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Originally Posted by superiorrain
First, sorry to hear that you were there, i would have been so angry. What i want to know is, did you get your money back? will you get your money back? and i'm guessing the first you knew that there wouldn't be a 'race' was when all the teams pulled into the pits, what the hell did you think was going on? I know i would have been totally confused by it all.
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No word on reimbursement for the tickets. I doubt it that will occur. The track would have to issue a refund and its doubtful that they would if they still must pay F1 a sanction fee. The track has as much expenses this weekend as they would have incurred had all 20 cars started the race.
What should happen is Michelin issuing credits to each ticket holder for the amount of the tickets applied to a new tire pruchase. Even then, I'm not sure I would ever buy a Michelin, Goodrich or Uniroyal product (all manufactured by Michelin). Fully one third of Michelin's sales comes from the US. The bad PR associated with this will be immeasurable.
Not the first time I had a race cancelled. I booked flights and hotel room in Las Vegas in 2003 so I could drive to the Fontana CART race from LV. The southern California fires caused the race to be cancelled. I was left 'stranded' in Las Vegas.
I did get a full refund on those tickets, however I did spend a bunch on flights and hotels that I otherwise wouldn't have. On Sunday morning I was walking through the manufacturers compound with my brother and we both were pleasantly surprised by all the foreign fans in attendance, Asian, Indian, European and South American. Probably come Canadians also, but they blend in too well.
Those were the people that got royally screwed by Michelin. I only had a 2.5 hour drive and spent the night with some friends close to the track. Not a total loss to me.