Mclaren: Proving Innocence Or Guilt?

Formula One temperature is rising and not just because the next race in Budapest, but due to the scandal involving two good teams - McLaren and Ferrari. McLaren is safe to swim in hot water and facing trial for espionage. In fact, not only of McLaren's world championship, which participates in the process - which include all the Formula One. And if justice is not served, there will be an irreparable blow. The FIA is acting as judge, jury and prosecutor. As such, McLaren could be called and asked to prove his innocence and that the team has not benefited from receiving the information packet stolen in the possession of Mike Coughlan, its chief designer. After a search of his home by the High Court appointed officials, Coughlan was caught in possession of a 780-page dossier of Ferrari technical. It is claimed that Coughlan received the documents from Nigel Stepney, sacked earlier this month by the Ferrari of his role as head of performance development team. Stepney has denied the allegations. Mercedes Benz catalyst could control the emission potential damage of McLaren? Challenge McLaren could be worrying. The defense that Coughlan was acting as an outside element does not serve as a mitigating circumstance. Article 3.1 of the Code of 2007 expressly provides: "And the responsibility of the competition to ensure that all persons affected by its entry observe all the provisions of the Agreement, the Code, technical regulations and sporting regulations. In short, if a team member is guilty, so is the whole team, "said Pete Gill of Planet F-1. On pre-trial speculation has focused on the type of punishment to be imposed, rather than the verdict. Penalties range from fines and expulsion from the championship this season began. "Overall, the expectation is closer to the former than the latter, but is much more than a guessing game," Gill said. "Whatever the outcome of Thursday's hearing, the verdict will be devastating: F1 guilty of not keeping the house in order." McLaren has been indicted by the FIA to be in breach of Article 151c of the International Sporting Code. The law in question refers to any fraudulent conduct or any act prejudicial to the interests of any competition or to the interests of motor sport generally. The impact is in the hands of the 25 members of the World Motor Sport Council, the highest power of the FIA, who have been summoned for an extraordinary meeting to consider whether McLaren is guilty of "misconduct." "I can comfortably say that it does not end in anything that causes McLaren any embarrassment," Dennis was quoted by the Grand Prix of Great Britain. McLaren driver Fernando Alonso, in a letter, said the dispute Stepneygate his cousin Pedro dela Rosa, test your computer now. Planet-F1 has obtained a copy of your most recent correspondence: "We have great scandal in F1 right now if it goes wrong, that my points. I'm not happy.'ll Start at the beginning of the season with a guy named Nigel Stepney, who work for Ferrari over a long period and then get passed through the big job when his boss for permission to go fishing, "wrote Ali. Nigel said that back in F1, having worked for many years only to learn that the white powder that is used by Flavio Briatore in his cappuccino. He said that the scariest thing, "after having worked with Ferrari for 15 years, I know where the bodies are buried. Now everyone has an opinion."