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Well as I recall they did ask if they could bring in the Magny-Cours tires after the Schumacher incident. A "just start to bring them in while we arbitrate" message from the FIA management would have been nice.
However that would have placed the FIA management in a problematic situation as they were then more or less obliged to follow up with a permission to change tires. After all teams are allowed to change defect tires during race. I think the management made a calculated risk and hoped the Michelin teams would have run on half throttle. Of course that would most likely still have made the fans P/O'ed as there would have been no race in reality - it is a sport where fractions of a second counts.

Lets look forward. I hope all this depressing talk about boycotts and/or bans is nothing but political aftermath as each side is busy washing their hands. Lets have a really good race on Sunday shall we. It has been a splendid season so far (apart from Indy of course) so I'm looking forward to seeing it decided on the tarmac.

PS:
Refresh my memory. When I briefed myself on the new tire rules I understood that a team is only allowed to bring tires of one quality to each venue as well as wet tires. Furthermore they are only allowed to actually change the tires if there is a serious defect. After Raikkonens front suspension breakdown it was clarified that flatspotting did count as a serious defect.

PPS:
Does anyone else see the irony in BMW taking over the Sauber team?