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Wow!…..this will certainly be historic for MercsMcLaren for the wrong reasons…….very sad :down: 🙁 :down:
The Council will consider new evidence in the case. Should that evidence prove McLaren made use of confidential Ferrari data in the development of their car, the team could face expulsion from the 2007 and 2008 world championships.
http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2007/9/6761.html
still undecided yet… 😀
UPDATE: whoops looks like the verdict is out. McLaren has been stripped of their constructor points. the drivers however still retains their points. Mclaren is also issued with a 100mil dollar fine.
The FIA statement
13/09/2007
In an extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council was held in Paris on the 13th of September 2007, The following decision was taken:
“The WMSC has stripped Vodafone McLaren Mercedes of all constructors’ points in the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship and the team can score no point for the remainder of the season.*
Furthermore, the team will pay a fine equal to 100 million dollars, less the FOM income lost as a result of the points deduction.
However, due to the exceptional circumstances in which the FIA gave the team’s drivers an immunity in return for providing evidence, there is no penalty in regards to drivers’ points.**
The WMSC will receive a full technical report on the 2008 McLaren car and will take a decision at its December 2007 meeting as to what sanction, if any, will be imposed on the team for the 2008 season.”
The full reasons for this decision will be issued on the 14th September 2007.
* Points gained by other teams so far this season will not be affected.
** No McLaren representative will be allowed on the podium should a McLaren driver win in any of the remaining races of the 2007 season.
Article from Pitpass (http://www.pitpass.com):
the championship still continues for the drivers… but not McLaren.
They aren’t penalized for 2008, but have been fined USD100million. Would that put a dent in their budget for next year?
McLaren boss Ron Dennis has expressed his frustration at the punishment handed out to his team on Thursday
Full statement from Ron Dennis:
“The most important thing is that we will be going motor racing this weekend, the rest of the season and every season. This means that our drivers can continue to compete for the World Championship. However having been at the hearing today I do not accept that we deserved to be penalised in this way.
“Today’s evidence given to the FIA by our drivers, engineers and staff clearly demonstrated that we did not use any leaked information to gain a competitive advantage.
“Much has been made in the press and at the hearing today of emails and text messages to and from our drivers. The World Motorsport Council received statements from Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Pedro de la Rosa stating categorically that no Ferrari information had been used by McLaren and that they had not passed any confidential data to the team.
“The entire engineering team in excess of 140 people provided statements to the FIA affirming that 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. The issue is: was this information used by McLaren? This is not the case and has not been proven today.
“We are also continually asked if McLaren didn’t use the information, what was the reason for Stepney and Coughlan collecting all this data about Ferrari? We can only speculate as neither Coughlan nor Stepney gave evidence at today’s hearing, but we do know that they were both seeking employment with other teams, as already confirmed by both Honda and Toyota.
“There will be no issue for the 2008 season as we have not at any stage used any intellectual property of any other team.
“We have got the best drivers and the best car and we intend to win the World Championship.”
GO! McLaren :up:
[quote=RawFlesh]They aren’t penalized for 2008, but have been fined USD100million. Would that put a dent in their budget for next year?[/quote]
According to the F1 official website, McLaren will be stripped off all contructors championship points in 2007 plus will not be allowed any points in 2008 too. However racing will continue.
USD 100 million is peanuts for top F1 teams. It was reported that they operate on a budget like over RM 1.6 billion per race season. This is a multi billion operations my friend!
[quote=sabelt]not to worry so much lah…my kart crg 125 championship pon bila lagi ni…[/quote] that’s why you and your karat gang should all sign up as members for 2008, get into the committee and lend us a hand….
[quote=sabelt]not to worry so much lah…my kart crg 125 championship pon bila lagi ni…[/quote]
….CRG 125 look good to happen in the Grand Finale on 1st December..subject to succesful nego with CK.
[quote=sabelt]hahaah karat gang. Isk is our chief leader here.[/quote] yes…and he joined as a paying member of Kelab my-KART Selangor already…you should follow your leader… 😉
[quote=naza][quote=sabelt]not to worry so much lah…my kart crg 125 championship pon bila lagi ni…[/quote]
….CRG 125 look good to happen in the Grand Finale on 1st December..subject to succesful nego with CK.[/quote]
psssss…… I heard is going to be R**** J****r from AP. haha stay tuned
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neat, balance and practical[quote=luen][quote=naza][quote=sabelt]not to worry so much lah…my kart crg 125 championship pon bila lagi ni…[/quote]
….CRG 125 look good to happen in the Grand Finale on 1st December..subject to succesful nego with CK.[/quote]
psssss…… I heard is going to be R**** J****r from AP. haha stay tuned
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neat, balance and practical[/quote]..psssst!….AP said….something may happen this wednesday….ya kah?
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