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The real story is not that one team had information from another.. but that they got caught. Do we really imagine that in the business each team does not have a very good idea of what the others are doing, information obtained thro fair means or foul?
Too much is at stake here to not use all means to understand more about what the others are doing.....not necessarily to copy it, as the basic parameters for each car are too specific as to make details untransferable, but to gain knowledge of strengths and weakness in certain areas and hence advantages your car may have over others and to exploit that further.
That is also serves Ferrari's purposes to remove Nigel Stepney, if other rumours about his desire to move to Honda are to be believed..no gardening leave to pay and at a salary of $750K pa its a bit of change.. plus you manage to explain away the poor performance and deal a blow to the main opposition... All part of the big picture and entirely consistent.
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