>Why this reminds me Hakkinen :) Anyway Coulthard is performing well ahead of rest. In (Austria A1 ?) Barri's break to get Schumi 2nd in my book called a cheat and I can't believe FIA accepts it legal.
>Cetin

Well Cetin, I drive myself and know a little of FIA-rules; if you look at these rules trhough the eyes of structured development, this "contract" is as inconsistent as my first written program (and maybe the last too).
Talking about it won't help you a bit, because most of these rule-makers are amateurs (nothing about them, but they just are).
This is where Shumi comes in knowing the rules by heart, and which just allows for winning sometimes where he shouldn't. However, the knowlegde of these regulations gives another dimension in looking at a race. Tip : buy the book an read it, and know start looking at races again, hoping some strangeness will happen, and see who reacts appropriate to the rules.
My nr.1 is the occasion that Schumagger won by making his penalty-stop in the vert last round in the pitlane. Even the finish-line overthere was less meters than the one in the regular circuit. Great.

Pitstop strategies ? great. Just watch cart and look how different it can be and how all (IMO) do it just wrong;
Coulthart waiting behind Bernoldi for 3/4 of the race while het could just have got in at 1/4. No matter if the tank 's still full. Stupid, but if he'd done that, he would have been 2nd or 3rd.
Alesi the same; waited just long enough for pitting that Coulthart cought him.

Last IRL IMO was not so much interesting. But looking through these dimensions it sure was.

Ok go to work again ...