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Michael Schumacher lapped Alex Wurz on lap 43(out of 60) under yellow flags which meant that he had to serve a stop and go but the stewards were debating about whether to send out the Safety Car at the time and Schumacher's penalty was sidelined. Ferrari were notified of the penalty 3 minutes too late(ie 28 minutes after the incident). There was all that hoo-hah over the application of the rules and the penalty wasn't displayed on the monitors and the rules say that a stop and go has to be taken within 3 laps. By the time everything was confirmed there were 3 laps of the race to go which meant that Schumacher was entitled to do two complete laps of the track and then drive his final lap as an 'in lap' and take the penalty on that lap, it just so happened that this was AFTER the finishing line. That's how I saw it anyway. It was a crazy race and it was good fun.
Christopher Hilton's book, Michael Schumacher The Ferrari Years, breaks it down in real time.
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