Ferrari Mailing List: Re: [SPOILER] More Stepneygate info from ESPN

Stepney is under criminal investigation in Italy.
Francis
On 15 Sep 2007, at 21:49, LarryT wrote:
Will Nigel Stepney. the Ferrari mechanic, be punished farther than  
being

fired?   Seems he started all this by providing someone at Mcl with  
the

technical documents -
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- The head of McLaren wants to accept the

record

$100 million fine and suspension from the team championships if it  
means

ending the Formula One spy scandal.
McLaren chief Ron Dennis also said Saturday he won't take action  
against

team driver Fernando

Alonso<http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/driver?seriesId=6&driverId=348>.

An outburst and threat from the world champion led to the widening  
of the

scandal and the biggest penalty in the history of the sport.
"If we can achieve closure, then at this moment in time that would  
be my

recommendation," said Dennis, contending it would take up to two  
years to

go

through appeals, a process that would damage his team and auto  
racing as a

whole.
Dennis said Alonso started the escalation of the spy scandal when he

threatened to divulge compromising information to FIA after a team  
dispute

at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
"He was hot, let's put it that way, and passionate about his views,"

Dennis

said. "He indicated to me that he had material on his laptop" that  
would

be

damaging to the team.
"I immediately phoned the FIA to keep them informed," Dennis said.
However, he said it was a "family" issue that should be dealt with  
within

the team.
"I will not go around to Fernando and Pedro and jump all over  
them," he

said.
The threat and phone call, however, set off more investigating by  
FIA,

leading to last Thursday's fine and suspension.
The situation for Alonso has always been an uneasy one within  
McLaren. He

joined the team as a double world champion and expected to receive

appropriate treatment. But rookie Lewis

Hamilton<http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/driver? 
seriesId=6&driverId=868>had

a stunning start to the season and quickly grabbed the world  
standings

lead -- and still holds it with a 92-89 margin going into Sunday's  
Grand

Prix.
Alonso insisted the scandal did not affect the team or him,  
despite a rare

spin during qualifying Saturday.
"For the team I don't think that many things change, " he said.  
"We are

here

in the race preparing the qualifying and the strategy for the race."
He added that the team was still providing all the support he  
could ask

for.

"I am fully convinced, totally happy with the team behaving in this

situation. They always said they will do the best they can to win  
races

for

both riders," he said.
Dennis said the cost of the fine won't affect the actual running  
of the

team. A decision on an appeal will be taken before Thursday after

consultation with shareholders.
Earlier, the chief of the world motor racing federation said  
McLaren had

"polluted" Formula One and should have been punished even more  
harshly.
"When the history of this gets to be written, it may be [that] we  
will be

reproached not for doing too much, but for doing too little," FIA

president

Max Mosley said.
FIA on Friday disclosed the extent of what Alonso and McLaren test  
driver

Pedro de la Rosa knew about the cars of their Ferrari rivals,  
their setup

and even their strategy through a trail of compromising e-mails.
Alonso and Hamilton were unaffected by the FIA decision, and  
resumed their

rivalry during qualifying at the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday.
Mosley said the drivers should feel lucky the measures against  
McLaren

were

not more drastic.
"They were extremely lucky we didn't quite simply say, 'You have  
polluted

the championship in 2007, you've probably polluted it in 2008 --  
because

we've no way of knowing what information you're using for what's  
in your

2007 and 2008 cars -- so you'd better stay out of the championship  
until

2009, because that way we know it's completely clear,"' Mosley said.
Dennis said Alonso started the escalation of the spy scandal when he

threatened to divulge compromising information to FIA after a team  
dispute

at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
"He was hot, let's put it that way, and passionate about his views,"

Dennis

said. "He indicated to me that he had material on his laptop" that  
would

be

damaging to the team.
"I immediately phoned the FIA to keep them informed," Dennis said.
However, he said it was a "family" issue that should be dealt with  
within

the team.
"I will not go around to Fernando and Pedro and jump all over  
them," he

said.
The threat and phone call, however, set off more investigating by  
FIA,

leading to last Thursday's fine and suspension.
The situation for Alonso has always been an uneasy one within  
McLaren. He

joined the team as a double world champion and expected to receive

appropriate treatment. But rookie Hamilton had a stunning start to  
the

season and quickly grabbed the world standings lead and still  
holds it

with

a 92-89 margin going into Sunday's Grand Prix.
Alonso insisted the scandal did not affect the team or him,  
despite a rare

spin during qualifying Saturday.
"For the team I don't think that many things change, " he said.  
"We are

here

in the race preparing the qualifying and the strategy for the race."
He added that the team was still providing all the support he  
could ask

for.

"I am fully convinced, totally happy with the team behaving in this

situation. They always said they will do the best they can to win  
races

for

both riders," he said.
Mosley said he wants to use part of the McLaren fine to fund the
development
of young drivers.
"Roughly half of it will go to the other teams, the other half were
going --
if the World Council agrees -- to distribute to our [national clubs]
worldwide to bring on young drivers," Mosley said.
Thursday's announcement of the fine and Friday's disclosure are  
the latest

revelations in a case that broke in July when a 780-page technical  
dossier

on Ferrari cars was found at the home of Coughlan, who was later

suspended.

Ferrari mechanic Nigel Stepney, who allegedly supplied the  
documents, was

fired.
Dennis has said the evidence given by his drivers, engineers and  
staff

demonstrated that his team did not use any leaked information to  
gain a

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Re: [SPOILER] More Stepneygate info from ESPN	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: francis newman (francisfntn.co.uk)
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:18:22 -0700 (PDT)