Somebody
25th July 2010, 17:11
Does anyone else think Ferrari should be criminally prosecuted for race-fixing?
If a football team manager told Striker A that, if he and Striker B were both in a goal-scoring position, B must be the one to score, then he would be prosecuted. (Most betting scandals these days centre NOT around the final result, but around details such as the identity of a goalscorer, time of the first goal, number of corners, etc. Easier to disguise.).
People undoubtably bet on Felipe Massa to come second in this race, and the race was externally manipulated such that that happened. Ergo, race-fixing.
You simply can't DO this sort of thing in the modern world at large and expect to get away with it. I don't see why F1 should be the exception.
If a football team manager told Striker A that, if he and Striker B were both in a goal-scoring position, B must be the one to score, then he would be prosecuted. (Most betting scandals these days centre NOT around the final result, but around details such as the identity of a goalscorer, time of the first goal, number of corners, etc. Easier to disguise.).
People undoubtably bet on Felipe Massa to come second in this race, and the race was externally manipulated such that that happened. Ergo, race-fixing.
You simply can't DO this sort of thing in the modern world at large and expect to get away with it. I don't see why F1 should be the exception.