I have to believe that English writers are more inclinded to side with Dennis.

 

FIA says has new evidence in spy case
By Alan Baldwin
Wednesday, September 5th 2007, 15:06 GMT


Formula One's governing body said on Wednesday that it had received new evidence relating to a spying controversy involving McLaren and Ferrari and an appeal hearing scheduled for next week had been withdrawn.

The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that its World Motor Sport Council had instead been reconvened for a hearing in Paris on September 13, the date scheduled for the appeal.

It added that representatives of championship leaders McLaren, who could face exclusion from the championship, had been invited to attend.

"Following receipt of new evidence, the World Motor Sport Council has been reconvened for a hearing in Paris on September 13," it said.

Asked about the new information, an FIA spokesman said the world body was "not in a position to make any comment at this stage."

The World Motor Sport Council decided in July not to impose any penalty on Mercedes-powered McLaren because of insufficient evidence that they had benefited from Ferrari data in the possession of their suspended chief designer Mike Coughlan.

However the governing body said at the time that the matter was not closed.

"If it is found in the future that the Ferrari information has been used to the detriment of the championship, we reserve the right to invite...McLaren back in front of the WMSC where it will face the possibility of exclusion from not only the 2007 championship but also the 2008 championship," it said .

Ferrari, McLaren's title rivals, were incensed by the original council verdict and FIA president Max Mosley sent the decision to the body's International Court of Appeal.

"The FIA President's referral of the matter to the International Court of Appeal has been withdrawn," the FIA said on Wednesday.

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton leads double world champion teammate Fernando Alonso by five points going into Sunday's Italian Grand Prix, Ferrari's home race, at Monza.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa is 15 points behind Hamilton with teammate Kimi Raikkonen one point further adrift with five races remaining.


I wonder what is up.....

 

^ supposedly an unsolicited e-mail from F test driver pedro de la rossa to alonso.

or so says the internet.

 

I think the evidence has to be of an undeniable nature and even more damaging for the FIA to be acting this way. But at the same time, I think they are trying to limit the damage of letting McLaren off in the first place.

 

Del La Rosa is a McLaren test driver....

 

Simon, interesting read here....the actual contents of the email is all speculation but it is plausible....

[I]Alonso points finger at McLaren
By JONATHAN McEVOY in Monza n 6th September 2007

Lewis Hamilton's world championship dream could be wrecked after bitter rival Fernando Alonso provided evidence against his own team in the Formula One spying scandal.

Alonso disclosed the information after a written request from the ruling FIA ordered him to explain what he knew following a mysterious tip-off that he could shed crucial new light on the murky affair.

Sportsmail understands that [B]Alonso

 

Sometimes it's really nice to be "out of the loop"....

I do kind of feel sorry for Hamilton, in the sense that he is having this amazing year, and for what is probably not his fault it may all be ruined. All this happened back when he was still just the rookie #2 driver chosen to back up Alonso and hopefully not screw up too much.

A lot of innocent, hardworking employees at companies with similar ethics scandals have suffered in a similar manner.

 

Kudos to Jean Todt, who did not accept the FIA's and decided to use his resources to keep digging.

McLaren said they knew nothing, yet the drivers MAY HAVE BEEN, emailing secret Ferrari set-ups.

again, it justifies McLaren's dominance this year as they were no where near contenders last year.

As for Alonso, this may get him an exit out of Mclaren

As for Hamilton, he's simply driving the best, Ferrari-modded McLaren .. hehheh

I am eager to see how Ron and his team get out of this one.

I hope the FIA can show the world proper justice now.

 

They pretty much already have next year's cars built right now. The way the lead times work, they would have had to have had this information in the spring of 2006 for this year's cars to be "Ferrari-modified".

No, McLaren beat Ferrari on the track this year on their own, which is why it's so stupid for them to have mishandled these documents.

 

i think i read the article wrong....