The thing is, everyone blames Pirelli, which is understandable, but they inist they're only being made to the specifications they're told. One thing I always remember Brundle talking about at the time Pirelli first came in was that they'd been asked to "make tyres that wear out quickly to make things more interesting". I thought then it was a ridiculous thing for the FIA/Bernie/whoever to decide and it's been proven right with all that's happenned.

Tbh it wouldn't surprise me if Pirelli left before too long as they probably feel it's gaining them a lot of unwanted bad publicity. It would then be interesting to see who else would come forwards and what terms they would demand - on the current spec I doubt anyone would touch it with a bargepole.

I can see that, and that's no problem. Pirelli were asked to make tyres that wore out quickly, not tyres that blow out at 200mph. It's the quality issues that are the worst part.