Topic: Latest News : F1 Team McLaren : Penalty on Scandal / Points strip off

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ทำให้ทีม McLaren ที่มีคะแนนนำตอนนี้กลายเป็นไม่มีคะแนน 
ส่วน Ferrari กลายเป็นทีมแต้มนำไปเฉย ๆ ซะงั้น 

สงสัยงานนี้ ฟ้องร้องอุธรหณ์กันยาวแน่ ๆ เลย

ลองอ่านข่าวล่าจาก BBC ครับ
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6991147.stm

McLaren have been stripped of their points in the 2007 Formula One
constructors' championship after the outcome of the "spygate" row.
The team were also fined a record $100m (£49.2m), which
includes any prize and television money they would have earned from
the constructors' championship.

But drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso can keep their points.

The team must also prove there is no Ferrari "intellectual property" in
their cars next year before racing.
conference: McLaren boss Ron Dennis

The decision means Ferrari, who go into this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix
second in the constructors' championship, 57 points ahead of third-placed
BMW Sauber, are almost certain to be crowned champions.

"Having been at the hearing I do not accept that we deserve to be penalised
or our reputation damaged in this way" McLaren boss Ron Dennis

When he left the hearing, FIA president Max Mosley was asked if justice had
been done, and replied "Yes".

A Ferrari statement said: "In light of new evidence, facts and behaviour of an
extremely serious nature and grossly prejudicial to the interest of the sport
have been further demonstrated.

"Ferrari is satisfied that the truth has now emerged."

The World Motor Sport Council said it would publish the reasoning behind its
verdict on Friday.

And McLaren team chief Ron Dennis said he would wait until then before
deciding whether to appeal.

"We believe we have grounds for appeal but of course we are going to wait
for the findings of the FIA which are going to be published," Dennis explained.

"The most important thing is that we go motor racing this weekend, the rest
of the season and next season."

Although he was clearly relieved that the team could continue racing, Dennis
was understandably upset at what he saw as the besmirching of the team name.

"Having been at the hearing I do not accept that we deserve to be penalised
or our reputation damaged in this way," he said.

"Today's evidence given to the FIA by our drivers, engineers and staff clearly
demonstrated we did not use any leaked information to gain a competitive
advantage.

"The WMSC received statements from Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and
Pedro de la Rosa stating categorically no Ferrari information had been used by
McLaren, and that no confidential data had been passed to the team.

"The entire engineering team in excess of 140 people provided statements to
the FIA affirming they had never received or used the Ferrari information.

"We have never denied that the information from Ferrari was in the personal
possession of one of our employees at his home.
 
Lewis Hamilton and team-mate Fernando Alonso keep their points

"The issue is: was this information used by McLaren? This is not the case and
has not been proven."

At the first hearing into the row, on 26 July, McLaren got off without punishment,
 but another hearing was convened after new evidence emerged, and that led to
the points deduction and huge financial penalty.

Three-time world champion Sir Jackie Stewart believes there is more information
to be made public.

"All I can say, without being in full command of all of the information, is that the
offence must be considerably larger than has been projected either by the governing
body of the sport or within the media," he told BBC Radio 5live.

"This isn't murder that has been carried out, this is something that has happened
before and there wasn't even a fine or disciplinary action taken by the same governing
body.

"There is something very strange going on, there is no doubt about that.

"From what information we have been given so far, this does not constitute a
penalty of this scale with regards to the crime that has been carried out.

"And even if they were found guilty of that particular crime, it doesn't justify this kind
of penalty."

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FIA said it did not penalize McLaren’s drivers “due to exceptional
circumstances” because they provided evidence in exchange for
immunity.

“We believe we have grounds for appeal,” team chief Ron Dennis
said. “But of course we are going to wait for the findings of the FIA
which are going to be published. The most important thing is that
we go motor racing this weekend, the rest of the season and next
season.”

The case broke open in July when a 780-page technical dossier on
Ferrari cars was found at the home of McLaren’s chief designer,
Mike Coughlan, who later was suspended. Ferrari mechanic Nigel
Stepney, who allegedly supplied the documents, was fired.

Rookie driver Hamilton leads the standings with 92 points, followed
by two-time F1 champion Alonso with 89. Ferrari teammates Kimi
Raikkonen (74) and Felipe Massa (69) are third and fourth.

 

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Stewart alleges bias in spy row 

Sir Jackie Stewart has claimed world motorsport bosses are biased towards Ferrari in the McLaren 'spygate' row.

McLaren go before the World Motor Sport Council in Paris on Thursday amid claims that new evidence could lead to Ron Dennis's team being punished.

But Stewart accused F1's governing body of mounting a "witch-hunt" against Dennis which would backfire on them.

"It seems some of the most powerful people (in F1) are more aligned to Ferrari than anybody else," he said.

"The FIA have historically been very close to Ferrari, closer to them than anyone else.

"There are more Ferrari representatives on the World Council than anybody else."

There's been a transfer of information going on since 1950, when modern Formula One began

Ferrari have accused McLaren of benefiting from a 780-page dossier of information sent by former performance director Nigel Stepney to McLaren's now-suspended chief designer Mike Coughlan.

Three-time world champion Stewart added: "I'm not saying that there hasn't been wrongdoing.

"But to start witch-hunting and trying to implicate a team principal (Dennis) to a level that is currently going on, I think is negative to the sport."

An FIA spokesperson rejected Stewart's accusations, stating: "The suggestion that the FIA's ongoing investigation is about anything other than the pursuit of sporting fairness demonstrates a blinding refusal to accept the basic facts."

Williams F1 team principal Sir Frank Williams echoed Stewart's fears, however, saying: "This may cost Formula One some business.

"I just have concern that if it goes on much longer, it will deter sponsors who are currently in F1, or who are close to coming in."

Even Ferrari boss Jean Todt conceded: "We are sorry it is happening in our sport, but we are in the position where we want the truth to appear.

"That's all that we want, and we are confident the truth will come through."

McLaren were found guilty at a first hearing in July of "fraudulent conduct", but the WMSC said there was insufficient evidence that the team had used the Ferrari dossier to their advantage.

Stepney, sacked by Ferrari, has denied supplying the confidential information to Coughlan. McLaren said at last weekend's Italian GP that they were confident of being "completely exonerated" on Thursday.

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