[Skybird]

McLaren is guilty, cause it is responsible for the behavior of it's employees. Nobody denies anymore that they were in possession of 700+ pages of secret technical data from Ferrari, Ron Dennis denied only that they used this data - but what a ridiculous defense it that? Also, in emails his pilots explicitly referred to specific details from this data set, so the claim McLaren did not use it sounds even more absurd.

I agree on the penalty of loosing all constructur points in the running season, sporting spirit demands it. and the event we talk about is nothing else but industrial espionage - but if the penalty fee of 100 million for that is justified, can be argued. Many say it is too much money. Since I have no experience on the usual sums the F1 circus is run by, I do form no opinion on the financial penalty. Maybe they want to set an example, to prevent this single virus turning into a running epidemia, like doping in bike sports.

I want to say that I do not see that this result comes from the dominance of Ferrari inside the F1 structure. McLaren played foul, and were unable to hide it. The penalty is the consistent result.