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Imposters storm the podium seconds before the real victors
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Motorsport's greatest imposters

There are many tightly enforced rules in motorsport – some complex, some simple, but there have been a few extraordinary instances of teams and drivers bending the rules and getting away with it

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Pitstop trickery, imaginative designs, covering up cameras – there have been many examples of motorsport teams bending the rules to their favour to try and gain an advantage over the years.

But some ploys are more audacious than others.

Here, we take a look at the times when not all things in racing have been what they appeared, from brotherly shenanigans to cars pretending to be something they're not.

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