Насчёт штрафов: The penalties for using illegal tyres are not clear in the regulations.
К вопросу о придумывании чего попало, лишь бы выкрутиться.
это в заявлении ПОСЛЕ гонки
"By this time, the nine teams had discussed running a non-championship race, or a race in which the Michelin teams could not score points, and even a race whereby only the Michelin teams used the new chicane, and indeed, every other possible option that would allow 20 cars to participate and put on a show"
это в новостях ДО гонки.
"There are reports that Minardi and Jordan have joined the Michelin teams and say that unless there is a chicane to slow the cars down, they will not be taking part in the United States Grand Prix. The latest twist in the story means that in just over an hour from now we could see two cars lining up on the grid at the start of the race, which would be a complete disaster for F1 in the United States."
"With half an hour to go before the start of the United States Grand Prix there is no sign as to what is going to happen. Our understanding is that if there is no chicane 18 of the cars will stay in the garages and only Ferrari will take up its grid positions. If there is a chicane, so goes the theory, Ferrari will not be there. There is talk that the race will be run as a non-championship event but at the moment nothing is clear and the crowd of 160,000 is innocently waiting hoping to see a motor race."
http://www.grandprix.com/nscurrent.html
Таким образом остаётся выбор "крутится Тодт" или "крутятся остальные". Хорошо не быть фанатом.
