Formula One team McLaren have been charged with spying, after a 700+ page Ferrari design document was found in the home of McLaren chief designer Mike Coughlan.
F1 is ultra-competitive, with teams raising and spending hundreds of millions each year and generating billions in TV, merchandise, sponsorship, and ticket-sales revenue. For the past several years, Ferrari and McLaren have been the class of the show, trading wins and championships almost exclusively. The gap between the two teams is as small as its ever been this year, and a little insider info could easily be the difference.
McLaren boss Ron Dennis maintains, "..this will not end in anything that causes McLaren any embarrassment...", a non-denial-denial which appears to leave Coughlan twisting in the wind.
If found guilty, McLaren could be stripped of Constructors' or drivers' points. Right now, McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso are 1-2 in the drivers' standings, and McLaren lead Ferrari by 25 points in the constructors' standings.
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