csilke said:The minardi team boss said on TV that 9 of the teams (that's everyone except Ferrari) were backing the idea of adding a chicane but that Jordan broke ranks so Minardi felt they had to 'race' to preserve their position against Jordan.
Surely if only Ferrari had lined up to start even the FIA would have had to do something- I haven't seen anything from Jordan about why they decided to race.
If Michelin had showed up with only rain tires, I suppose they would have insisted on watering down the track...