1)Under-fire F1 tyre supplier Michelin has threatened to sue Ferrari's Ross Brawn for slander.
The Italian marque's technical director told an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport that Michelin's tyres have been too wide and illegal for some time.
'It is not for [him] to decide the legality of Michelin's tyres,' read a statement issued by Clermont-Ferrand.
Michelin re-iterates that the governing FIA has always sanctioned the disputed tyre design 'when new' since they first appeared at Imola in 2001.
'The FIA [then] unilaterally changed the interpretation of [the rule] by stating that the front tyre tread width must now be measured before and after use.'
Michelin still feels it is not reasonable to ask for the new scrutineering methods as of the upcoming Italian Grand Prix.
'The time-scale is much too short,' the statement continues, 'but we are ready to try to conform to this new interpretation.'
The French tyre supplier says it is 'saddened' to see the 'great house' of Ferrari involved in such false accusations of illegality and cheating.
'Michelin would like to remind you that it won its first world title in 1979 with Ferrari - a team for which Michelin has always had the greatest respect.'
It said it 'reserves the right' to take legal action following the 'slanderous remarks' of the Ferrari team-member.
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2) In your face, Bridgestone and Ferrari. That was the message of Renault's Mike Gascoyne at the pre-race Monza tests on Thursday.
The team's technical director said Michelin's all-new, slimmer F1 tyres are even faster than the old 'illegal' ones protested by Ferrari and Bridgestone.
Runners for McLaren, Williams, Renault, Jaguar and Toyota all tried the design on Thursday penned to pass new scrutineering laws in the final races of 2003.
Renault spent the day on track primarily assessing the construction.
'Thanks to our technical partners at Michelin,' said Gascoyne at Monza, 'our tyre testing went very well. They've reacted incredibly quickly.'
The FIA warned Michelin after the Hungarian Grand Prix that a 'secret protest' - revealed to be from Ferrari - meant that its tyres might be illegal in Monza.
Bridgestone took photos of the disputed Michelin front-tyre in Budapest claiming it was as much as 16mm wider than the regulations allow.
But after running the all-new, narrower shape, Gascoyne said 'We actually noted a small performance advantage over its predecessor.'
Fernando Alonso, of Renault, won his first F1 race at the Hungaroring and lapped Bridgestone's Michael Schumacher in the process.