The Words Piss-up and Brewery Spring to Mind
I wrote that title just after watching the US GP fiasco. I didn’t get around to fleshing the story out until now, 2 weeks later, just before the French. Well, is the picture any clearer after all the stories that have emerged since? Not really. I suppose I can see the FIA point of view: the Michelin teams all suffered a major technical failure, and the teams that were on Bridgestones should not have suffered as a result. Having said that, 120000 or so paying punters also suffered. Of course the big loser in all this is Michelin because they’ll have to stump up for compensation for fans, there’s talk of running a silly little exhibition race, but most of all, they just said “Michelin tyres aren’t safe” on national and international prime time. My little Punto got switched from the Pirellis to Bridgestone Potenzas a long time ago…