Shameful Day for Formula 1

Shame on Tony George and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for providing an newly paved, untested and unsafe course. I know Tony hates open wheel racing but damn.

Shame on Michelin for not being able to provide a safe tire to race on and coming unprepared with the improper equipment. However, Michelin does deserve credit where it is due. They were courageous enough to admit that they are the problem and offered solutions. FIA, Max Mosley and their friends in red refused to deal resulting in F1 fans paying/watching an two hour Ferrari practice session. Many are slamming Michelin today, in the aftermath, however they did the only thing they could. Michelin sided with safety and caution as they should.

Shame on Max Mosley, FIA and Bernie Ecclestone for not allowing the building of a chicane in Turn 13 or Michelin to use an alternative tire. Rules are meant to be broken or bent, yesterday was as good of a time as any to invoke the bending of a rule but no, every attempt at a solution was rejected. F1 is about its fans too, not arrogance or the political bullshit. 9 out of 10 teams even agreed to race under a no-points condition if the Turn 13 chicane was erected but no. And of course the lone team to hold out was Ferrari which brings me to my next point.

Shame on Ferrari for siding against the other teams on this issue and agreeing to race. Jean Todt, who saw no advantage to agreeing with any of the solutions put forth, is a selfish bastard. Theres more to F1 than Ferrari. Now Ferrari has claimed 18 points towards the championship, 18 unfair points. If Schumacher wins the Driver's Championship this season, it will be a travesty of grotesque proportions.

Shame on Jordan for going against their previous word and racing. Shame on Minardi for joining them. In an effort to reclaim a small portion of the respect that the FIA lost, they should void the US Grand Prix results.

Shame on those fans in attendance for throwing water and beer bottles at the remaining race drivers. Endangering the lives of the drivers is just plain ignorant.

Shame on Tiago Monteiro and Jordan for celebrating their third place podium finish under such dark circumstances. Monterio, who was grinning like an idiot in celebration of his own mediocrity, is clueless.

I was looking forward to seeing this race all week, was pissed that I missed most of it and rushed home to see it. Then I asked myself, "Why are only Ferrari, Jordan and Minardi running? Did everyone else crash out?" Then I learned the sad, shameful truth... This is one of the darkest days in F1 history and has effectively killed open wheel racing in the US. I will be shocked if F1 decides to ever come back to the US again. This is an embarrassing farce whose biggest losers are us, F1's fans.

Here is one fan's "gesture" that represents many of our feelings this morning...