This afternoon I switched the German Grand Prix off in protest at Ferrari’s race fixing. On lap 28 Massa was driving brilliantly and his race engineer Rob Smedley said over the radio “Gap is three seconds. We need everything, Felipe. Keep this going and we can win.” But on lap 47 a different message was sent “Alonso is faster than you. Can you confirm you understand?” Then when Alonso went through, Smedley added: “Good lad …… just stick with it now …. sorry.” As far as I’m concerned this isn’t sport as I wish to watch it which is why I switched off.

Then I thought some more, isn’t it illegal to fix the outcome of of a race/match etc on which bets are placed? Paddy Power were offering the following odds before the race:-

Formula 1 Season Outright Betting 2010 Friday 30th July 2010, 09:00
S Vettel
2/1
L Hamilton
2/1
F Alonso
3/1
M Webber
6/1
J Button
9/1
F Massa
80/1

If I’d placed a bet on Massa I’d be down at the Police station now making a complaint about race fixing.