Stepneygate flares up once more

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darkfinal
La Gazzetta dello Sport is probably the most subjective sports newspaper in Italy, and it wouldn't be the first time they've released false data for their own profit.
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Metar
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I guess we can't say we weren't told :p

FatAssBR
It seems like McLaren wants to bring others down with them. They've accused Renault of some irregularities in their car and some newspapers are saying they'll also accuse Ferrari of irregularities during the meeting this thursday.
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All teams do that, and have been doing it for decades. We're only hearing about it because of the current F1 political climate. Half of F1 is producing rule-bending pieces; the other half is trying to get the opponent's rule-bending pieces banned. (The original version of that quote was a bit more eloquent, but I can't remember it.)
 
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WMSC to rule on new evidence in spy scandal

The evidence to be presented at Thursday's World Motor Sport Council could crown the 2007 world champion.

Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport described the alleged proof as 'crushing', claiming that McLaren not only knew Ferrari's secrets but actually experimented with implementing some of its rival's technology.

Britain's The Times claims that the new evidence runs to 166 pages in total, including not only the emails between Pedro de la Rosa and Fernando Alonso, but how they match up with phone and text message traffic between Nigel Stepney and Mike Coughlan.

Diario As, meanwhile, reported that Lewis Hamilton could be in strife following Max Mosley's warning last Friday that McLaren drivers face the loss of their Super Licences if they do not cooperate with the FIA inquiry.

The Spanish newspaper claims that the rookie championship leader is cited in the new evidence, but unlike de la Rosa and Alonso did not respond to Mosley's letter.

Spain's Marca newspaper, meanwhile, said de la Rosa and McLaren are in the clear.


"They are not spies or informers," a source close to McLaren reportedly told the 'paper.

"Fernando and Pedro have not accused their team of anything and the team knows this. They are simply witnesses and have acted as such."

Details of the evidence has probably leaked into the public domain because, last Friday, all 26 members of the World Motor Sport Council received a copy of the dossier.

It is rumoured that the FIA might even make the 166-page dossier public after the World Council's decision is announced on Thursday.
 
Fernando has decided he's better off preparing for a race he may not even be taking part in, and letting Hamilton and De La Rosa do the talking, despite the fact the new evidence involves himself.
 

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