know i would like to know When stepneys house was searched did they find any mclaren data??Can we belive that it was all just one sided?? With Ferraris history i doubt it!!! Lets not forget Ferrari had race wins with an illegal car!! I cant wait to hear what mr stepney says about "there dead bodies"then we will see who the real cheats are here

peter, modena, italy

it's not about ferrari and mc laren, it's about sport and justice, none would like to be robbed,

ale, milan, italy

Happy cheaters.

Now time for all F1 teams to go buy detailed construction plans of the MP4/22. Thay cannot be punished for that!!!!

furio , Rome, Italy

McLaren will not be punished over their possession of confidential Ferrari data after Formula One racing’s governing body, the FIA, decided there was no proof that the team had made use of the information.
However, the FIA did find McLaren to be in breach of the International Sporting Code and warned them that they could face exclusion from the championship if they are subsequently found to have used the material.

source F1.com

furio , Rome, Italy

This is some kind of joke. How can a team be found guilty of breaching the sporting code and yet receive no punishment?

McLaren must be laughing their heads off - they can now use all the knowledge gained from this document to not only build a better car and disguise their new parts so as to be indiscernable from those of Ferrari's, but they also have knowledge of Ferrari's racing strategy from the Ross Brawn era and vital to their success. And as we have seen, it is likely that Coughlan was not the only person who had this illegal data.

F1 is now a total joke.

Chris, London,

I wonder what the the penalty would have been were it a smaller team not fighting for the championship, or even if it had been Ferrari. Imagine the outcry. I mean, come on! Ferrari and MS were fined heavily for breaching normal protocol at the podium a couple of years ago. Ferrari did not benefit in any way from that particular action (in fact they looked quite silly). Are they now saying that is a worse offense than possessing reams of technical data?
The governing body has set an extremely damaging precedent. Even if they did not dock points there should have been a significant financial penalty to dissuade future breaches. The team must be held accountable for the action of its members.

Rohan Davies, Brisbane, Australia

What a shame !!! McLaren has the documents about whole 2007 Ferrari F1 project and this is not an evidence !! I have to admit that McLaren has also a quite strong political power.

Paolo, Vicenza , Italy

italian have always been known for good car , food and wine
,but this does sound like a case of a bad bottle .

anthony london, london, england

A shame. Unbelievable shame.

In Paris WMSC declared that McLaren's are not red painted.

Andy H., Milan, Italy

You can still a bank but if later you won't spend a penny you are not guilty either. Great verdict.

fernando, budapest, hungary

After Ecclestone's declarations none of this should come as a surprise. Still wonder how McLaren knew about Ferrari's new floor if they hadn't read their documents...

Alfredo Nieto, Madrid, Spain

'Man can live and satisfy his wants only by ceaseless labor; by the ceaseless application of his faculties to natural resources. This process is the origin of property. But it is also true that a man may live and satisfy his wants by seizing and consuming the products of the labor of others. This process is the origin of plunder.' (Property and Plunder, The Law -1850 - Frédéric Bastiat)

Alberto Dietz, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

good evening sir,

I suspected .. .. , now I' m sure that a new "family"
stay in England, but who's the godfather ?
do you have an idea ?

thank you for your reflection
and
welcome from Italy

stef783, florence, italy

So McLaren are guilty but there is no penalty? Its OK for teams to possess other teams' secret information, in breach of the regulations, as long as the FIA can't prove that they used it? That is quite an amazing precedent, but so be it - lets move on. One thing though - can all the Brish press now stop whining about about bias in the FIA towards Ferrari please?

Stuart, Johannesburg, South Africa

sounds ominous, get to the end of the championship then a re-hearing then stripped of all titles

Augustus C, Colchester, England

Jean Todt did try to won drivers and contructors champonship throught de pnalities to Mc Laren.It is 3 years that he won nothing important.

Franco, Toulon, France