Because Mclaren are beating Ferrari?
I somehow think that Ferrari wouldn't care about this if Mclaren wasn't very likely to win both constructor's and driver's championship. They'd just sack/punish/prosecute Stepney, and that would be that. But as always at this time of year, Ferrari has something in their back pockets to raise a complaint to the FIA. Last year it was the wheel damping systems inside the Renaults when the Renaults were winning.
McLaren ratted out the mass damper on the Renault.
It is Ferrari's right to complain to the FIA or not. The victim has a right to press charges or not, like in most crimes!
In the Toyota case, they were too incompetent to gain any advantage from the 653/F2002 data, the Toyota car in 2003 looked like a carbon copy of the greatest single seater of all time.
Ferrari's car is 100% legal, it passed all scrutineering. Moreover Ferrari were not the only team to change their floor/rear wing, nearly all teams did it. Renault last year was always 100% legal, it passed scrutineering. The McLaren in 1998 was 100% legal, it passed all scrutineering. The McLaren in 2000 was 100% legal, it passed all scrutineering (apart from the tampered engine seal in Austria).
Ferrari designed their floor/wing so it would pass the FIA test. Renault last year and in 2005 used TMD in a way that passed the FIA test but was against the spirit of the rules. McLaren in 1998 used the third break pedal in a way that passed the FIA test but was against the spirit of the rules. Mercedes in 2000 used Beryllium in their engines till it was outlawed by the FIA on safety grounds.
None of those incidents are incidents of cheating. None of those cars were illegal. They all passed scrutineering. The cars are built to pass the FIA test, not 100% within the spirit of the regulations! This is how teams gain competitive advantage!
The claims of FIA bias for Ferrari are way overblown, given that we have the evidence in front of us now, it is abundantly clear that the decision made was not the correct sporting choice but a commercial one. All parties admit to that.
Moreover it is also now clear that Fernando Alonso is a disgrace. I have never ever heard of a driver that would attempt to blackmail their own team. Alonso really has no loyalty and no respect. I wish Hamilton all the best for the championship; I firmly believe he had little or nothing to do with any of the cheating that happened. He is the closest thing yet to a new Michael Schumacher on the commercial side, if he wins in 2007 it will be a similar result to Schumacher’s first title in 1994, one which was equally as dodgy.
EDIT: Honda cheated in 2005 with the fuel tank. That wasn't any creative interpretation - it was a hidden fuel tank!
