BREAKING: McLaren Stripped of Constructor Points and Fined
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The decision has finally come down in Paris. The FIA World Motor Sport Council has issued it's findings against the Vodafone-McLaren-Mercedes team. The team will be stripped of all their points in the 2007 Formula 1 Constructors' Championship and the team has been fined the equivalent of $100 million. The team will also not be allowed to attain any further points in the Constructors Championship the rest of the 2007 season. The two drivers for McLaren, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton have not been penalized and are free to continue to participate in the Drivers Championship.
The penalty follows McLaren’s admission that the team was in possession of confidential technical data belonging to rivals Ferrari, who are now all but assured of the 2007 Constructors’ Championship.
So interesting stuff and I am glad that the two drivers for McLaren will be allowed to compete for the drivers championship. The stripping of points and the fine seem justified given the fact that McLaren did get caught spying.
