F1-Two cases of industrial espionage

[MeraBoy]

TOYOTA
F1’s long running Toyota espionage saga has ended with the two former Ferrari employees handed jail sentences.

Mauro Iacconi and Angelo Santini have been found guilty in a Modena court of stealing design information from Ferrari before switching to Toyota in 2002, according to Italian newspapers on Tuesday.

Their combined 25-month sentences were suspended, but both men will reportedly appeal.

The story first came to attention in 2003, when Toyota was accused of producing a car that was visibly very similar to the ultra-successful 2002 Ferrari single seater.

The men were fired, and Toyota officials including boss Ove Andersson, designer Gustav Brunner and aerodynamics chief Rene Hilhorst were all also implicated. All five no longer work for Toyota.

Toyota consistently denied that the stolen information had been used for the ‘TF103′ car (pictured above).

McLAREN
F1’s governing body on Thursday (26 July 2007) announced that McLaren will not be penalised following a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Paris.

A statement, however, revealed that the 26 Council members did find Ron Dennis’ outfit guilty of breaching the International Sporting Code for possessing confidential Ferrari information. “However, there is insufficient evidence that this information was used in such a way as to interfere improperly with the FIA formula one world championship,” it read.

But the FIA also said McLaren face exclusion from the 2007 and 2008 championships if it is “found in the future that the Ferrari information has been used” improperly. The statement also said alleged spies Nigel Stepney and Mike Coughlan will now be pursued by the FIA’s legal department and could be banned from international motor sport “for a lengthy period”. (GMM)

Source:
http://www.motorauthority.com/news/motorsport/f1-men-found-guilty-of-industrial-espionage/
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[Vagabond]

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[robthomas]

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[robthomas]

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[MeraBoy]

Dennis slams Ferrari as F1 espionage saga continues

McLaren made public a lengthy letter from team boss Ron Dennis to Italian motor sport president Luigi Macaluso, whose own letter to Max Mosley this week resulted in the re-opening of the FIA investigation into the spying affair.

In his letter, Dennis refers to sacked Ferrari employee Nigel Stepney as a ‘whistleblower’ who alerted chief designer Mike Coughlan to illegal floors and rear wings on the 2007 Ferrari.

“McLaren took steps to confirm whether (Stepney’s) allegations were true, and we concluded that they were,” Dennis wrote, accusing Ferrari of then winning the Australian grand prix with the illegal floor still attached.

He added: “Were it not for Mr Stepney drawing this illegal device to the attention of McLaren, and McLaren drawing it to the attention of the FIA, there is every reason to suppose that Ferrari would have continued to race with an illegal car.”

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