Fia Begins Investigation!!!!!
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Fia Begins Investigation!!!!!
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The FIA is getting involved
F1's governing body has apparently accepted McLaren's invitation to launch an investigation into the spy scandal saga involving Nigel Stepney and Mike Coughlan.
The FIA has issued the following statement today:
"With the full cooperation of both teams, the FIA has initiated an investigation into matters involving Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro and Vodaphone McLaren Mercedes.
The remit of this investigation will focus solely on the requirements of the International Sporting Code and the Formula One Regulations."
McLaren had earlier insisted that "no Ferrari intellectual property" had been used for the design of its current MP4-22 single seater, and "invited the FIA to conduct a full review of its cars" to verify this claim.
Ferrari expressed concern that its information seems to have passed illegally from the sacked Stepney to McLaren's now suspended chief designer Coughlan, saying in its own statement that it reserved the right "to consider all implications, be they criminal, civil or of any other nature."
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this sucks, i would be upset if lewis' records get tarnished by this whole thing
The FIA is getting involved
F1's governing body has apparently accepted McLaren's invitation to launch an investigation into the spy scandal saga involving Nigel Stepney and Mike Coughlan.
The FIA has issued the following statement today:
"With the full cooperation of both teams, the FIA has initiated an investigation into matters involving Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro and Vodaphone McLaren Mercedes.
The remit of this investigation will focus solely on the requirements of the International Sporting Code and the Formula One Regulations."
McLaren had earlier insisted that "no Ferrari intellectual property" had been used for the design of its current MP4-22 single seater, and "invited the FIA to conduct a full review of its cars" to verify this claim.
Ferrari expressed concern that its information seems to have passed illegally from the sacked Stepney to McLaren's now suspended chief designer Coughlan, saying in its own statement that it reserved the right "to consider all implications, be they criminal, civil or of any other nature."
D.B. © CAPSIS International
Source GMM
this sucks, i would be upset if lewis' records get tarnished by this whole thing
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Bernie Ecclestone and sources close to Max Mosley have allayed fears that the Ferrari-McLaren spy scandal could affect the outcome of the drivers' world championship.
F1 Chief Executive Ecclestone, however, warned that if McLaren is found guilty by the newly established FIA investigation, constructors' points could be docked.
But he said similar fates were not likely to dent Lewis Hamilton or Fernando Alonso's charge for the title.
"I don't see that," 76-year-old Ecclestone is quoted as saying by the Guardian.
"There is no way it would affect the driver. It is nothing to do with them."
Nonetheless, F1's governing body is looking into possible breaches of the International Sporting Code and the F1 regulations, and its maximum powers include a team's total exclusion from the championship.
A source close to FIA President Max Mosley, however, said McLaren had so far reacted correctly to the saga.
"It may well be that McLaren will be vindicated in this and the whole business be put down to a couple of renegades," the source said.
Auto Motor und Sport, though, revealed that the issue is not about a few mere design blueprints transferred from Ferrari's sacked Nigel Stepney to Mike Coughlan, who has been suspended by McLaren.
In the 'package' sent to Coughlan in May also detailed internal structures, operating procedures, engineers, car setup data, race strategy secrets, future developments plans, as well as notes relating to quality control and tests.
Source GMM
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Bernie Ecclestone and sources close to Max Mosley have allayed fears that the Ferrari-McLaren spy scandal could affect the outcome of the drivers' world championship.
F1 Chief Executive Ecclestone, however, warned that if McLaren is found guilty by the newly established FIA investigation, constructors' points could be docked.
But he said similar fates were not likely to dent Lewis Hamilton or Fernando Alonso's charge for the title.
"I don't see that," 76-year-old Ecclestone is quoted as saying by the Guardian.
"There is no way it would affect the driver. It is nothing to do with them."
Nonetheless, F1's governing body is looking into possible breaches of the International Sporting Code and the F1 regulations, and its maximum powers include a team's total exclusion from the championship.
A source close to FIA President Max Mosley, however, said McLaren had so far reacted correctly to the saga.
"It may well be that McLaren will be vindicated in this and the whole business be put down to a couple of renegades," the source said.
Auto Motor und Sport, though, revealed that the issue is not about a few mere design blueprints transferred from Ferrari's sacked Nigel Stepney to Mike Coughlan, who has been suspended by McLaren.
In the 'package' sent to Coughlan in May also detailed internal structures, operating procedures, engineers, car setup data, race strategy secrets, future developments plans, as well as notes relating to quality control and tests.
Source GMM
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