http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/ Autoblog Comments for http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/Jul 26th 2007 2:53PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/Jul 26th 2007 3:08PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/Jul 26th 2007 3:11PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/
Stephany and Couglan took technical data from Ferrari and I am sure Mclaren also, and went calling on Honda looking for jobs. Honda turned tham away.

I don't see where Mclaren did anything wrong. One of their employees conspired with one of Ferrari's employees to steal secrets and go peddle it to a third party. Ferrari's and McLaren's employees both acted on their own behalf. Not on behalf of either team.

We can talk F1 until the cows come home. I go all the way back to Jimmy Clark. '63 '65 WDC. ]]>Jul 26th 2007 3:50PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/
Also, absolutely no data has even been speculated to be taken from mcLaren. And ive read from multiple places that the affadavit signed by coughlan says he alerted multiple peoepl in the mclaren organization, although they denied this as a team.

Further, mclaren should be responsible for their employees action. Just having ferrari data gives an advantage in terms of strategy and of design philosophy. To tell me that McLarens CHIEF designer had the complete ferarari car (discovered by the copy place that found his wife making a 780 page copy of the cars plans) and didnt somehow use it to macs advantage is complete BS. ]]>Jul 26th 2007 4:00PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/Jul 26th 2007 3:20PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/Jul 26th 2007 3:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/>Guilty of receiving a package through the mail?

Guilty of having opened that packet and having kept it saying anything to anyone.
If someone puts a gun in your mailbox, you are supposed to call the police or (if you are paranoic about dealing with police) to get rid of it a soon as possible.
If you keep that gun, then you are considering that gun as something that could be useful in the future, no matter how you did get it.
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I am calling on all major auto makers, worldwide, to put your money where your mouth is and enter a team into F1.]]>Jul 26th 2007 3:49PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/Jul 26th 2007 4:01PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/Jul 26th 2007 4:04PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/
doh?
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If the rumours (which had surfaced before all this) are to be believed Coughlain had been moved sideways earlier this year and didnt have as much power as before...maybe thats why he and Stepney approached Honda together.

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After the Indy debacle when Ferrari was the only competitive team left after the Michelin fiasco, this sport cannot afford to throw the rest of this or any season away by heavily penalizing McLaren even if doing so seems fair under the circumstances. One suspects that the major manufacturers who have a big stake in there being a worldwide TV audience made their feelings known about this. I mean it's not like it's the FIA spending a billion dollars of it's own money to keep this show going. It's Mercedes, BMW, Honda, Renault and Toyota in addition to Ferrari. Plus, I can only imagine that the FIA was aware of the way the Tour de France has just committed suicide when it discussed the resolution of this case. ]]>Jul 26th 2007 7:20PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/26/f1-results-mclaren-cleared-of-wrongdoing-in-ferrari-tech-theft/
Go Ron! ;)
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