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I do prefer the 14 cars sit out of the race than any concessions be made to circuit for their benefits. Similarly, the idea of a pitlane and slower speed are equally dubious and hence should not be hastily implemented.
FIA did bring up a good point in their argument. Michelin tyres not only failed at the banked turn, but also at turn 5. At the point of the weekend, Michelin had no idea what caused the tyre failures and hence, no clue to what steps could be taken to garantee safety. It isn't even conclusive that the banking is the direct cause of the tyre failure.
Any suggestions of a chicane or slower speed doesnt garantee safety because you can't have a solution to a problem you don't even know the root of. The only sensible way is to gracefully withdraw the tyres from the race and make a proper announcement to inform everybody WHY such a step has to be taken.
It would have reflected well on Michelin and F1, although causing some unrest.
Instead, we have a slagging match after some form of demonstration which tarnished our sports.
if the goodwill for fans are really important, F1 should have carried on the main race with the 6 cars. After the main race, we can have a 8 laps sprint race non-points scoring (since Michelin insist the tyres are safe for 10laps) among the Michelin teams just to show that they tried to put up a show and make ammends for the spectators.
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