FIA clears McLaren of allegations by Ferrari
{{date|July 26, 2007}}
[[Image:Lewis Hamilton 2007.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[w:Lewis Hamilton|Lewis Hamilton]] driving for team McLaren in the [[w:2007 Malaysian Grand Prix|2007 Malaysian Grand Prix]]. {{Image source|Tom!!}}]]
[[w:FIA|FIA]] governing body ruled not to penalize [[w:Vodafone|Vodafone]] [[w:Team McLaren|McLaren]] [[w:Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] because of the lack of evidence that the team used the information possessed by [[w:Mike Coughlan|Mike Coughlan]], team's ex-Chief designer, improperly to gain an advantage in the championship.

World Motor Sport Council agreed that McLaren breached the article 151c of the [[w:International Sporting Code|International Sporting Code]] by unauthorised possession of 780 pages of Ferrari's technical documentation.

Still, if [[w:Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro|Ferrari]] could prove the use of those documents by McLaren to commit detriment to the championship the team will face the possibility of exclusion from not only the 2007 championship but also the 2008 championship.

== Sources ==
{{Wikipediapar|2007 Formula One espionage controversy}}
*{{source|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/7/6539.html|title=McLaren escape penalty, despite breaching sporting code|author=|pub=Formula1.com|date=July 26, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6910369.stm|title=McLaren let off in F1 spying row|author=|pub=BBC Sport|date=July 26, 2007}}
* *{{source|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/61155|title=FIA imposes no penalty on McLaren|author=Biranit Goren|pub=Autosport.com|date=July 26, 2007}}

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Lewis Hamilton driving for team McLaren in the 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix. 
FIA governing body ruled not to penalize Vodafone McLaren Mercedes because of the lack of evidence that the team used the information possessed by Mike Coughlan, team's ex-Chief designer, improperly to gain an advantage in the championship.

World Motor Sport Council agreed that McLaren breached the article 151c of the International Sporting Code by unauthorised possession of 780 pages of Ferrari's technical documentation.

Still, if Ferrari could prove the use of those documents by McLaren to commit detriment to the championship the team will face the possibility of exclusion from not only the 2007 championship but also the 2008 championship.
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