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Very interesting point. And the fact the he fired the court appointed attorney and hired his own is also very interesting. In my opinion it means that he is very worried (for something he did not do??) and he needs to hire the best attorney money can buy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannex
If anyone here hasn't read all the rumours posted above, then forget it, because it is all consolidated into the one report here: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...9-2722,00.html
It is almost as if the writer visited this forum, and collated all the rumours into the one article.
Hope it was worth it!!
I did read somewhere that it would take the Italian legal system more than a year to process this case; if there was nothing solid in it against Stepney, he would be finished within hte F1 community anyway.
I believe that Stepney wants to leave Ferrari and this accusation is Ferrari's way of keeping him around so they can discredit him to the point where no one else will want to hire him.
Absolutely impossible. To fabricate a criminal complaint is itself a crime, and a serious one. Not only is it a crime, it is also a tort, or civil wrong, and would leave Ferrari vulnerable to a massive claim by Stepney for damages. So Ferrari would stand to lose millions of pounds for conspiring as you suggest they conspired, and the individuals at Ferrari who were involved in the conspiracy would be facing serious jail time. Finally, for your conspiracy theory to be accurate, the Modena police would either have to be involved, or so gullible as to not be able to spot a frame-up when presented with it. More likely than your theory being correct, in my opinion, is the possibility that Elvis Presley secretly sabotaged the Ferraris at Monza. I hear he was seen in the paddock, hounding Lewis Hamilton for an autograph.Quote:
Originally Posted by N. Jones
http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpa...s_art_id=31860
We don't know what Ferrari's complaint was so many of the rumours are far from believable.
After reading the article I perceived the author af the article being pretty sure that Stepney is being accused of sabotage. That's interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Valve Bounce
I found the following passage of interest as well:"Since the mysterious powder was discovered, the Ferrari team's performance has fallen in the past three grands prix." Is anybody agreeing with this article that Ferrari has been under performing because of Stepney's sabotage or not? I for one, I would think that there is a strong chance that's the case (I love intrigues). Mainly because I think that Ferrari has better things to do (going back into winning races, for example) than go hanging around at the police office without having strong evidence in their hands. That's serious stuff. I wonder how Kimi and Massa feel about it. Releived???
I read that article from The Australian, and I got the impression that the writer trawled through all the forums and websites and gathered all the silly rumours and consolidated it all into one article without verifying any of the rumours.
The worse part of all this, as I posted earlier, is that this whole saga will drag on for well over a year and Stepney's reputation will be damaged during this period by more rumours and inuendo.
I would challenge The Australian to say that they stand by their article.
Everyone knows that Ferrari, the Italian court system, Modena police, The FIA, The Vatican, etc. are run by the Mafia which is in turn run by Max and Bernie!! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gannex
Ferrari have said very little about the nature of their complaint against Nigel Stepney, but a Ferrari spokesman has told Reuters that "it is not related to any event; it is related to his behaviour." A pattern of revealing Ferrari's secrets would be "behaviour", whereas sabotaging the cars at Monaco would, to my mind, be an "event". I take Ferrari's comment, therefore, to be a coy way of saying that the sabotage stories are completely untrue.Quote:
Originally Posted by mstillhere
I also note that Stepney's original lawyer, Luca Brezigher, is quoted by Gazzetta dello Sport as having said "I can only say with certainty that Stepney is formally investigated, but the charge against him at the moment is rather unspecified. . . From what I've learned, many types of offences can be identified, such as aggravated damage or sporting fraud, but I'd rule out sabotage." Yet another strong hint, from a person in a position to know, that the sabotage story is untrue.
Far more likely, in my view, than the fanciful image of a sulking Nigel Stepney sprinkling mysterious powder into the Ferraris' fuel tanks, is the rather more traditional method of betraying one's employer: revealing secret information. That's what I believe Nigel Stepney is accused of having done, and if he did indeed do it, it might have been for money, or possibly to curry favour with a potential employer, or simply as a way of putting two fingers up to the face of a company that, he felt, had treated him worse than shabbily. Disgruntled employees often become careless to the point of recklessness with the company's confidences. We know Stepney was disgruntled. We know he is accused of criminal behaviour. We know Ferrari's secrets were systematically disclosed to Toyota by two employees while Stepney was in charge. We know the first lawyer for Stepney denied it is sabotage. I feel the evidence all points one way: Stepney is accused of espionage, not sabotage.
Or he may have been making out with the Boss's wife, or pinching money from the petty cash, or singing God save the Queen into the mike during the races, or ..................
Why don't we have a guess-a-thon? :rolleyes: