The scandal between F1 racing’s two biggest rivals, McLaren and Ferrari, A series of secret agreements between the Ferrari engineer and the McLaren engineer It contained.

The genesis of the scandal was so coincidental… Doubts from a manufacturer passionate about F1, This caused the incident to unfold like crazy. If you’re ready, let’s delve deeper into the F1 ‘Spygate’ scandal.

Stepney, one of the important names of the Ferrari brand, had served the brand for twenty years.

Former Ferrari engineer Nigel Stepney had almost as much of an important place as drivers. He made at least $1 million a year. Stepney in May 2007 Accused of sabotaging F1 cars had been arrested.

Some technicians use oil around fuel tanks which can destroy the engine. a white powder He said what he saw. When they checked the cameras, they realized that Stepney was indeed acting suspiciously.

Stepney, of course, denied this.

According to Nail Stepney, he gave a negative interview about Ferrari two months ago Ferrari tried to defame him by punishing him for this. As the trial progressed, police continued the investigation and Stepney’s electronic devices were examined. A 780-page file containing technical details about the Ferrari racing car was found on his computer.

So maybe this wasn’t absurd for an engineer, but what happened next would prove that this file was suspicious. Now this Document of 780 pages Let’s keep it in mind and go back a few days before the police investigation.

Documents printed by a completely different person on a completely different continent revealed the incident.

A woman in Surrey, England, took all these documents we just mentioned to a printing company and asked to transfer them to two different CDs. What a coincidence, the printing company employee who saw the order the next day He was a die-hard Formula 1 fan and he was suspicious.

The employee asked the woman for her name with an apology and then did some research online. This woman, Trudy Coughlan, belongs to Michael Coughlan, aka She was the wife of the chief designer of Ferrari’s rival McLaren!

The printing company employee, who is passionate about F1, put the pieces of the puzzle together.

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The printer reached Ferrari team director Stefano Domenicali via email. Apparently Stepney and Coughlan, They had worked together at three different companies. The spying problem started in 2007.

Ferrari fired Stepney from his job. As there was no evidence that the documents had left Coughlan’s hands, McLaren received no punishment whatsoever, but Coughlan was suspended from his position. During searches of his home to white powder reaches.

The case remained open in case evidence piled up.

McLaren would now be penalized if it were found that Ferrari’s information was used. Ferrari appealed the decision and With new evidence including emails between Coughlan and Stepney It was decided to delete the 166 points collected by McLaren. The points of players like Hamilton, who competed with McLaren at the time, would not be deducted individually.

In addition, McLaren was fined $200 million. This was the largest fine ever paid in the history of the sport. This is how the ‘Spygate’ scandal was written as a black mark on F1 history.

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