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Flashback: Austria 2002 day of shame for Formula 1
< > Few sports breed controversy quite the way Formula 1 does. The sport has it all: drivers taking out one another, inconsistent refereeing, money changing hands, political manoeuvrings, inflammatory statements to the press and most infamously of all, races being fixed – the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix was one of those races. After having led comfortably from pole for the majority of the race, Ferrari’s Rubens Barrichello was ordered over team radio to let teammate Michael Schumacher “pass for the championship” by Ferrari general manager Jean Todt. Having just signed a two-year extension with the team, Barrichello complied, leading to the infamous scene of the Brazilian slowing...
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