West wrote:Don't forget that Paul Stoddart did get all 10 signatures at Melbourne to run their 2004 spec car (albeit at the last minute) and still were refused
http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/17680/
So even if Ferrari agreed to allow Michelin to run w/ a chicane or w/ the new tires (unlikely, either case), it is still up to the stewards to make the decision.
As for "not knowing" about the Concorde Agreement, I doubt anybody outside of F1 really knows what it holds.
That situation with Minardi also had 9 to 1 (also Ferrari) score for quite long.
Regardless on that, FIA concern and concern of their marshals/stewards and race director should be safety first and than everything else which obviously isn’t the case.
When 9 teams with all their specialist, engineers, technicians say that it is not safe and Bernie & Mossley say – “who cares about the safety” than they shouldn’t be in the sport at all.
When I mentioned Concorde replying to your post it was meant to point out that if Ferrari agreed than we’d have all teams in the race or no race at all (if stewards would still be against agreement made by teams). Either one of these two (all teams race or no race at all) would have been much better option than what we’ve seen today.
That is what happens when you don’t have democracy in F1 but Mossley’s and Bernie’s lifetime dictatorship…
I remember anti-Mossley protests by F1 fans even back in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s but he seams to be holding on like Castro and in the meantime nurturing Bernie as his successor.
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