Renault escape fine over McLaren data

Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone
Source: http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/12/7157.html
The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council has imposed no penalty on Renault after finding the team in breach of the International Sporting Code for possessing confidential technical information belonging to McLaren.
Prior to Thursday’s hearing in Monaco, Renault had already admitted that data had entered their factory via a former [...]

Renault did gain advantage – Claim McLaren

Over thirty file stored in several old styled floppy disks was loaded onto Renault’s computer system and that those files contained more than 780 technical drawings of the 2006 and 2007 McLaren cars.
On the early report, Renault admit the possession but denied use of McLaren Data.  However they need to answer the charges to World [...]

Renault admit possession

Renault admit the possession on McLaren, but denied use of McLaren Data.
On the 6th September 2007, an engineer (Mr Phil Mackereth) who joined the Renault from McLaren in Sept 2006 had brought with him some information that was considered to be proprietary to McLaren. This information was contained on old style floppy discs and included [...]

Spy again, this time Renault on McLaren

 
100 million, what is the first thing comes to my mind, the spying charges that McLaren has to pay for…
Who’s next on the list? Renault F1 team.. 
In a statement released Thursday, 8 November 2007, the FIA confirmed: “The team representatives have been called to answer a charge that between September 2006 and October 2007, in breach [...]