adamhopkinson.co.uk » sport http://adamhopkinson.co.uk/blog Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:17:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-RC1 Formula One: The Paris Hilton of Motorsports? http://adamhopkinson.co.uk/blog/2005/06/19/formula-one-the-paris-hilton-of-motorsports/ http://adamhopkinson.co.uk/blog/2005/06/19/formula-one-the-paris-hilton-of-motorsports/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2005 19:46:13 +0000 Adam Hopkinson http://www.adamhopkinson.co.uk/2005/06/19/formula-one-the-paris-hilton-of-motorsports/ Continue reading →]]> Today’s Formula 1 Grand Prix at Indianapolis was a farce for both the teams and the spectators. Formula One seems to have grown into the spoilt brat of the industry – spending millions of pounds on a hugely public series of events, only to completely ignore the fans when they need to sort out an issue; and I’m looking at the FIA here, not the teams or even the suppliers. As David Coulthard put it

the reality is mature adults couldn’t find a solution that would let us go racing

The initial situation is down to Michelin, who seemingly did not do their research beforehand. After they realised the problem, the FIA could have either let the affected teams use different tyres – thus breaking 5 rules, which were written to apply to individual teams, or they could have put in a chicane – as requested by both Michelin and 10 of the teams.

Two more quotes, the first from Martin Brundle (reporting for ITV)

if Schumacher does a victory dance on the podium, i’m personally going to go up there and punch him

and Jim Rosenthal

Coronation Street is on next – that’s a soap opera that is worth watching!

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