http://speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/17712/

I spent a total of 10 hours on the road,5 hours at the track, and a major dissapointment. It was great to go to indy and here the reving of a V10 900@ over 18,000 revs but disappointed that the teams,drivers, FIA, Tony George, and Michelen could care less about the fans. People from Germany, Brazil, Columbia, Spain, Fins, etc etc... came to America spent a lot of money and then saw a parade of 6 cars. Its a shame that a sport that I have supported and watched my whole life, has fell apart like this. There I can see F1 losing a lot of fans because of this event. It will be interesting to see what happens at the next race and how all the fans react.

I read an article about that. That's horrible what happened. If I was a fan of F1 I would be a little upset. Well probably more than a little. I do believe that the fans should get their $$$ back. It's not a race watching 6 cars go around in a circle.

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Its a road course and thise far the newest update is the tickets can be used for GA at the Cleveland Grand Prix. The FIA the sanctioning body is seweing the teams that ran the michelens and pulled out so, it will be interesting to see what happens next. I love F1 but certainly am disapointed in how this whole situation was handled. I also think it would be a cold day in H#ll before anybody gets their money back. Unless Michellen, FIA, or F1 pay for it.

I am a life long fan of F1 and am glad i missed this "race" (was at U2) I know all the arguments for both sides but this was the death of F1 in the states and maybe the death of f1 entirely. I can see the manufacturers wanting to go ahead with their own series for sure now.

Sounds as if politics got involved in this. It's really ashamed, especially after all of the money those people paid. I know that there was some discussion of a refund but i've not heard anything for sure on it.

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You're right, F1 is a political sport. I'll be happy when the Concorde Agreement expires in 2007, so F1 will be non-existent. 8 of the 10 teams have agreed to start GPWC when that happens.

I've been an F1 fan since 1997, and I will remain so. I'm just pissed that the FIA (and Ferrari) wouldn't agree to a track modification so the Michelin tires could be used.

On the upside, Tiago Monteiro got a podium finish.

One more thing, to the original poster, please leave Tony George out of this. He wasn't in on any of the mess.

Spliting a series never works, look at the IRL v.s. Cart or the Grand AM v.s. ALMS don't let europe be taken over by the nascarfication.

Tony George had no control over the events but certainly will not refund the tickets, which has caused many court cases.

This one incident is far from being "the death of F1 entirely", particularly when it happened in a country where F1 is hardly very prominent to begin with.

Dont blame tony george, it's the stuck up teams across the atlantic that should be blamed....keep f1 out of USA if there going to play these games.

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Believe it or not, the USGP is the most attended race of the entire year, and has been since 2000.

Please leave the teams out of it. They wanted to race.