McLaren Fined - Drivers OK

[TechMouse]

Update: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/6995240.stm

[phantomdj]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/6995240.stm


So then, using this report which sums up the findings....

McLaren are a joke and deserve a more severe punishment than they got.

Ron lied that the drivers knew nothing about it in his recent conference when the emails between the drivers are talking about the stolen information...

Who knows how long this happened over the years and to what degree.

They should lock up Stepney for a very long time and make an example of the guy. This affects many people directly and indirectly. The scale of the sums of money/jobs lost or gained through things like this when u consider all factors is immense.

[phantomdj]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/6995594.stm


All that bull about Ron being an honest man and all that saying none of the engineers (140-170?) of them knew nothing about the information, yet the drivers were talking about it ....

the guy is a joke and the bags under his eyes tell a more honest story.

[phantomdj]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/6996485.stm

update on the issue....

But Mosley told the BBC: "It's absurd to say it's unfair or disproportionate.

"When the history of this gets to be written, it may be that what we will be reproached for is doing too little."

McLaren were punished on Thursday after the World Motor Sport Council decided new evidence proved the Ferrari data had been used by the British-based team.

Earlier on Saturday, McLaren boss Ron Dennis insisted his team could take "the hit" but that it was "disproportionate to the reality of the situation".

But Mosley added: "It's actually a very modest penalty indeed. It is less than the difference between the McLaren budget and that of Williams or Renault and several other teams. So it's a very minor punishment as such.

"McLaren were extremely lucky that we didn't quite simply say: 'You have polluted the championship in 2007 and you've probably polluted it in 2008 because we've no way of knowing what information you're using for what in your 2007/2008 car.'"