MAY 13, 2002

Italian authorities to investigate Austrian result

THE Italian gambling commission is reported to have asked the judiciary if it can open an investigation into the result of the Austrian Grand Prix to consider the suggestion that the Ferrari switch of cars at the end of the race was "a sporting fraud"

It seems that the odds on Rubens Barrichello winning the race moved from 3.5-1 to 2.6-1 between Friday and Sunday morning.