Though sulking after World Motor Sport Council slapped a £49.2m fine and stripped them of the F1 constructor’s point, McLaren has decided not to appeal against the sanction for the ’spygate’ scandal.
McLaren boss Ron Dennis made it clear that he wants to put the entire episode behind and focus on winning the driver’s title with both Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso going great guns.
Dennis said,
We believe the time has come to put this huge distraction behind us. McLaren wants to win races and world championships.
We are fortunate to have, and continue to receive, unwavering support from our employees, sponsor partners and Formula 1 fans across the world.
McLaren’s decision not to appeal against the ban makes Ferrari as the F1 champion for the 15th time, which is a new record.
The ’spygate’ scandal came to the fore when official documents about Ferrari cars was discovered at McLaren’ chief designer Mike Coughlan’s place and Ferrari mechanic Nigel Stepney was suspended for allegedly supplying the dossier.
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