Like everyone else who has suggested that there is a witch hunt against McLaren I have not said so because I believe they have not done wrong. I have said so because of the punishments they have received compared to other teams. Don’t just look at the spying. Alonso parks his car in the pits and McLaren lose constructors points from both cars. That punishment has never in 58 years been handed to any team for the behaviour of one of its drivers. Schumacher twice rammed drivers and parked his car at Monaco to stop Alonso getting pole. Not once did his team receive any penalty. A bit unfaur to say the least.

Be clear I am not saying Schumacher’s teams should have been penalised or that he is the only driver ever to have committed offences. I am simply pointing out that the rules are applied harshly to McLaren whereas Ferrari almost always get an easy ride. For example when there barge board was illegal when measured on the car but legal when measured on a jig in Paris a week later.

There is blatant bias.

I suggest you read the open letter Nigel Stepney wrote to Max Mosley where he said he was getting McLaren information and passing it on to Ferrari colleagues.

It is complete fantasy that McLaren were doing anything that other teams were not. The only difference was the FIA’s response.

Renault were found guilty of exactly the same thing. Toyota had two engineers jailed who for taking info when they left Ferrari. The FIA did not investigate it. Colin Kolles presented the FIA with an STR drawing to prove that their car was a Red Bull. The FIA didn’t even ask him how he came to be in possession of the drawing and strangely they didn’t launch an investigation.

Max has clearly been very fair. Five incidents, two investigations, one team penalised. Very fair. Clearly the behaviour of a gentleman.