Surfers Paradise a big disapointment

[Valve Bounce]

I wanted to watch the race carefully to see how good Montoya is before he goes to F1. I went to the kitchen for a coffee as they were on what I thought to be the formation lap, and I ran back just missing the first 12 minutes, only to find it was all over bar the shouting. Montoya out, de Ferran out and the Scotsman out. Merde!!! I perservered and watched the rest of the race, only to find leading contenders outed by a continuous carnage unimaginable in F1, and a fire in poor Andretti's car. What I want to ask you guys what you think of this persistant racing under a yellow. I mean a guy drives beautifully to establish a lead, only to find that the yellow comes out and they all refuel and bunch up behind him. OK, they cannot refuel in F1, but the lead is lost. Now this can completely bugger up a race. For example, if TGF had his car on a light fuel load with a two stop strategy, and establishes a big enough lead to still stay ahead after the first stop, only for the yellow to come out just before he is due to pit, and the yellow lasts for 8 laps, what the heck is goiung to happen? The guy cannot come in, runs out of fuel, or at least loses his big lead so that when he comes in, he is overtaken by most of the field who are on a one lap strategy, and he then has to come in once again, same as everyone else so he loses out on the advantage he has built up, and probably loses the race. There must be a more equitable way to protect his lead when the yellow comes out - viz. credit him with the gap at the last time he crossed the finish line, and same for everyone else. What do you guys think? What are the rules if a car is about to pit for fuel a lap before the yellow comes out.