Schumacher wins race farce as 14 cars forced out

FERRARI’S Michael Schumacher emerged with the victory in a US Grand Prix turned into a parade yesterday by the withdrawal of 14 Formula One cars running on suspect Michelin tyres.

All seven of the teams supplied by Michelin, including championship front-runners Renault and McLaren, formed up on the grid, but were back in the pits at the end of the warm-up lap leaving Ferrari, Minardi and Jordan, all on Bridgestone tyres, in the field.

As big-screen televisions showed the drivers climbing out of their cars, fans at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway booed and threw objects toward the track.