Scandals in Motorsport
- Incidents involving loose manhole/drain covers:
- 1990 480km of Montreal
- 2004 DTM Shanghai
- 2005 Chinese Grand Prix
- 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China
- IMSA Camel GT drug smuggling scandal (1980s) - A group of drivers was arrested for drug smuggling to finance their racing activities: the Whittington brothers (Bill and Don), Randy Lanier and father and son, John Paul Sr. and Jr. would all by 1987 be imprisoned under various charges.
- Tyrrell Racing technical infringement scandal (1984) - The Tyrrell team were disqualified from the 1984 Formula One season after it were discovered that the team are using illegal fuel mixtures, as well as several other technical infringements.
- Darrell Alderman's drug possession scandal (1991)
- Jeremy Mayfield's meth scandal.
- 1994 Formula One cheating controversy - A number of allegations of cheating were thrown during the 1994 Formula One season, particularly to Benetton team.
- Toyota Team Europe turbocharger scandal (1995) - The Toyota factory backed WRC team was disqualified from the 1995 championship, fined, and banned for 12 months it was discovered that they had been competing with a tampered air restrictor, allowing for more power than the permitted amount.
- The sudden cancellation of Firestone Firehawk 600 and its handling by CART
- Angela's Motorsports scandal (2003)
- 2005 United States Grand Prix - mass "walkout" controversy after seven teams using Michelin tyres boycotted at the start of the race due to concerns following two tyre-related accidents by Toyota's Ralf Schumacher and Ricardo Zonta during the Friday practice sessions.
- Max Mosley's S&M dungeon allegation (2008) - later resulted in a successful lawsuit brought by the FIA president against the News of the World newspaper, who covered the scandal.
- 2007 NASCAR Gatorade Duel Scandal
- 2007 Formula One espionage controversy, commonly known as Stepneygate; an incident in which Scuderia Ferrari mechanic Nigel Stepney passed on secret document to Mike Coughlan of McLaren.
- 2008 race fixing controversy, surrounding allegations in Formula One that driver Nelson Piquet Jr. deliberately crashed in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to help his Renault F1 teammate Fernando Alonso win
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