Not to believe it. Bernie Ecclestone, the former president of Formula 1 paid to have paid bribes to favor the Brazilian Nelson Pique, who finally stayed with the championship in the 1981 season with one more point over the Argentine Carlos Reuteman. The information was provided during the presentation of the documentary Lucky issued by Star+.
How was the bribery?
The former leader of the category confessed that he had met some masseuses in the preliminary definition in Las Vegas, to whom he entrusted the task of harming the South American runner.
“After the first day of practice, it was obvious that the drivers were going to have problems with all the neck pain. Carlos spoke with the masseuse that he met in the pits. I went to see this person and after a financial discussion, decided favoring Nelson”, Ecclestone recounted.
The former owner of the team brabham He also had time to remember the definition of that campaign. “We won the 1981 championship and it was the final for Carlos, who stopped racing that year,” pointed out.
In that campaign, Carlos Reutemann achieved two championship victories at the Brazilian and Belgian Grand Prix with a total of seven podium finishes. In the Las Vegas race, he went head-to-head with Nelson Pique, who finally established himself with the title by a difference point.
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