The International Automobile Federation (FIA) has published this Later, in a statement, the evidence that led to the cancellation of the points of the McLaren Mercedes Formula One Championship 2007 as well as a fine of $ 100 million
In its document, the FIA \u200b\u200bsaid that after the decision by the World Motor Sport Council on July 26, someone gave them aware of the existence about e-mails between McLaren drivers relevant to the investigation in the case of espionage.
a letter to the three McLaren drivers, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Pedro de la Rosa, FIA reminded them of their responsabildiad as competitors and owners of a Super License to ensure the legitimacy and fairness in the Formula One World Championship One
All three drivers responded to the letter from the FIA. Lewis Hamilton said he did not have any information relevant to the case, while Alonso and De la Rosa sent emails to the FIA \u200b\u200bthat the WMSC found it very relevant. Later, at the request of McLaren, Alonso both and De la Rosa testified in writing to the WMSC verifying that these emails were sent and received and offered explanations and context relevant to those emails.
emails show that the two English pilots received confidential Ferrari information via Mike Coughlan, that both knew that such information was confidential Ferrari and both were aware that Stepney was sending information to Coughlan.
then part of the statement released by the FIA:
Weight Distribution:
The March 21, 2007 of 09.57 De la Rosa wrote to Coughlan:
"Hi Mike, you know what the weight distribution in the red cars? Would be important for us to know in order to test it in the simulator. Thanks in advance, Pedro. PS: Tomorrow I will be in the simulator."
The evidence presented to the WMSC, test pilot confirmed that Coughlan replied by text message with precise data on the weight distribution of Ferrari's cars.
Four days later, De la Rosa sent an e-mail to Fernando Alonso setting out the weight distribution of two decimal places in each of the Ferrari as a set-up for the Grand Prix of Australia.
The two-time world responded to his team mate with an email in which there is a section titled 'Ferrari' and says: "I'm surprised its weight distribution, I do not know whether it is 100% reliable, but at least striking. " The e-mail continues with a discussion comparing the weight distribution of Ferrari with McLaren.
same day, De la Rosa said "All the information from Ferrari is very reliable. It's Nigel Stepney, their former chief mechanic - I do not know the place that now. It's the same person who told us in Australia Kimi would stop on lap 18.'s very friendly with Mike Coughlan, our chief designer, and that was what he said. "
The FIA \u200b\u200bis that the email sent De la Rosa to Coughlan states that he wants to receive information about weight distribution of Ferrari with the intention to test in the simulator the next day. The English rider said the WMSC at the meeting in Paris that Coughlan replied with accurate and he (De la Rosa) decided that the weight distribution was so different from the McLaren not tested on the simulator and therefore considered that the information was not important.
The WMSC believes that it is unlikely that a driver can make such decisions for himself and Nor was it clear why, if De La Rosa felt that the information was not important, you should talk about it with Fernando Alonso some days later. Through the evidence provided by the English test is also clear that there was no reluctance or hesitation to test the Ferrari information from a potential benefit, and that on this occasion said that there was a technical reason not to.
McLaren Chief Engineer, Paddy Lowe explained to the WMSC that several staff members of the team make decisions relating to simulator testing, so it is unlikely that a test pilot to decide on what to test simulated in itself. Ailerons
Balancing Flexibility and Streamlined:
In the same e-mail sent on March 25, De la Rosa states that have conducted trials with flexible rear wings, which the English rider said are "a copy of the system that we believe that Ferrari is using." is also found that the precise aero balance the Ferrari is 250kph.
While it is conceivable that the old part was copied after seeing the Ferrari car, it is clear from the context of trade (being part of the information that De la Rosa describes as "very reliable" because it comes Stepney) that the latter item is confidential to Ferrari and Coughlan, who got it from Stepney, as pass to De la Rosa. Gas
tires
In the email from De la Rosa to Alonso on 25 March, the tester mentioned a gas that Ferrari uses to inflate its tires to reduce internal temperature and blistering. The e-mail concludes with a statement (in relation to gas) "we have to try it, it's easy!". Fernando Alonso
responded to his partner who is "very important" that McLaren test the gas that Ferrari uses in their tires because "seems to have something different from the rest ", and" not just this year. There is something else and this may be the key: I hope we can try it for those workouts and make it a priority! "
De la Rosa replied that same day saying: " I agree 100% that we test (the tire gas) as soon as possible. "
Although this email indicates that both pilots were eager to test the gas apparently used by Ferrari in their tires, the evidence provided by De la Rosa to the WMSC is that he, himself, decided to explore with a Bridgestone engineer whether the McLaren team should try that gas. The English said they did not hold any other conversation with personnel outside the ranks of his team. His evidence is that the Bridgestone engineer in question doubted that the gas were to give some advantage.
According to De la Rosa, without consulting anyone else at McLaren, and although they had apparently been successfully used by Ferrari, the idea was dropped and did not attempt to test the gas in the tires used by McLaren.
The WMSC considered unusual for a pilot test to establish such inquiries on its own without talking to someone else on the team. It also seems unlikely that a test pilot can decide for yourself if to pursue the subject. Finally, De la Rosa's evidence makes clear that there was no reluctance or hesitation to use information from Ferrari, but this time it came to the conclusion that it would not allow an advantage.
Brake System:
The April 12, 2007, De la Rosa sent an email to Coughlan asking: "Can you explain as much as possible the Ferrari braking system with the (reference is Detailed technical information)? make adjustments from the seat ...?"
After several exchanges about whether a description would be too difficult to express in an e-mail, Coughlan replies on 14 April with a technical description implies that it is a description of the Ferrari braking system. Ferrari has confirmed
As the description given is an accurate description (although incomplete) of the principles of the brake system. Coughlan concludes that "we are looking for something similar." This last statement suggests that the McLaren system that was working is based on knowledge of the details of the Ferrari system, which, even if the system Ferarri has not been directly copied, must be more advantageous to McLaren than designing a system without such knowledge.
Emails exchanged by De la Rosa and Alonso on March 25 also describe some aspects of the McLaren braking system and states that "with the information we have, we believe Ferrari has a similar system" and goes on to describe very specific elements of the system Ferrari.
pit stop strategy:
As mentioned previously, the e-mail sent by De la Rosa on March 25 indicates that "all the information from Ferrari is very reliable. It's Nigel Stepney, their former chief mechanic - I do not know the place that now.'s the same person who told us in Australia that Kimi would stop on lap 18.'s very friendly with Mike Coughlan, Design Manager, and that was what he said. "
The evidence before the WMSC is that Kimi Raikkonen stopped on lap 19 of the Grand Prix of Australia. However, it is no less true that De la Rosa cited this information as a reason to believe that Stepney was a reliable source of information. This suggests that McLaren had taken into account at least information to determine its own strategy.
The evidence before the WMSC also demonstrates that Stepney had passed information through Coughlan on how turn or more the Ferrari drivers would carry out their pit stops during the Bahrain Grand Prix. McLaren looking for ways to discredit the significance of this information because in the end proved to be incorrect.
However, the evidence before the WMSC is that the safety car out on track in the early stages of the race by having teams bring their strategies. out the safety car was not something that one could know in advance and that the stops were incorrect predictions do not mean that McLaren had not considered and taken into account the information received to determine its own strategy before the race.
However, as there is no legitimate context in which the pit stops of other teams were previously revealed to McLaren, there is clear evidence that both drivers knew they were receiving confidential information and unauthorized Ferrari. To the WMSC does not make any effort to contain the current report or
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