Grand fiasco

Ok – as I didn’t watch it I cannot really comment on it. I only got to hear about it via friends. My dad is sending video footage of the events.
What am I talking about – well what else but the USA Grand Prix (or rather not the USA Grand Prix).
As I was on a train back from doing grand daughterly/ daughterly duties (it was my Grandpa’s 75th birthday so he was having a party in Leicester and as Sunday was Father’s day I was also nice to my dad) I was totally “out of the loop”. I was however getting texts from a mate who I met at a CU leaders conference a couple of years ago.
Anyway, she was keeping me informed of what was going on.
I have to admit that I was shocked and stunned, and slightly surprised that it actually went ahead. I am not however surprised that it was the Italian Team (you know who I’m talking about – and I only call them that because they are based in Italy) who rejected the proposed chicane which would have slowed them down enough for it to be safe for them to race.
The race its self was such a farce, and I’m not at all surprised that fans left and threw things at the drivers. However, they do have to remember that the safety of those 14 drivers was compromised due to faulty tyres, and therefore so was the safety of those 6 drivers that did actually race.
I just await with interest the fall out for the teams who pulled out.