2002 · SPORTING
2002 Sporting Regulations
2002 ran 17 rounds. Points 10-6-4-3-2-1 for top 6, all results counted. The sporting controversy of the year was the Austrian GP, where Rubens Barrichello was ordered to let Schumacher pass on the final lap. The podium backlash prompted an FIA ban on team orders that affect race outcomes — introduced for 2003 and formally in the regulations through 2010.
Team-orders Austrian GP controversy
The Austrian podium — with Barrichello standing on the top step by virtue of being ordered to yield — was one of F1's most memorable PR crises. The FIA's response in 2003 was a formal ban on 'team orders that interfere with a race result.' The ban remained in force through 2010 when it was repealed as unenforceable.
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