McLaren Fined $100 Million

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McLaren banned, Lewis safe

Lewis Hamilton will continue his fight for the 2007 Formula 1 World
Championship but his team, McLaren-Mercedes, have been stripped of their
points and fined a record $100m for their part in the Ferrari spy
scandal, writes Five Live's Maurice Hamilton for TopGear.com. The FIA
World Council, hearing evidence in Paris today, also ruled that
McLaren's 2008 car will be closely examined for evidence of input of
technical information gleaned from Ferrari. McLaren will appeal. The
decision means that the sport's governing body found enough evidence to
prove that McLaren used information leaked from Ferrari and held by Mike
Coughlan, McLaren's Chief Designer. The fine roughly equates to two
years' earnings by a top team, based on the championship points scored.
The decision at least allows Hamilton and Fernando Alonso to continue
their battle with the Ferrari drivers for the 2007 championship.
Hamilton leads Alonso by three points with Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe
Massa a further 15 and 20 points behind. There are four races remaining,
starting with the Belgian Grand Prix this weekend.

http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/2231/

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

[Darius11 12]

So thats why they have been so fast.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain

[lawrocket 3]

As I posted yesterday, cheatin' rocks.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[redwings 0]

Damn, that's a hefty fine. Things should be interesting this weekend.

Why don't you just go to the police station in a red clown suit and let everybody know what we're doing here?

I have a phobia for moobs. Thanks, youknowwhoyouare.

[Frenchy68 0]

Just wait until they get to Shanghai...

"For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return."

[1969912 0]

Anyone have details on the information they were caught with?

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

[jakee 1,279]

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Anyone have details on the information they were caught with?

Only since a couple of months ago

McLaren's (now fired) chief designer had the entire technical dossier for the Ferrari F2007 in his house. He was reported to the FIA by the Honda boss when he approached Honda asking for a job in exchange for the info.

McLaren say that they were never shown any of the information and were not aware that designer had it in his possession, which is why they originally were given no punishment despite being found guilty.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

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Thanks. I found a Wiki entry on the subject. Crazy stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Formula_One_espionage_controversy

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG