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"Rigged" is fixing the result through secretive and forbidden practices. The teams are upfront about team orders and the governing body says they are legal thus the races are not "rigged".
"Rigged" would occur if there was a blanket ban on team orders and thus if an unlucky number two performed a sneaky switcheroo and then claimed "gearbox problem" as an excuse with a twinkle in the eye and a wry smile; that would be rigged.
Bookies would adjust the odds on all the known number twos accordingly. You could still could make a left field bet on a no.2 and then if in the race he was trapped at the front and the no.1 was way behind or else a team might just decide not to issue team orders on that occasion...et al
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