The row over tyres used in Formula 1 escalated when Ferrari’s Technical Director Ross Brawn said that Ferrari was considering lodging protests over the results of several of this season’s races. A large number of Michelin teams “were running illegal tyres for a considerable amount of time” he said in an interview with Autosport magazine, dismissing suggestions that the row is damaging the sport. Michelin claims that its tyres are legal. As far as the average F1 fans are concerned, they would doubtless prefer the 2003 championship to be decided on the track by drivers, rather than in a courtroom by lawyers.