The unprofessional way of International Automobile Federation (FIA)
Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes F1 Team has been found guilty by the FIA World Council where the British team were found in breach of the International Sporting Code for possessing confidential documents belonging to their Italian rivals, but FIA opted not to impose a penalty as it could find no evidence that McLaren had made use of the data, which was found in the hands of the team’s chief designer, Mike Coughlan.
Ferrari have hit out at the FIA’s decision and slammed Formula One's governing body after McLaren escaped punishment for unauthorized possession of the Italian team's confidential information.
Ferrari said in a statement that it found the lack of a sanction incomprehensible and added that the decision "legitimizes dishonest behavior in Formula One and sets a very serious precedent."
McLaren team boss Ron Dennis, who attended the World Motor Sport Council hearing in Paris, told reporters he was "not completely comfortable with the outcome but the punishment fits the crime".
McLaren had argued that suspended chief designer Mike Coughlan, who was found to have a quantity of Ferrari data at his home, acted without their knowledge or authority and had not shared it with anyone else at the team.
This is totally nonsense and we see the unprofessional way of FIA with its very classical unbalance and unfair decisions to kill Ferrari. Throughout all these years, FIA keep changing their regulations mainly to stop the flying Ferrari. Reason to it is very simple, to gain more audients and excitement of the sport. What is all above it? MONEY!
Ferrari has taken legal action in Italy and England against Coughlan and former Ferrari engineer Nigel Stepney. Coughlan, who provided an affidavit to the governing body and both teams, and Stepney could now face bans from international motorsport.
The two had approached Honda together about job opportunities but Stepney has denied he was the one who provided Coughlan with the information. Honda has said they were not offered any Ferrari data.
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Yeah! Not a fair game!
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