drinks up   Michelin (full name: SCA Compagnie Générale des
Établissements Michelin) based in Clermont-Ferrand in the
Auvergne région of France, is primarily a tyre manufacturer, the
worlds largest. It is also famous for its Red and Green travel
guides, for the Michelin stars that the Red Guide awards to
restaurants for their cooking, for its road maps, and for its
historic emblem, the Michelin Man.  The tyre manufacturing
subsidiary is officially called Manufacture Française des
Pneumatiques Michelin, "Michelin tyre manufacturing company of
France." The company headquarters is in Clermont-Ferrand, 424 km
south of Paris, France.         Formula One      In December
2005, and as a result of the difficult relationship with the
sport's governing body, Michelin announced that it would not
extend its involvement in Formula One beyond the 2006 season.
Bridgestone has since then been the sole supplier of tyres to
Formula One.  The last race won on Michelin Tyres in Formula One
was the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix, Ferna