Ferrari/McLaren Espionage Story [merged]

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=259693

McLaren's reliability didn't come from no where... omg

I'm speachless

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McLaren has suspended a senior member of its technical staff after discovering that he received confidential information from a Ferrari employee earlier this year.
The British squad said in a statement that the individual in question – who was not named – was being investigated by Ferrari for industrial espionage.
The statement read: “McLaren became aware on 3rd July 2007 that a senior member of its technical organisation was the subject of a Ferrari investigation regarding the receipt of technical information.
“The team has learnt that this individual had personally received a package of technical information from a Ferrari employee at the end of April.
“Whilst McLaren has no involvement in the matter and condemns such actions it will fully co-operate with any investigation.
“The individual has in the meanwhile been suspended by the company pending a full and proper investigation of the matter.
“No further comment will be made.”

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I think McLaren should get disqualified if this is proven to be right, or strip them from the points after they received the information

Whoa there.... You don't know :
a) If the information was even used,
b) what the information was,
c) if design changes based on the information was implemented,

It's a bit of an over-reaction to disqualify a team based on the wrong doings of an individual. It would be different if Mclaren managment had knowledge - however, according to the press release, which is the ONLY information available, Mclaren management had no knowledge.

It was their chief designer! There is NO WAY that the team did not know what was going on or had no idea about possible espionage.

They knew and supported Coughlan or they knew and didnt care, because it was Ferrari.

that's why I said if it was proven to be true...

since 1999 McLaren haven't had a half year with 100% reliability, and that makes you think

They should not let Mclaren race in Silverstone, because this investigation needs to be completed and the responsible people need to be brought to justice.

How can Ferrari accept that their own information might be used against them in the championship. This is serious stuff, because teams burn hundreds of millions in order win.

Whatever the outcome, the championship is tainted.

come down you two

im a ferrari fan, and even i i doubt that mclaren got the upper hand through these supposed 'stolen documents'. lets just wait and see where this goes. it could be proven to be not true for all we know.

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Originally Posted by TMorel

Why the hell would anyone want to steal Scot Speed, and what the heck is he doing in a McLaren ?

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hahaha

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Originally Posted by TMorel

Why the hell would anyone want to steal Scot Speed, and what the heck is he doing in a McLaren ?

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:up: :D

OMG, indeed - teams spying on other teams? What an innovative concept, I wonder why no-one has thought of that before...

What next - teams trying to lure key technical people away from other teams for ridiculous amounts of money?