A great Formula one season is under threat from the Ferrari/McLaren spy scandal (page 2 of 2)

It's all about the application of many hundreds of tiny adjustments in the search for the optimum set-up for every race. Given this is it not likely that if the Chief Designer (no less) of one team gets hold of all the design secrets of his main rival he cannot but act with knowledge of these secrets - however subliminally this may take place? So whilst Ron Dennis is no doubt correct that there is no Ferrari "intellectual property" in the McLaren car can he really put his hand on his heart and say that no tweaking to the McLaren car set-up at any recent Grand Prix made by his Chief Designer's team has not been influenced by that Chief Designer's insider knowledge of the Ferrari design?

The FIA may need the Scottish "Non-proven" verdict

The FIA will be striving not to ruin the 2007 Formula one season by imposing penalties on McLaren. It's the first truly great season for years with the emergence of Lewis Hamilton and the raw battle that is underway between the tyro star, the world champion Alonso and a fast improving Ferrari team. But if they do find not just skulduggery by an errant employee but also that this deceitfulness has given McLaren an advantage then they will have no alternative but to come down hard on the British team. But this will be very difficult to prove conclusively and it may be that the verdict often applied in the Scottish courts "Non-proven" will have to apply in this case. For the time being anyway!