[Lothar]

According to Steve Matchett, the teams have the setup info for both cars on their network. He believes that the "not sharing setup info" was just lip-service to appease Alonso.

So what of the notion that Alonso tried to Blackmail the team to drop Hamilton for the remainder of the season in return for not revealing the emails and cell phone calls to the WMSC? I'm having a hard time believing that to be true unless Ron Dennis does not want to take any action against Alonso until they decide about an appeal of Thursday's ruling.

In the absence of any other consideration, and assuming that the blackmail allegation is true, there is no way that I would allow Alonso in my race car. Has anyone heard any confirmation of this allegation?