ffindling,
I agree! I heard tonight that Champ Car is offering to honor USGP tickets at its next race.
Trevor,
I probably hate B.E. as much as you, but beg to differ on B.E. conspiracy theory:
The word on this side of the pond was that B.E. wanted to end Ferrari's domonation of the sport and did so with new tire regulations knowing Ferrari's cars were notoriously hard on tires. That's not a problem if your car and pit crew are fast and you can change tires as often as you want, but ....
I think ffindling's right about the Michelin teams and GPWC.
Oh, about the wall. British drivers like Jim Clark and Nigel Mansel weren't scared of the wall at Indy BEFORE the Safer barriers. What's the matter with the Euro-Weenies of today?