Video: is this the sneakiest racing move of all time?

Motorsport history is riddled with exceedingly pesky moves. Numerous chapters of Prost versus Senna had a whiff of unsportsmanlike behaviour. And Rosberg and Hamilton’s jousting got a bit too spicy at Spa in 2014.

But with a vast number of cases, partisan fans could probably argue the case of their chastised driver. There’s at least some room for discussion.

Not here, though, we reckon. This move from DTM at the weekend – the German touring car series which raced at TG’s new favourite track, Austria’s Red Bull Ring – has not an ounce of innocence to it.

Timo Scheider, a double DTM champion, is the man standing accused. After being passed by Mercedes drivers Pascal Wehrlein and Robert Wickens on the final lap, approaching tricky turn two, he received the not-very-guarded radio message of "schieb ihn raus".

That translates as “push him out”. The fact Scheider’s car then tapped the rearmost C-Class into turn three – punting both Wehrlein and Wickens out of the race – ought to leave little to the imagination.

Naturally, fingers were pointed and blame was rebuffed, though Scheider was eventually disqualified from the final standings.

A statement followed later from Audi, chiefly its motorsport chief Wolfgang Ullrich, who took responsibility for the radio message.

"I'm sorry that I shouted, 'Timo push him out' in my initial emotion at the command post. I do not communicate with the drivers by radio during the race and did not know that the radio was open. This was not an instruction for Timo by any means. I can only apologise to Mercedes for this remark.”

A bit late now, we’d argue. But we want to know what you think: has there been a sneakier move in motorsport than this?