No pit radio would/could work, they still have pit boards and sticking a pit board out with 'pit'/'box' and an arrow worked in the past.
Its interesting as i work in the bookmaking industry and this is an interesting point where a result in effect is fixed as we are still required to payout on an outcome that was created.
To shed some light though in horseracing a trainer may have more than 1 horse in a race and it is not unkown to use one as a pacer, which then drops back to block the competition. It is also not allowed but still happens.
I don't think there is a solution to this happening the thing i find amusing is surely they could have done it more cleverly. An instruction for Massa to turn down the engine, Alonso to turn it up and then the overtake to take place at a corner agreed before the race
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