McLaren, Ferrari, And The Tainted F1 Season
"As well as losing all their constructors' points the British-owned team were fined 100 million dollars."
Formula One’s version of D-Day is approaching, July 26, 2007. That day will mark a low point in the history of the sport as Stepneygate is aired in front of the FIA stewards and the ever sanctimonious Max Mosley.
We all know the reason for this hearing. Nigel Stepney allegedly passed Ferrari intellectual property (780 pages worth) to Mike Coughlan. Mike Coughlan, chief designer for McLaren-Mercedes Formula One. Not some mid level tech weenie, their chief designer! Is McLaren the company guilty of conduct detrimental to the sport, and if so, to what degree, and what is the appropriate penalty? That is a weighty sentence fraught with devastating impacts.
Formula One’s version of D-Day is approaching, July 26, 2007. That day will mark a low point in the history of the sport as Stepneygate is aired in front of the FIA stewards and the ever sanctimonious Max Mosley.
We all know the reason for this hearing. Nigel Stepney allegedly passed Ferrari intellectual property (780 pages worth) to Mike Coughlan. Mike Coughlan, chief designer for McLaren-Mercedes Formula One. Not some mid level tech weenie, their chief designer! Is McLaren the company guilty of conduct detrimental to the sport, and if so, to what degree, and what is the appropriate penalty? That is a weighty sentence fraught with devastating impacts.
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