McLaren Gives Fia ‘proof’ Of Renault Spying
The McLaren F1 team has reportedly increased the pressure on rival team Renault by handing a dossier to governing body the FIA that proves the latter team were ‘knowingly’ in possession of confidential McLaren data.
According to media reports, the McLaren dossier states that information illegally obtained from McLaren was “knowingly and widely disseminated” within Renault.
The dossier reportedly includes 18 witness statements in which Renault F1 employees admit that they viewed confidential technical information belonging to McLaren.
McLaren also contend that 33 files belonging to the team, containing more than 780 individual drawings outlining the entire technical blueprint of the 2006 and 2007 McLaren F1 cars, were loaded onto Renault’s computer system in September 2006.
Renault faces a FIA hearing on 6th December on a charge of unauthorised possession of confidential McLaren information.
The move is the latest twist in the ongoing spying row to have affected F1 over the course of the year.
McLaren was fined a record £47.5m by the FIA and thrown out of the constructors’ championship after being found guilty on a similar charge against Ferrari in September.
