Chris Harris

So to make sure that when they did a fuel check at the end of the race, to make sure they were abiding by the rules, he would be furiously pumping a hand pump underneath the seat to inflate a bladder in the fuel tank to cut off a load of the volume. Ah. And he told this story about it. I don't think I'm misquoting it. He said, well, that's why I was knackered.

So to make sure that when they did a fuel check at the end of the race, to make sure they were abiding by the rules, he would be furiously pumping a hand pump underneath the seat to inflate a bladder in the fuel tank to cut off a load of the volume. Ah. And he told this story about it. I don't think I'm misquoting it. He said, well, that's why I was knackered.

So to make sure that when they did a fuel check at the end of the race, to make sure they were abiding by the rules, he would be furiously pumping a hand pump underneath the seat to inflate a bladder in the fuel tank to cut off a load of the volume. Ah. And he told this story about it. I don't think I'm misquoting it. He said, well, that's why I was knackered.

It wasn't because it was a V12, because on the warm-down lap, I knew I had to pump this thing, like, 40 times to fill up the ladder. Wow. And there's amazing stories of just ingenious cheats. I mean, there's so many of them. I mean, Formula 1 is about... Not getting caught. That's really what it's about. What's the line between interpreting rules and not getting caught? And I love all of that.

It wasn't because it was a V12, because on the warm-down lap, I knew I had to pump this thing, like, 40 times to fill up the ladder. Wow. And there's amazing stories of just ingenious cheats. I mean, there's so many of them. I mean, Formula 1 is about... Not getting caught. That's really what it's about. What's the line between interpreting rules and not getting caught? And I love all of that.

It wasn't because it was a V12, because on the warm-down lap, I knew I had to pump this thing, like, 40 times to fill up the ladder. Wow. And there's amazing stories of just ingenious cheats. I mean, there's so many of them. I mean, Formula 1 is about... Not getting caught. That's really what it's about. What's the line between interpreting rules and not getting caught? And I love all of that.

And I have a few times said to people I know in those sports, can I write that book? Will you tell me? They went, no, I won't tell you any of the stories. I'll tell them to you now as a friend. But if they're ever published, I'm a dead man. Right. Because of all the money involved. But the ingenious cheating. I mean, in 1995...

And I have a few times said to people I know in those sports, can I write that book? Will you tell me? They went, no, I won't tell you any of the stories. I'll tell them to you now as a friend. But if they're ever published, I'm a dead man. Right. Because of all the money involved. But the ingenious cheating. I mean, in 1995...

And I have a few times said to people I know in those sports, can I write that book? Will you tell me? They went, no, I won't tell you any of the stories. I'll tell them to you now as a friend. But if they're ever published, I'm a dead man. Right. Because of all the money involved. But the ingenious cheating. I mean, in 1995...

Toyota was excluded from the World Rally Championship because it just had a brilliantly simple piece of cheating. All the cars, the World Rally cars, were turbocharged. And you have what's called a restrictor, an intake restrictor. So you actually make sure that you can't take more than a certain amount of air into the turbocharger, which should limit the power and make it a level playing field.

Toyota was excluded from the World Rally Championship because it just had a brilliantly simple piece of cheating. All the cars, the World Rally cars, were turbocharged. And you have what's called a restrictor, an intake restrictor. So you actually make sure that you can't take more than a certain amount of air into the turbocharger, which should limit the power and make it a level playing field.

Toyota was excluded from the World Rally Championship because it just had a brilliantly simple piece of cheating. All the cars, the World Rally cars, were turbocharged. And you have what's called a restrictor, an intake restrictor. So you actually make sure that you can't take more than a certain amount of air into the turbocharger, which should limit the power and make it a level playing field.

But they created this brilliantly simple bypass valve that meant that when the car was running, the air would just go round. And the intake restrictor was completely redundant. What they didn't realize was that the World Rally Championship had a couple of situations where the cars run side by side. It'd be a drag race. And so the Toyota just fucked off into the distance.

But they created this brilliantly simple bypass valve that meant that when the car was running, the air would just go round. And the intake restrictor was completely redundant. What they didn't realize was that the World Rally Championship had a couple of situations where the cars run side by side. It'd be a drag race. And so the Toyota just fucked off into the distance.

But they created this brilliantly simple bypass valve that meant that when the car was running, the air would just go round. And the intake restrictor was completely redundant. What they didn't realize was that the World Rally Championship had a couple of situations where the cars run side by side. It'd be a drag race. And so the Toyota just fucked off into the distance.

And everyone went, well, they're cheating, aren't they? And then they found it. But this was perpetrated by Toyota, by a car company. And I suppose those things I find fascinating.

And everyone went, well, they're cheating, aren't they? And then they found it. But this was perpetrated by Toyota, by a car company. And I suppose those things I find fascinating.

And everyone went, well, they're cheating, aren't they? And then they found it. But this was perpetrated by Toyota, by a car company. And I suppose those things I find fascinating.

Dirty. They just knew that sometimes when they got in a car, someone did that with a lever.

Dirty. They just knew that sometimes when they got in a car, someone did that with a lever.