(GMM) 1992 world champion Nigel Mansell has sided with Michelin in the blame-game surrounding Sunday's Indianapolis debacle.
The Briton, who tried America's Indy Car series after securing the F1 title, told the 'Daily Mail' that the French tyre supplier was 'very brave' to block teams from racing at the fabled Brickyard.
''And you cannot really blame the teams,'' Mansell, now 51, added, ''who had to react to advice.
''I had some spectacular tyre failures during my career,'' he said, including a 1986 blow out on the Adelaide straight that cost him a title.
''You don't mess about with safety. The simple and effective compromise was a chicane,'' Nigel Mansell concluded.
Written: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 08:54:44
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