves that they were)? If the example you used for football happened, it would be fixed. Teams have shown up for matches without their kit bags before and the home team lent them their away shirts. Players have also lent boots. My point is your opposition do everything they can to ensure they are going to have a match. Only in Formula 1 would something like this happen.
As for the chicane arguement, they had more practise sessions so they could have learnt the course easily. Something could have easily been done but it wasn't.