F1: Renault denies using McLaren information
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Renault has issued a statement in regard to being summoned to appear
before the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) and denies using any McLaren
data on its car. The FIA this week confirmed that a WMSC hearing has
been scheduled for December 9th, where the French squad will face
charges of being in breach of the sporting regulations by having
unauthorised possession of confidential McLaren information.
The matter came to light when McLaren itself was embroiled in the
Ferrari spy saga and its own investigations showed that an employee,
Phil Mackereth, had taken team data with him when he left for Renault.
Renault confirmed that Mackereth had some information on floppy discs
that was loaded onto the team file system but that it was done without
the knowledge of anyone in authority.
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