Spy duo wanted Super Team

The two men at the centre of the Formula 1 spying controversy were touting the services of a secretly assembled Grand Prix Super Team of technical experts.

One leading paddock source told the Daily Mirror he was "stunned" when he attended a meeting called by Ferrari's disenchanted technical manager Nigel Stepney to be met by Mike Coughlan as well, chief designer for their biggest rivals McLaren.

In talks the duo suggested there were at least another three individuals who could join them.

Had their plans come off, it would have been the biggest transfer of Formula 1 talent since Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne quit Benetton in the 1990s to establish the Ferrari Super Team that created an unparalleled era of domination. Mirror.co.uk