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MICHELIN SUES FIA.(Competition)

AutoWeek,  March, 2007  

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> French tire giant Michelin took unprecedented legal action against the world motorsports governing body, FIA, after it failed to win the contract to supply the World Rally Championship with control tires for the next three years. After the FIA awarded the contract to rival firm Pirelli rather than Michelin-owned BFGoodrich (Competition, March 12), Michelin's competition director Frederic Henry-Biabaud claimed the FIA had made its decision "for reasons that have nothing to do with sport.'' Michelin's complaint filed against the FIA in a French court asks that the decision ...

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