Former Ferrari engineer Nigel Stepney has once again protested his innocence, denying that he sent Ferrari information to McLaren chief designer Mike Coughlan. Stepney spoke out after being named as the man responsible by Ferrari team boss Jean Todt.
“I did not take any designs from Ferrari,” Stepney told La Repubblica. “Someone passed on the designs but it wasn’t me. I do not want to involve other colleagues. I know one part of the story, not all. Someone set me up and that person is still within Ferrari.”
July 31, 2007
“They can do whatever they want. But they have dragged my family into this mess. Someone gave away the designs but it was not me. Someone has set me up and that person is still within Ferrari,” he confirmed to the ‘paper.
“I don’t want to say anymore or involve anyone else because I only know part of the story. Ferrari knew the whole story.”
July 31, 2007
Stepney denies copying or passing on any documents to Coughlan, who has agreed to reveal the extent of his role in the affair in a sworn affidavit.
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