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Phil @ Sep 12th 2007 7:14PM
Once again Max and co find a way to screw a perfectly good season with politics. They need to realise that excluding McLaren from this year will be far more damaging to the sport than any amount of industrial espionage.
MK @ Sep 13th 2007 9:58AM
I don't think it has to do with politics. If it's *proven* that McLaren used the Ferrari data (either in test or on the race-spec car), then that is just plain cheating. You could make the argument that copying parts from other team's cars happens all the time (viking horns on McLaren & then BMW). But this involves gaining access to non-visible advances from another team, maybe utilizing them, and then lying about the knowledge of the data.
Though, I agree that Championship exclusion is a bit harsh! I remember a couple years ago when Honda had their fuel cell scandal, and were suspended 2 races. Plus, punishing the drivers isn't right. Perhaps, a constructor points ban for the remainder of the season would serve to better hit McLaren where it hurts. The driver will be a champion regardless which team he's with, but the teams are after the constructor's trophy. Plus, this is one of the better seasons -- 4 drivers with a chance to win, and none of them name Schumacher.