Mosley convinced McLaren team cheated way to front
That was the warning from FIA president Max Mosley, who despite the espionage row which has cost McLaren a £50million fine and exclusion from this year’s constructors’ championship which they looked certain to win, believes the sport has not been damaged.
But Mosley also warned that he believes criminal investigations in Italy into how a 780-page Ferrari dossier went from their chief mechanic Nigel Stepney to McLaren’s chief designer could uncover more wrongdoing.
“Everything will come out in detail and we will all be surprised," said Mosley. “I feel the only way to have a fair championship in 2008 would have been to exclude McLaren but that would probably have put them out of business.
“It would have been correct to throw Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton out of this year’s drivers’ championship but in the World Motor Sport Council, hearts ruled heads. If there was serious evidence of Ferrari’s influence in any McLaren design, however, we would have to take action.
“We don’t want this to drag on but I don’t feel it has harmed F1. The fans and sponsors who are putting in huge sums of money want to know the sport is honest."
Ferrari should have been light years ahead of McLaren and all the Michelin shod teams this year based on their experience with Bridgestone tires. They are except for the British McLaren team who cheated their way to equality with Ferrari by copying all their secrets based on the Ferrari secrets fed to them by 'Englishman' Nigel Stepney. Therefore, Mosley is 100% correct, their drivers have used an illegal car and should be excluded from the championship.