Harness drivers caught cheating5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Stepney had passed on a wealth of Ferrari documentation to Coughlan, believed to be almost 800 pages-worth of secrets, which Coughlan had given to his wife to take to a Woking photocopying shop. Ferrari then took legal action against a McLaren employee, which later emerged to be chief designer Mike Coughlan. Chief mechanic Nigel Stepney was suspended by Ferrari, described by head of communications Luca Colajanni as a result of “irregularities discovered at the Ferrari factory”. You could pen a full documentary on the ‘Spygate’ scandal that rocked F1 in 2007. Photo by: Sutton Images/ Motorsport Images Spygate – McLaren, 2007 season Formula One World Championship, Rd 18, Brazilian Grand Prix, Practice Day, Interlagos, Brazil, 20 October 2006 Nigel Stepney (GBR) Ferrari Chief Mechanic. Here’s a look at the most memorable different cheats, exploits and rules breaches that teams and drivers have carried out to try and find an advantage.
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