Espionage at Ferrari and McLaren

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tetopelis
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i'm sori..this is utter bulls***..Ferrari and its fans, i hope you are finally oh so happy..congrats in winning a completely tainted and murky tittle..thats what your good for after all anyways..the hearing and verdict sent out in italy, with more Ferrari fans then anything as penalisers..and the wan**** of all wan**** max mosely as the head..i hope he stops being the president cos he is dooming the sport..so in what way is this verdict neutral and fair. well bitter sour grape chewers Ferrari can chew all it wants..we all are gonna rmbr them as the most unsporty team in history..Enzo started a legacy, Jean Todt finally put it in mud. trust me. there is something called karma. and its gonna bite those who deserve it rightfully in the ass. again like how they sourly wanted a stupid idiocit win on a season they were nothing..USA 2005..this is Ferrari at its best again. clearly underlines what everyone already knows by now.. Ferrari is nothing with the sports legend Micheal Schumacher..he was the brilliant racer living for racing..without him the real Ferrari is shown..congrats hold the championship high above your head. Enjoy yourselfs..your not winning the WDC..go Lewis go Alonso.
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tetopelis wrote:i'm sori..this is utter bulls***..Ferrari and its fans, i hope you are finally oh so happy..congrats in winning a completely tainted and murky title
What so the WCC would have been less tainted if McLren where allowed to keep points and win it illegally?
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Additionally...

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_ ... t_id=32755

I tried to look for the official release but their site hasnt updated plus its a pain to navigate so PP will do for me.

What are they saying here?

Big scary words in statement that says naff all imo.

Now come on everybody!!!!

Its Spa!! Eu Rouge!!

Cant wait for FP1 - Mclaren are gonna come out firing!!

FS
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Fan Solo wrote:Edit: may as well have it from the source.

http://www.mclaren.com/latestnews/mclar ... nStatement

Original linkhttp://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_ ... t_id=32757

Mclaren didnt use the data their errant employee had, and never intended to in the first place! why would they? the MP4-22 is a beauty.
Just becuase they say they didn't doesn't mean they didn't! Even Ron might have been in on it for all you know. Only the people involved know the truth for sure. What is all this bull --- about Ferrari winning a tainted title? What about McLaren drivers winning tainted titles with cars that might very well not be 100% McLaren? The fact of the matter is that all of these arm chair warriors haven't got a clue really.

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Im sorry but the WDC points & WCC points tell a different story, if they copied the F2007 why is the MP4-22 better?

Dont really get the relevance of the YT link either but hey, someone might.

One other thing, I still want to see all the evidence for myself. FIA will release everything tomorrow apparently.

Just enough time to get everything together for the weekend papers the we can have a blinder of a race on Sunday. Will be ace if its wet :)
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ooh common, how on earth does this years MP4-22 look like or behave like the ferrari's..completely different design philosophies..complete different setup styles you can see in tyre choices, complete different advantages in different styles..where the mclaren ride kerbs real well and ferrari's are strong in flowy tracks..so how does this all equate to them using ferrari's info..and pls be reminded the base car was designed way before this started and engineers cannot just pick up and change philosophies from its base design..it has to be molded around it. i'm and engineer and i know. so its utterly stupid to even consider mclaren using ferrari's designs.
and for god sakes..Ron Dennis is such a man he won't stand for doing things like this. he has made sure of it..that is the exact reason why he is so affected by it. since project 4 days he has always prided himself in his integrity..so don't come in and suggest things like that. ROn is a bzness man as well as a mechanic at heart..what is Jean TOdt...his former expirence is in rally..he knows car..not the bzness..thats wh Luca handles that..and he just is not gonna be rmbred for anything god from now on.
i'm so sori..but this is really and outrage..yes its wrong for them to not have informed FIA when they found out about the illigel info..but they knew what was gonna happen when it leaks out to press..it will destroy both mclaren and ferrari. from a bzness point of view it would have been a disaster. but as usual..Ferrari is as red as its own face..just wait for the repurcussions..its gonna happen.
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One more thing tho.

What happened to the 'news' Ron had to say about Renault (and probably other teams)? :?

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Well, another chapter in this sad affair has beeen written, but the end is not in sight.
I don't know all the details, and I certainly don't know what politics and individuals were involved. But the Council has made it's ruling, and I for one will try to respect it and move on .... to do what I'm really here for, to enjoy the action on the track. But I will go on record and state I truly despise politics affecting the points outcome. This has to rank as one of the lowest displays of gamesmanship by Todt.
Was it fair? Of course not, I'm firmly convinced that Dennis was the target. Why do I think that? Because in a very similar situation a few years ago two Toyota engineers were convicted in a court of law for espionage against Ferrari. But no furor, no FIA hearings, no sanctions against Toyota.

But I will get up early tomorrow to watch practice at Spa, and there's no conceivable act of God that can keep me from watching the Spa race. Let's get back to racing, guys.

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Fan Solo wrote: Im sorry but the WDC points & WCC points tell a different story, if they copied the F2007 why is the MP4-22 better?
Of course they didn't copy he F2007. But certain information regarding F2007 could easily be used to enhance a lame duck of a MP4-22 and IMO enough of the 'right' information could do this.
Fan Solo wrote:Dont really get the relevance of the YT link either but hey, someone might.
The truth? You can't (seem to) handle the truth! McLaren were one way or another in posession of Ferrari infomation. GUILTY. And it amazes me that Ferrari and the F.I.A. are the bad guys. If it was the other way around there would be --- uproar!
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Tom wrote:But from Scarbs comments I think its fair, everyone will remember this as the year Mclaren dominated in their own car and the FIA couldn't handle it, each Ferrari fan here (looking at FLC and djones in particular) knows Mclaren have entirely their own car but their employees are holding information whch they clearly shouldn't.
I'm not sure if even RD knows that McLaren have their 'entirely own car', to say the least me or anyone else in here. He 'clearly' didn't know anything about this whole thing. It's only Coughlan who stunk, nobody knew. Except Whitmarsh. Oh, and Lowe. Opps, and Neale. And Taylor. And maybe the drivers, their engineers and mechanics. But RD didn't know, so the team is obviously clean and honest. After all, their color is silver, not red, and that is all that matters...

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manchild wrote: scarbs, Ferrari had FIA tech regulations for each and every year before they were officially revealed (domination period). FIA changed tyre regulations 3 time to help Ferrari. Can I prove it? No, because FIA is part of the dirty works in F1 and unfortunately they are the judge and the jury too. How convenient!
honestly, manchild your allergations and bias fed, groundless accusations do nothing to add any value to the arguement save for the little humour found in your adolescent style of argument. please, don't just sit down and projectile vomit onto the keyboard, relax, take a minute, remove emotion and bias from what you need to say and then ask yourself the critical question: 'Am i adding anything to this topic'. and one last tip, dont bring any higly emotive sh*t to the topic like references to the fuhrer.
manchild wrote: My comments are pure speculation and they can't be proved because fascist pig is the head of the FIA and in fascism there is no place for truth but only for Führer's will.
Dude, thats just entirely unneccessary and ultimately your irrational arguments just end up making you look like a sociopath.

manchild wrote: I'm still waiting for official decision and than I'll write my goodbye message if this turns out to be the truth.
more brilliant rheotoric from the manCHILD. You wont mind if i hold you to that will you?

Anyway, moving on....

Sure there's is alot of BS that goes on behind doors, but guys, its just that, closed doors. We are on the outside looking in. And as such we will never know all the BS that goes down or get the whole story. chances are if by some miracle the FIA had a change of heart and policy and wanted to be wholly transparent (as well they should be in all this, possibly by issuing the transcripts of the WMSC meeting), the irony is people will still say that they arent telling the full story.

My personal opinion on all this is that mclaren should learn to close the door when they take a sh*t, cause teams have no doubt been doint it for years. Espionage, if you want to call it that, is a daily occurance in industry and F1 is no different. I dont think it has happend on this scale before tho, or been made as public and therein lies the problem.

Two reasons why i believe the FIA made this harsh desicion:

The FIA had to act to set a precedent, to make an example out of mclaren, to ensure this does not occur again as alot of people, myself included have lost some if not all interest in formula 1. Honestly whatching the parlimentary channel here in south africa is more exciting than all this political legal crap.

Ferrari have already said that they are going ahead with civil and legal charges against Coughlan and Stepney. If they are found guilty and the WMSC did not find Mclaren guilty then basically they will look like a bunch of idiots. And i know it does not necesarily imply that Mclaren was at fault if NS and MC are found guilty but the court of opinion requires no prudence. And by court of opinion i mean the italian press and the italian fans mainly.

and yes, i beleive that the decision is harsh, but not unwarranted.

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As far as the whole had the 780 page document thing goes i believe it's like this and i thought up a simple analogy...

Your writing a test, a fairly long and complicated one. I have the test paper. out of the whole class i show you the paper, but just long enough for you to read through it. Now you rmember not all the questions in the test but you remember what sections of what work the test focusses on. You go home and concentrate on those sections. you didnt copy the test exaclty or memorise the answers but its fair to say you had an unfair advantage over your classmates by the simple act of being privy to the information i showed you.

So you see, they cant cut and past things on to the mclaren car, that would no t work but it shows in what areas the most engineering gains can be made with the least effort.
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Scuderia_Russ wrote:
Fan Solo wrote: Im sorry but the WDC points & WCC points tell a different story, if they copied the F2007 why is the MP4-22 better?
Of course they didn't copy he F2007. But certain information regarding F2007 could easily be used to enhance a lame duck of a MP4-22 and IMO enough of the 'right' information could do this.
Fan Solo wrote:Dont really get the relevance of the YT link either but hey, someone might.
The truth? You can't (seem to) handle the truth! McLaren were one way or another in posession of Ferrari infomation. GUILTY. And it amazes me that Ferrari and the F.I.A. are the bad guys. If it was the other way around there would be --- uproar!
Ok I figured thats what you illuded to but theirs your truth & theirs mine.

You are not satisfied Ferrari will potentially win the WCC? & the fact the FIA will inspect the MP4-23? before 08?

Whats done is done - let F1 get back to wheel to wheel racing & drivers taking verbal pot shots at one another. Thats much more fun than getting all heated over an enormous pile of disinformation.

Lets see what the FIA say tomorrow.
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Crabbia:
Your writing a test, a fairly long and complicated one. I have the test paper. out of the whole class i show you the paper, but just long enough for you to read through it. Now you rmember not all the questions in the test but you remember what sections of what work the test focusses on. You go home and concentrate on those sections. you didnt copy the test exaclty or memorise the answers but its fair to say you had an unfair advantage over your classmates by the simple act of being privy to the information i showed you.
Ok, thats a fair and justified comment but its not as clean cut as that.
Yes mclaren have the advantage of being shown the 'test paper' but should they be held accountable for that?


Ignoring the scandal for the moment and focussing entirely on that quote I've selected:
If you were to show me the test paper and I went home and revised relevant topics who would be to blame for my 'cheating'?
Would it be me for going home and revising, knowing I had an advantage over my classmates and ruthlessly exploiting that, or would it be yours for showing me the paper in the first place, well aware that I'd go home and revise it?
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One more thing.

How, pray tell will the FIA decide that the new Mclaren is free from other F1 manufacturers IP?

Will the FIA need data from every team on the design of their car so they can compare to ensure legality?

Sounds like a big job with a whole case of canned worms attached to me.
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