i think that they were not as good because michelin choose the wrong tyres to send to the teams, from what i heard from the coverage on ITV, the tyres were too soft to be able to withstand the high speed banking... im not 100% on the details, but thats what i think happened...
and the FIA blaming the teams is a joke... its the FIA's fault for not coming up with a solution, they knew about the problems on friday.... surley they would have been able to think of a solution in 2 days... i dont see what the problem with putting a chicane to slow the cars down would have been... i suppose they wouldnt have data mapping for that part, but if they had decided to do that on the first day that there was a problem, then the teams could have got data in the practice and qualifying on saturday...... oh well... i think F1 is finished in the USA now... it should have been sorted out as early as possible, and there wouldnt have been that problem... does anyone know if the people that went there are going to get their money back? i think that they should get it back, because they didnt get what they paid for... at least if they refund, itll look partly good for the FIA... as the ITV reporters said, why cant they forget about all the politicts and rules, and put on a decent race...
another problem apparently was the rough surface on the track wearing the tyres down too much, i think that was another problem, the 9 degree slope put too much pressure on the inner walls of the tyres, and therefore meant that they could not cope with going round the bend, the solution to this problem, according to the manufacturers of the tyres was to put a chicane in just before the bent, between bends 12 and 13...