McLaren could face expulsion from the championship this year the world of Formula One, and the destruction of the challenge Lewis Hamilton the title, if found guilty of industrial espionage at a meeting of the Council World Motor Sport Villa which has been called up on July 26, Thursday.
In the latest development of the controversial alleged spying, has invited representatives of McLaren to the headquarters of the governing body to respond to charges that between March and July, they had "possession of unauthorized documents and confidential information belonging to Ferrari, including information that can be used to design, engineer, construction, inspection and test development and / or run the 2007 Vehicle Ferrari formula one. " The head of McLaren, Ron Dennis, and came in possession of documents and his chief designer, Mike Coughlan in April.
Said McLaren, who was in the middle of the season, held a one-two in the drivers championship by Hamilton, the British and Spanish Fernando Alonso, before Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, are also 25 points clear of Ferrari in the constructors championship, last night: "You feel very disappointed for the team McLaren noted that he had been requested by the FIA to answer charges of possession of certain documents and confidential information belonging to Ferrari.
"Whilst McLaren wishes to continue to cooperate fully with any investigation into this matter, it does not wish to be very clear that the documents and confidential information were only in the possession of the employee is currently one with a stay of execution on the basis of unauthorized and any element that has been used with regard to cars Formula One McLaren. "
Charges the FIA and Ferrari documents relating to the found in the home of Surrey Coughlan last week. The Italian team was alerted to its presence by a tip from a photography shop and King that he had asked for copies of documents 780 of wife Coghlan, and Trudy, and told the Supreme Court this week.
Even before the Coughlans appeared in court on Tuesday to answer questions from lawyers Ferrari, building pressure within the Italian team to establish how much McLaren knew about the existence of data and made decisions about what to do with this article.
It was said in court had been told McLaren boss administrative, Jonathan Neal, Coughlan was in possession of data, and Motor Sport Council will seek to determine when he was told, he said how quickly answered and if informed Dennis and head officer operating, Martin Whitmarsh. Ferrari and take legal action against Italy in their former engineer Nigel Stepney, who has denied sending the information to Coughlan.
McLaren are being called to an alleged breach of Article 151c of the International Sporting Code which covers "any fraudulent conduct or any act prejudicial to the interests of any competition or to the interests of motor sport generally." Sanctions can range from a reprimand to expulsion from the tournament. Under the Formula One technical regulations, teams must design and manufacture a complete car and this dispute is about whether McLaren could have had any interest in adapting Ferrari technology in the design of their model MP4 - 22 present.
"Whilst McLaren wishes to continue to cooperate fully with any investigation into this matter, it does not wish to be very clear that the documents and confidential information were only in the possession of the employee is currently one with a stay of execution on the basis of unauthorized and any element that has been used with regard to cars Formula One McLaren. "
Charges the FIA and Ferrari documents relating to the found in the home of Surrey Coughlan last week. The Italian team was alerted to its presence by a tip from a photography shop and King that he had asked for copies of documents 780 of wife Coghlan, and Trudy, and told the Supreme Court this week.
Even before the Coughlans appeared in court on Tuesday to answer questions from lawyers Ferrari, building pressure within the Italian team to establish how much McLaren knew about the existence of data and made decisions about what to do with this article.
It was said in court had been told McLaren boss administrative, Jonathan Neal, Coughlan was in possession of data, and Motor Sport Council will seek to determine when he was told, he said how quickly answered and if informed Dennis and head officer operating, Martin Whitmarsh. Ferrari and take legal action against Italy in their former engineer Nigel Stepney, who has denied sending the information to Coughlan.
McLaren are being called to an alleged breach of Article 151c of the International Sporting Code which covers "any fraudulent conduct or any act prejudicial to the interests of any competition or to the interests of motor sport generally." Sanctions can range from a reprimand to expulsion from the tournament. Under the Formula One technical regulations, teams must design and manufacture a complete car and this dispute is about whether McLaren could have had any interest in adapting Ferrari technology in the design of their model MP4 - 22 present.
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