International Court Of Appeal To Meet On September 13 For The McLaren - Ferrari Spy Scandal
Aug 07, 2007
Ferrari
The International Court of Appeal (ICA) will meet in Paris on Thursday September 13 to hear a referral by the President of the FIA concerning a decision of the World Motor Sport Council regarding a breach by the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team of Article 151(c) of the International Sporting Code.
Aug 01, 2007
Ron Dennis has written to Luigi Macaluso of the CSAI to outline McLaren’s position in the ongoing Stepneygate scandal. The letter, which has been published on the McLaren website, gives the first real glimpse of McLaren’s arguments in the dispute, while underlining the team’s obvioius anger at the way in which it feels Ferrari has dealt with the scandal.
Aug 01, 2007
One of the big problems with the ongoing Stepneygate Affair is that there is a huge amount of hearsay, but not a great deal of fact. There are two affidavits: one from Mike Coughlan and one from his wife Trudy. Elements of these documents have been reported in detail in Italy and have been copied elsewhere in the media, but no-one is admitting to having the affidavits or of having supplied them to the press.
Aug 01, 2007
The Ferrari board met in Maranello yesterday and discussed the situation regarding Nigel Stepney, Mike Coughlan and McLaren and gave its permission for Jean Todt to “initiate and continue any necessary legal action, in the name of the company, in addition to those legal actions already under way in every legal, civil, criminal, administrative, sporting jurisdiction be it, in Italy or abroad”.
It is not clear why this decision required a press statement as normally internal discussions at Ferrari are not made public and it is blatantly obvious that Todt intends to try to prove the Ferrari claims against McLaren in some kind of court.
Grand Prix.Com
The president of motorsport’s ruling body FIA Max Mosley on Tuesday said that he had instructed the FIA Court of Appeal to hear evidence of an alleged sabotage affair. McLaren-Mercedes last week escaped sanctions in connection with the affair, due to insufficient evidence.
It had been alleged that former McLaren chief designer Mike Coughlan received classified material from former Ferrari head of performance Nigel Stepney. McLaren insisted that the material was not known to other team officials and not used to alter the car.
Earth Times.Org
July 31, 2007
FIA president Max Mosley’s decision to refer the case to the Court of Appeal comes in response to a letter critical of the WMSC decision from Italy’s automobile federation president Luigi Macaluso.
Sportinglife.com
July 26, 2007
Following an appearance by McLaren today at the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris, a unanimous decision has been taken by the FIA which in McLaren’s opinion is very balanced and fair. McLaren accepts the that the FIA World Motor Sport Council had no alternative other than to find that there was a purely technical breach by reason of the possession of certain information by one individual at his home, without McLaren’s knowledge or authority.
Auto Racing Daily Reports:
July 26, 2007
The Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team has been found to be in breach of article 151c of the F1 Sporting Regulations and to have therefore behaved in “a fraudulent manner and therefore in a manner prejudicial to the interests of competition or motor sport in general, “
Auto Racing daily Reports:
July 26, 2007
“The WMSC is satisfied that Vodafone McLaren Mercedes was in possession of confidential Ferrari information and is therefore in breach of article 151c of the International Sporting Code. However, there is insufficient evidence that this information was used in such a way as to interfere improperly with the FIA Formula One World Championship. We therefore impose no penalty.
Grand Prix.com
July 26, 2007
The Ferrari Formula One team reacted with fury after rivals McLaren were let off without any immediate punishment in the F1 spying row.
Despite McLaren being in possession of confidential Ferrari data it was deemed there was “insufficient evidence” it had affected this year’s title race.
News.BBC
July 26, 2007
As Lewis Hamilton’s team, McLaren Mercedes, prepare to defend themselves over their possession of Ferrari secrets at an emergency session of the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) in Paris today, Bernie Ecclestone has told The Times that he is fed up with the whole issue and is hoping that it will not affect the outcome of this year’s drivers’ championship. By Edward Gorman, Read More in
The Times
July 25
Ferrari’s lawyers have claimed that it is “likely” McLaren are leading the world championship only because their chief designer had access to the Italian team’s secrets. In a document obtained by the Guardian and the Milan-based daily Corriere della Sera, Ferrari say that losing the title would cost them well over €5.5m.
By John Hooper Rome Read More inThe Guardian
July 19
Michael Schumacher on Thursday refused to comment in detail about the espionage scandal involving his former chief mechanic. Until he retired as a racing driver at the end of last season, the 38-year-old had a close relationship at Ferrari with the now sacked Nigel Stepney, who is the subject of criminal proceedings which also pursue him for suspected sabotage.
Read More inFlagworld.Auto123:
McLaren is extremely disappointed to note that it has been asked by the FIA to answer a charge of being in possession of certain documents and confidential information belonging to Ferrari.
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The McLaren engineer at the centre of the espionage saga that has rocked Formula 1 is believed to be the team’s chief designer Mike Coughlan. McLaren announced on Tuesday that it had suspended a senior member of its technical staff after learning that he had received classified information from a Ferrari employee at the end of April.
Read More in: ITV F1 Reports:
Following our statement of 3rd July 2007, McLaren has completed a thorough investigation and can confirm that no Ferrari intellectual property has been passed to any other members of the team or incorporated into its cars.
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The McLaren Formula One team has suspended one of its top engineers following an investigation into allegations that the engineer had a stash of high-level technical information from rival F1 team Ferrari.
Read More in The Register Reports:
McLaren became aware on the 3rd July 2007 that a senior member of its technical organisation was the subject of a Ferrari investigation regarding the receipt of technical information.
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The FIA has announced that it has launched its investigation into the Nigel Stepney espionage and sabotage case.
Read More in Planet-F1 Reports:
McLaren have categorically reassured Ferrari they have used none of the secrets leaked to one of their technical staff.
Read More in Times Online Reports:
Ferrari announces it has recently presented a case against Nigel Stepney and an engineer from the Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes team with the Modena Tribunal, concerning the theft of technical information.
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