Michelin To Pull Out At The End Of '06

[Lee]

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Wern't expecting that so soon.

 

[kensei]

No surprise other than the timing. This really makes Williams and Toyota look smart!

 

[Lee]

No surprise other than the timing. This really makes Williams and Toyota look smart!

Very true, maybe this could be the reasoning for 1 or 2 more teams to jump ship before the start of the season..

 

[X-Othermic]

Yes, Williams and Toyota will be able to getto grips (in both senses) with Brigestone's tyres before all the other teams jump ship. This will give them a huge advantage. However i think that William's winning days are over, for now at least...

 

[Mt. Lynx]

I aexpected that to happen. I was surprised Michelin didn´t opt out earlier, since they knew this was bound to happen. I think the idea of a single tyresupplier is completely in the opposite direction of what F1 should be. What FIA should´ve done is opened the door to more suppliers instead. The tyremanufacturers should only be allowed to supply two or maybe three teams. That should put a new level to F1. Why can´t FIA try something new? They have already tried using one supplier, and that didn´t exactly work great. If there is no competition, the supplier won´t have to develop the tyre any more, and so the quality of the tyres will slowly degrade, as the cars develop further. Bad idea, FIA!

 

[Omnis]

I wonder what it would be like to see Goodyear, Michelin, Yokohama, and Bridestone all in competition. That would be pretty cool.

 

[VIPFREAK]

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uh... I was just in a thread like this?