Latest French Surrender

Not that anyone here is a racing fan, but here is a really winner.

French tire company Michelin advised the 14 drivers who were using their tires for the US Gran Prix, that they shouldn't race because of tire saftey.

Sparking a fiasco for a series desperate to capture the American audience, Michelin advised the 14 cars it supplies that its tires were unsafe for the final banked turn at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Unable to forge a compromise, all 14 Michelin teams ducked off the track after the warmup lap Sunday, leaving Schumacher and the five other drivers who use Bridgestone tires to race among themselves.

Michelin knows Indianapolis, since they make tires for various races every year, but since their tires were of such high quality they were unsafe this year.

So they advised the drivers to surrender.