Dear Mr Dennis,

Article 151c of the International Sporting Code

I refer to your letter of 1 August 2007.

It is apparent from your letter that there is a distinct difference between McLaren’s view of events and that of Ferrari. It therefore seems appropriate for the matter to be reviewed by the International Court of Appeal as decided by the FIA President, Mr. Mosley.

It is not my role nor would it be appropriate for me to answer your various points. It will be for the Court of Appeal to do so.

In any event, I would limit myself to stress that McLaren was found in breach of Article 151c of the International Sporting Code, but nevertheless escaped any penalty. As Mr Mosley indicated in his letter of 31 July 2007, it is important for the World Championship that the correct outcome is reached.
It is clearly in the interest of the sport that the appropriate precedent for dealing with events such as these is set.

At the hearing of the World Motor Sport Council on 26 July 2007, Ferrari was legally represented but attended the meeting merely as an observer. It accordingly did not have sufficient opportunity to present to the Council or ask questions of key individuals involved in this matter in order to test their evidence. A hearing before the International Court of Appeal will allow Ferrari an opportunity to present its evidence and arguments in detail.

Yours sincerely

Luigi Macaluso
The President of ACI-CSAI

For me, McLaren just having the the document is wrong. They dont have to use it. Just having and reading it is enough to have some form of sanctions impose.

"If they had that information then they should be punished, I am not a judge, but we have ethical and sporting rules, and these must be adhered to."

"Really it is simple, The rules need to be respected, and those who do not respect them must be punished."

"Had I only known Ferrari's weight distribution, or how big their tank is, if I had a bit of those documents, then we surely wouldn't be in this situation today,"

"Dennis says he's immaculate, but it's hard to believe him. No, I don't believe in his good faith. In a team everyone knows everything."

"It's an extremely serious thing that he hasn't yet been fired,"

"All the team managers should say that in F1 there's no more room for them."

The whole story about Stephney be a whistleblower is a Dennis made up bull$#@^ story.

Ferrari got tip-off only because of Mike Coughlan wife Trudy Coughlan have taken the 780-page Ferrari document to a photocopying shop for reproduction.

Too bad for them as the photocopying staff is a Ferrari F1 fan.

"I want to dedicate it to our fans who believe in the fairness of the sport and to this English gentleman who in the month of June wanted to inform us that someone linked to an opponent team entered into his shop and asked him to copy dozens of pages containing technical information about our car."

"Without him it would never have been possible to shine the light on to one of the worst pages in the history of motorsport."

This thing got me thinking, particularly with the thread titled as it is... do you guys feel that McLaren was really cheating in the racing-sense?