[broadrun96]

The comments were because I actually read what he said and read what the tire engineers said. It's not a matter of not having an opinion or commenting. But he directly said without ANY data, oh and his teams data agreed with the tire guys, to back up his claims the tires would go much further. It's not a matter of not having an opinion at all. It's having an informed opinion and not running your mouth when actually backed data said the tires were getting destroyed at 30-40 laps last year. It's the same tire compound so the same will happen. And Firestone expects it to do so earlier as nothing has been run on the track and there will be minimal track time to rubber in the track.

So it's a legitimate safety concern on the part of Indy car and guys who are paid to develop the tires. THEY and only they should be the ones determining safety conditions. Run your yap after you can demonstrate you aren't full of ****. In this case, the data shows he is. And it's not debated with those who know. Including the fact that the rights have NOT been raced at all and were part of a rest run for the Aeroscreen test, and are literally those tires. They have been in storage since August, they were to make new tires this year but could not. That information is crucial in the decision making process.