Dennis chastised by Mosley

FIA boss Max Mosley believes McLaren boss Ron Dennis could have defused the spying row by coming clean earlier.

Mosley has admitted that he finds it highly improbable that Dennis did not know what was going on with the infamous Ferrari technical specifications leaked to his team by a disgruntled employee.

"One can only say it's extremely improbable that Ron didn't know," Mosley told The Guardian.

"Every time I speak to him he still assures me that he would never tell a lie, that he never has told a lie and that he hasn't lied to us.
"When you've known somebody for 40 years it's very difficult just to say, 'Well, I don't believe you.' But in the end no hard-nosed lawyer or policeman would believe it for a moment. I'm probably being a bit of a wimp about it."