(GMM) Michelin will ask the governing body to allow tyre testing at Indianapolis prior to the next F1 grand prix there.
Ahead of partner teams' Wednesday hearing at the FIA world council, the French company released a statement insisting that tyres taken to the US GP - leading to the disastrous six car farce - were 'not intrinsically' flawed.
''But (they) were insufficiently suited to the extreme racing conditions encountered through turn 13 ... this year.
''Testing at Indianapolis was not possible,'' it read. ''Michelin had to carry out simulation work based on the results of less severe testing.''
The Clermont-Ferrand based tyre supplier to seven of F1's ten teams also insisted that adding a 'chicane' would not have left fans 'deprived of a high class competition.'
Michelin then vowed to take 'safe, competitive tyres' to the remaining ten races of 2005.
Written: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:05:56
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