F1 could be about to be rocked by a penalty on the scale of the ‘spy scandal’ of 2007.<\/p>\n
The FIA is expected to convene a meeting of the international tribunal, to consider the matter of Mercedes’ ‘secret’ Pirelli tyre test.<\/p>\n
Ferrari, along with Red Bull, filed the official protest in Monaco.<\/p>\n
“You might expect a sporting penalty,” Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali told the Associated Press.<\/p>\n
“But because it is not really clear what could be the effect on the race weekend, it may be bigger than that,” he added.<\/p>\n
“Because there is no precedent, I have no idea what should happen.”<\/p>\n
Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko, however, believes there is a precedent.<\/p>\n
“There will be a hearing,” he told Bild newspaper, “although I do not know when and where.<\/p>\n
“It is in the direction of the spy scandal of 2007 between McLaren and Ferrari,” added Marko.<\/p>\n
The outspoken Austrian is referring to 2007, when the FIA considered banning McLaren but ultimately excluded the British team from the constructors’ championship and issued a record $100 million fine.<\/p>\n
Marko makes the ‘spygate’ comparison because he alleges Mercedes’ advantage from the exclusive 1000km test with its 2013 car and race drivers will be far-reaching.<\/p>\n
“A test like that is even more of an advantage if it is immediately after a race, because you have all of the comparative data, so you can make very decisive improvements.<\/p>\n
“Until now the tyres have had a steel (internal) belt but now it’s going to be kevlar, which is the tyres that were tested,” he is quoted by Swiss newspaper Blick.<\/p>\n
“That is what we are going to have in Montreal, so Mercedes does not only have an advantage for Monaco,” added Marko.<\/p>\n
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