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Titolo: Corrispondenza tra Michelin e FIA

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CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF MICHELIN IN INDIANAPOLIS AND
THE FIA FORMULA ONE RACE DIRECTOR
19.06.2005     
 
Letter from Representatives of Michelin to Charlie Whiting, the FIA
Formula One Race Director: 
Saturday June 18 2005 
Indianapolis
Charlie Whiting, FIA Race Director and Safety delegate
Dear Mr Whiting
Having analysed and fully evaluated the tyre failures that have
occurred over the Indianapolis Grand Prix practice sessions we have
been unable to identify a root cause. 
The current rules and timescale do not permit the use of an
alternative tyre solution and the race must be performed with the
qualifying tyres. 
Michelin has in the sole interest of safety informed its partner teams
that we do not have total assurance that all tyres that qualified the
cars can be used unless the vehicle speed in turn 13 can be reduced. 
Michelin very much regrets this situation, but has taken this decision
after careful consideration and in the best interests of safety at the
event. 
We trust that the FIA can understand our position and we remain at
your disposal if you want any further information. 
Pierre Dupasquier        
Michelin Motorsport Director
Nick Shorrock     
Director of Michelin F1 activities
Cc:
Bernie Ecclestone 
Michelin teams
Ron Dennis (West McLaren-Mercedes)
Flavio Briatore (Mild Seven Renault F1) 
Frank Williams (BMW WilliamsF1 Team) 
Peter Sauber (Sauber Petronas) 
Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing)
Nick Fry (B-A-R Honda)  
John Howett (Panasonic Toyota Racing)
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Letter from Charlie Whiting, the FIA Formula One Race Director, in
reply to above letter from Representatives of Michelin:
19 June, 2005
Dear Mr Dupasquier,
Dear Mr Shorrock,
We have received your letter of 18 June.
We are very surprised that this difficulty has arisen. As you know,
each team is allowed to bring two different types of tyre to an event
so as to ensure that a back-up (usually of lower performance) is
available should problems occur. It is hard to understand why you have
not supplied your teams with such a tyre given your years of
experience at Indianapolis. 
That the teams you supply are not in possession of such a tyre will
also be a matter for the FIA to consider in due course under Article
151c of the International Sporting Code.
No doubt you will inform your teams what is the maximum safe speed for
their cars in Turn 13. We will remind them of the need to follow your
advice for safety reasons. We will also ask them to ensure their cars
do not obstruct other competitors.
Some of the teams have raised with us the possibility of running a
tyre which was not used in qualifying. We have told them this would be
a breach of the rules to be considered by the stewards. We believe the
penalty would not be exclusion but would have to be heavy enough to
ensure that no team was tempted to use qualifying tyres in the future.
Another possibility would be for the relevant teams repeatedly to
change the affected tyre during the race (we understand you have told
your teams the left rear is safe for a maximum of ten laps at full
speed). If the technical delegate and the stewards were satisfied that
each change was made because the tyre would otherwise fail (thus for
genuine safety reasons) and that the relevant team were not gaining an
advantage, there would be no penalty. If this meant using tyres
additional to a teams’ allocation, the stewards would consider all the
circumstances in deciding what penalty, if any, to apply.
Finally, it has been suggested that a chicane should be laid out in
Turn 13. I am sure you will appreciate that this is out of the
question. To change the course in order to help some of the teams with
a performance problem caused by their failure to bring suitable
equipment to the race would be a breach of the rules and grossly
unfair to those teams which have come to Indianapolis with the correct
tyres.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Whiting
FIA Formula One Race Director
cc:  Bernie Ecclestone
Ron Dennis (West McLaren-Mercedes)
Flavio Briatore (Mild Seven Renault F1) 
Frank Williams (BMW WilliamsF1 Team) 
Peter Sauber (Sauber Petronas) 
Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing)
Nick Fry (B-A-R Honda)
John Howett (Panasonic Toyota Racing)
Jean Todt (Scuderia Ferrari)
Colin Kolles (Jordan Grand Prix)
Paul Stoddart (Minardi F1 Team)
Formula One Press Corps

do not obstruct other competitors.
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E io quest'altra per i *distratti* +++...... :-)
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E io quest'altra per i *distratti* +++...... :-)
Ma il bello è che c'è gente che insiste con le sue teorie strampalate !!!

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That the teams you supply are not in possession of such a tyre will
also be a matter for the FIA to consider in due course under Article
151c of the International Sporting Code.
art 151c.
chi ha il regolamento a portata di mouse dia un'occhiata.
e ancora:
i team potevano cambiare cmq le gomme sarebbero stati pesantemente 
penalizzati(per evitare che diventasse un vizio) ma non esclusi.
potevano cambiare gomme ogni 10 giri.
gli stewart non averbbero dato penalita' visto che chiaramente non ne 
sarebbe venuto un vantaggio per i teams michelin.
la chicane era esclusa.
pura pazzia cmabiare la pista a pochi minuti dall'inizio gara e 
penalizzare cosi chi aveva le gomme buone.
leggetelo tutto.
e' puro e sacrosanto vangelo.
i 7 hanno cercato di mettere sotto la FIA e se la sono presa in quel posto.
mrT^^