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Roy, If I remember seeing correctly they asked to swap to a different tyre as the Michelin one was not holding up to the circuit and was deemed unsafe. The governing body refused to let them change tyres. OK, Michelin want their arses kicked for getting in such a situation but I would not want to be driving a 200mph+ car on tyres I know are not safe.

I'd echo Big Al, though, there is a lot more to Motorsport than F1. In fact I'd go as far as to say F1 is the biggest turn of in Motorsport.
Ian