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[Fact Man]

LONDON (Reuters) - Former Ferrari driver Mika Salo on Saturday clarified comments made to a Finnish newspaper suggesting that the Italian team had routinely spied on Formula One rivals McLaren in the past.

"What has been published in Ilta-Sanomat does not match the thoughts I wanted to express," the Finn said in a clarification provided by Ferrari.

"I would therefore like to make it clear that I was only referring to Formula One in the late nineties, when radio technology was still at an almost amateurish level, which meant it could happen that some radio conversations could be listened to randomly because of interference."

Salo was quoted on Friday, after a hearing of the sport's governing body into a spy controversy that has gripped Formula One, as saying that when he drove for Ferrari "we always spied on McLaren, listening to their radio traffic.

"After every practice session I had in front of me, on paper, all the discussions Mika Hakkinen had had with his engineer."

[McLaren Fan]

So instead of saying we spied only on McLaren he is saying we spied on those who were a threat to us, which would be McLaren in '99 season.

[Lewis Hamilton - COME ON!]

So instead of saying we spied only on McLaren he is saying we spied on those who were a threat to us, which would be McLaren in '99 season.

if thats true, then how did Michael Schumacher NOT contest the championship with Mika Hakkinen, while Eddie Irvine did & Eddie NEARLY won the championship!

[McLaren Fan]

So instead of saying we spied only on McLaren he is saying we spied on those who were a threat to us, which would be McLaren in '99 season.

if thats true, then how did Michael Schumacher NOT contest the championship with Mika Hakkinen, while Eddie Irvine did & Eddie NEARLY won the championship!

Mika says: 'when radio technology was still at an almost amateurish level, which meant it could happen that some radio conversations could be listened to randomly because of interference.' I suppose you could take from that they heard some of the things that were said but not all of them. In a likewise manner, I wouldn't be surprised McLaren picked up the odd Ferrari conversation too. Michael didn't contest the championship because of his nasty crash at Stowe corner at Silverstone. If he had all of McLaren's radio conversations on transcript, he may have been able to read at home with his broken legs healing, but they'd be little use to him saying as he couldn't drive.

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Yeah i thought everyone new about Schumachers 99 season being cut short due to a broken leg.

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Darwin wheres your opinion on this one?