The Grand Farce of F1 - 2005 US GP - Backstory + Formation Lap and First Lap

[@TheJokerit19]

I'm here for a single-car start a la Lewis Hamilton in the 2021 Hungarian GP.

[@zanemarte9877]

The race that should never have happened in the first place. The moment Ralf crashed and not cleared by medical personnel to race should have been a red flag. If that chicane was put in BEFORE qualifying the race could've gone according to plan. IF the weekend went on with the chicane implemented for qualifying and the race; who might have won will remain a mystery, my opinion on the winner Jarno Trulli for Toyota's first ever Grand Prix victory, or Jenson Button for B.A.R.- Honda (for B.A.R.'s only Grand Prix victory just ahead of the full buyout of B.A.R. to become the full on works Honda team for 2006 and beyond), or even a Renault 1-2 finish with Alonso and Fisichella.

[@simonkevnorris]

A track has to be homologated. If there are any changes those have to pass various safety checks. If they had raced with a chicane and there was an accident there that involved injuries to spectators the one country you would not want that to happen is the USA.

[@zanemarte9877]

​@@simonkevnorris BUT none of those procedures mattered and they shouldn't have because they completely ignored the bigger issue, and that was the safety of EVERYONE. That SHOULD HAVE allowed an exception to occur because had those teams on Michelin tires raced without the chicane EVERYBODY involved would've been on the hook of U.S. law enforcement. What that means is EVERYONE from the Michelin tire company, teams, drivers, F1 Management Group, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, AND the FIA ALL could've faced criminal charges as by U.S. law it is ILLEGAL under Gross Negligence to use DEFECTIVE UNSAFE products as the tires were known to cause harm, injury, or even DEATH towards the users and general public. If you look at the beginning of the video and my original comment again about what happened to Ralf Schumacher I said "... SHOULD HAVE been a red flag" to begin with. But obviously the FIA under cold Max Mosley didn't see it that way and only wanted a proper race to be run and money in his pockets. I despise him to this day because had those cars on Michelin tires not withdrawn, not only that U.S. law enforcement would've pressed criminal charges for Gross Negligence but another person could've gotten hurt or worse killed by a DEFECTIVE UNSAFE race tire, and by another person it could've been another driver, a track worker, or even way worse a spectator. That's why in a hearing several weeks later the FIA's plans to punish the teams and Michelin tire company were dropped like nothing happened. Not to mention a similar problem happened 18 years later at Qatar 2023 when Pirelli (today's F1 tire supplier as of 2024) had faced similar issues with their race tires and as a result the FIA made changes to the track layout and replaced a practice session with a familiaration session and then go straight to qualifying. Which is what they (again) SHOULD HAVE done in the first place instead of forcing teams to have to make a decision to not race or face criminal charges in a jurisdiction that doesn't take safety lightly.

[@DennieWilliamson]

Could have just changed the regulations for one race to change the tires

[@rodclark5831]

LH we RACE as ONE 1:44 check out the diamond cut surface in 2005 @ 1:44 coincidence you decide

[@socram_jb17]

They had to put a Yellow Flag on Banking, NOT put a Black Flag in History

[@zanemarte9877]

That was never going to be a solution. David Coulthard said in an interview a couple weeks later, "You don't ever drive slow in a fast corner. That is a driver killer because someone else could misjudge their speed and I would defy anyone who's a driver to believe you can have that as an option." At the end, without the chicane implemented to replace the oval turn 1 for qualifying AND the race, there was no option left for the teams on Michelin tires but to either withdraw OR put everybody involved on the hook of U.S. law enforcement. This is because had there were a proper race and had a car on Michelin tires crashed out and got another driver, a track worker, or worse a spectator hurt or even way worse killed, under U.S. law; ALL teams, ALL drivers (except for Ralf Schumacher who got hurt in the Toyota that Friday before the race), both Bridgestone and Michelin tire companies, F1 Management Group, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, AND the FIA under Max Mosley ALL could have faced criminal charges for conducting a public event with defective products under Gross Negligence, and be instructed to pay the victims/families liability damages caused by a defective unsafe race tire.