End of the road for MacLaren?

[kwicky]

Now that they have been found guilty of poaching secrets from Ferrari and been given �50 million fine will this be the demise of MacLaren before the Formula 1 season is out? The two drivers Olonso and Hamilton are unaffected but will their season be shortlived?

[Whickerman]

No, they'll see this through. They'll most likely appeal and get a far reduced outcome.

Frankly, i think it's laughable, but this is a huge moneymaking business. I'm with Jackie Stewart on this.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hUdWFkhWSc RIUIVW3w96NTnTuePw

[Neilzulu1]

What a massive fine. Double standards though. How can they take the constructors points but not the drivers ?

[kwicky]

I think there must be a case for McLaren refusing to pay the fine and then opting out of Formula 1. Who would be the loser then? Talking about shooting the goose that laid the golden egg!

[Bazile]

What non F1 followers should realise is that all the teams are constantly trying to spy on each other , to get information about each others technology � it goes on all the time - the golden rule is not to get caught .

There was one occasion a couple of seasons ago , when one of the Mclaren cars came into the pit lane , due to a minor problem � the team was attempting to resolve the problem in the pit lane

The camera showed a Ferrari team member walking slowly past and staring at the Mclaren car .
Do you think that he was concerned that the Mclaren problem , or was he trying to see what information he could gleam ? . I can assure you that the latter was the case

I agree that this decision is clearly biased in favour of Ferrari

[kwicky]

Maybe Ferrari have learned a few tricks from Schumaker. ie win at all costs!