Spy Games

Okay – Can someone answer this for me. McLaren are deemed guilty of being in possession of documents that belonged to Ferrari, but do not get any sort of penalty. McLaren claim that they did not know about the documents and they didn’t have any of the pieces on the car but, think about it this way – if you trespass in someone’s house but don’t actually steal anything, you still get charged with trespassing and get done for it.

So why did McLaren get away with it?

This is what baffles me. It really does. They would not have been called up on it if there wasn’t enough evidence. The whole thing was a waste of time with not charging them. What is the point with a ‘we know you are guilty but if we find anything else that incriminates you further, then maybe we will give you penalties.’ It’s hard to believe McLaren’s ‘we know nothing stance’ especially since they were allegedly told to appeal certain elements of the Ferrari car earlier in the season. Hard to try to pick and choose what they want to have fed to them. Was it by chance that McLaren's car advantage seemed to all but disappear when the whole 'Spy-gate' scandal broke around the French grand prix. I've joked in company that the reason for Ferrari making up the distance was down to McLaren removing any Ferrari inspired pieces off their car but hey! Maybe it did happen like that. Food for thought.

Ferrari have appealed, well – to be more precise the Italian motorsport body have and in this appeal Ferrari will be able to lay their case out in more detail than was allowed in the first meeting. This could shed more light on things and at the very least, help bring an end to this whole spy scandal. While I would hate to see the championship affected by it, rules are there for a reason. If you break them one must be prepared to feel the pain for it.