- 09 Sep 07, 20:13#13369Ferrari is an Industry and that's why we should ask why the senior management of Ferrari are not held accountable for their employee illegally hawking IPR clearly intended to corrupt other teams and the sport itself. One wrecked season by the illegasl transfer of information from a Ferrari employee! Even where the management of an Industry do not know what their employees are up to, they and the company are held to account for the actions of their employees, and especially if those actions are illegal. This is the law. If Stepney broke it whilst on the payrole of Ferrari, then Ferrari, not just Stepney, must take responsibility for the consequencies.
I do not condon spying has it been going on in F1 since it began, be it long lens camers, pitlane spies, eaves dropping on and off the track or in the change around of drivers and employees, and I guess a fair bit of 'rewarding' for information tendered! Teams should keep security tight - it is their own responsibility to control their data. If it is breach of IPR laws then take that up in an IPR Court of Law not a mickey mouse FIA run by puppets. Do it away from the meadia, and away from the paddock the night before a race, and keep self appointed tinpot mega rich men out of it or one might think they had a vested interest!
There is too much money at stake, too many power hungry big heads at the top, and good drivers like Hamilton and Massa get caught in the crossfire. This is the nub of the issue.
I am principally a David Coulthard fan by the way, always have been. I have a soft spot for Lewis because of what he has achieved this year (and today). I am not McLaren fan and I do not like well paid Alonso for the ungreatfulness he has shown to his own team - his mechanics worked very hard to support him today and he did not even acknowledge the team in the press room. He is not worthy of any team, not even failing Renault and Flavio who would do anything... to get him back given the performance of his own drivers.
Its good to hear someone talking sense! (actually david is not my favourite but that matters little, principles are at stake here)