So it's Father's Day and I'm sitting here watching the U.S. Grand Prix with my dad. (And you all wonder where I got my love of fun and fast driving.) I'm generally not such a fan of watching car races because they seem pretty pointless. Driving around and around the same track some 70-100 times seems a little bit boring, even at 200 mph - although the crashes are generally pretty spectacular.Anyhoot, while watching car racing isn't my thing, today, at the very least, I have to admit the sport is pretty crazy. Generally in the U.S. Grand Prix there's some 10 teams racing, which translates to 20-25 cars. But not this year. Today's race is between 3 teams - 6 cars. Apparently 7 out of the 10 teams use Michelin tires and just hours before the race was to begin Michelin enginerds declared their tires unsafe for the track. There was some suggestion of changing the track (to slow it down) but Formula One officials said they didn't think it right to change the rules of the game so that all teams could participate. Anyhoot, it's an interesting race to hear everyone blaming everyone else. Drivers blame Formula One officials, Formula One officials blame the teams and their "inappropriate equipment", fans seem to blame everyone, and stuck in the middle of it all is the Indianapolis track that is being forced to refund most fans tickets, thereby losing tons of money on this event.
My question is, why isn't anyone blaming Michelin? Just because they advised against racing in the interest of safety doesn't mean they're the good guys. Right?
