Stepney Points Finger At Ferrari In F1 Row

Nigel Stepney, Ferrari’s former head of development at the centre of the F1
spying row, has stirred up the debate again by claiming that his team was as
much to blame as rival McLaren.

McLaren were fined a record £49.2m and stripped of their constructors points
after being found guilty of possessing confidential Ferrari documents that had
been supplied by Stepney.

Stepney is now claiming that Ferrari were themselves spying on McLaren,
stating in an interview: ‘I got information on them. Ferrari got off lightly. I
got information about when they McLaren were pit stopping. I got weight
distribution, I got other aspects of various parts of their car and I was
Ferrari’s employee at the time.

‘I was aware of certain stuff they [McLaren] were doing at tests, fuel levels
for example. I think Ferrari should have been docked points personally.

‘The question is: did I use the information, did I talk about it? I spoke to
some people at Ferrari about it. I can’t prove it, there are no e-mails or
anything, points about the fuel and the differences between the teams were
discussed inside.

‘But as well as McLaren having an advantage, did Ferrari have an advantage? I
think so. It looks like information was flowing only one way. No one has been
balancing the argument, no one has asked the question.’