Farce

You really couldn't make it up but it will take a long time before the dust settles on what happened at the United States Formula One Grand Prix. All the usual suspects were and are being blamed. It's all The FIA/ Ferrari/ Ecclestone/ Mosley/ Schumacher's fault go the arguments. No it's not, the blame lies squarely with Michelin, no-one else.

The FIA have taken the unusual step of publishing correspondence between themselves and Michelin regarding their inadequate tyres. Makes for fascinating reading. Michelin failed to deliver suitable product pure and simple. If the tyres couldn't go flat out then the answer was simple, back off into turn 12. No chicane, the driver uses his skill to push the car as fast as it will go for the entire race, if it happens to be slower than the opposition, tough.

I can just imagine the arrogant shrugs of the Michelin representatives as they laid out their plans. I've dealt with a number of French companies in my time and without exception they've been an absolute nightmare to deal with. The first time a French Engineer shrugged his shoulders at me, looked at the floor and screwed his nose up I nearly burst out laughing. The second time I felt like sticking my fork in his f*cking eye. My boss and me have since come to an understanding, we don't take projects involving the French.

I wonder how our great leader felt when faced with the epitome of French arrogance, the politically dead Chirac? Plastic cutlery wouldn't save him from me. Just looked at that face, could you ever tyre (couldn't resist) of slapping it? What on earth have the French got to be so arrogant about?