Two to fore!

Schumi, that is. And Rubinho. Team Ferrari dazzled at Magny Cours yesterday. What appeared to be a disastrous miscalculation was, again, cunning strategy on the part of Luca Baldisseri.

"Our chief engineer Luca Baldisseri came up with the idea over the weekend, so we had it in our pocket." "And during the second stint when we had some free space behind us, we thought we'd try it, and luckily it paid off," Brawn said.

Michael Schumacher not only ate away Fernando Alonso's lead, he overhauled him halfway through the race and held on to that position to the very end. Just when it looked like it was going to be another boring Schumacher event, the race got exciting. And it stayed that way until after Schumi and Alonso had crossed the finish line because Rubens Barrichello caught Jarno Trulli napping and overtook him at the final corner.

Poor Jarno. He got off to a flying start, held off Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello for the whole race, and blew it on the last but two corners. Raceday was a complete delight! The result: a podium finish that was looking likely to be a Ferrari sandwiched between two Renaults turned out to be exactly the opposite.