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- Pottypotsworth, on 05/20/2008, -4/+94And here i was thinking this article would be about Max Mosley and his Nazi orgy.
- jonny5, on 05/20/2008, -0/+62What kind of idiot would take such sensitive information to a public copy shop rather than do it privately...
- inactive, on 05/20/2008, -1/+55Oh this is great. *Note to self - remember to do my own photocopying when conducting formula one espionage...
- theStig, on 05/20/2008, -1/+53you would think that someone who can engineer a 1000lb 220mph F1 car that can drive upside down in a wind tunnel at full speed can cobble together a Fujitsu Snapscan, some OCR software, and a PC.
- borez, on 05/20/2008, -1/+52That was long, but well worth the read
- theStig, on 05/20/2008, -1/+50Thats what happens when you send your wife to do the job.
- cloud4197, on 05/20/2008, -0/+48It's a rare thing to find a decent researched article like this on the web these days.
Well done WIRED - Zcott, on 05/20/2008, -0/+47Wow, F1 on the front page! Diggers, I give you some credit.
- oldhick, on 05/20/2008, -2/+42True, who actually wants ALL of the detail and background on a story. We really just want the sensationalist half-assed attempt at a story... /s
- sstomek, on 05/20/2008, -1/+36Cliff Notes Part 1:
- Trudy Coughlan (wife of chief designer from the number one ranked McLaren at that time) walks into Document Image Processing with a 780 page book filled with schematic drawings, technical reports, pictures, and financial information. She wants this ***** scanned ASAP
- Uh oh, clerk just happens to be a huge Ferrari fan, so after she leaves he starts to Google.
- Then the article goes on to explain Formula 1 and how its about the car and not the driver (Interesting fact, "The downforce is so strong that the cars could theoretically drive upside down on the roof of the tunnel at Monte Carlo")
- Nigel Stepney was the head of Ferrari's mechanics, and when Ferrari's technical director Ross Brawn reported that he was stepping down from his position, Stepney really wanted that *****.
- Sorry Stepney, your no engineer, ***** you didn't even go to college...epic fail! In comes in a guy from human resources Mario Almondo with his fancy shmancy college degree.
- Stepney goes emo, says he does not want to travel with the team anymore. Instead he wants to work at the factory. He looses it one day and puts powder into one of Ferrari's F1 cars that were being prepared for the Monaco Grand Prix. He got caught and arrested.
- After raiding Stepney's house twice, police found on his laptop that he had printed the 780 page report that "constituted "technical documents for designing, engineering, building, checking, testing, developing, and running a Formula One racing car." These included schematic drawings, technical reports, photographs, budget sheets, planning materials, and more." Sound familiar?
- stay tuned for part 2 - follower64, on 05/20/2008, -0/+32A woman
- borez, on 05/20/2008, -1/+331.Man steals secrets of car design from rival team
2. Gets caught - kingmanic, on 05/20/2008, -1/+24You are only as strong as your weakest link. This story highlights how huge corporations and governments lose sensitive data, leak personal info, and have their security breached: They eventually hire idiots and let them have access. Firewalls, encryption, segmentation, or physical security all kneel before the power of idiots.
- borez, on 05/20/2008, -1/+21I've heard that real books are even longer
/sarcasm - emptyo, on 05/20/2008, -0/+20I thought that was a really fascinating article. Really well written and thorough. Bravo, wired.
- MoralThreat, on 05/20/2008, -0/+19What the ***** are you babbling about?
- sstomek, on 05/20/2008, -0/+19- Ron Dennis's, McLaren's chair, CEO, life was going perfect. At 60 years old he couldn't ask for more. Unfortunately, he hired that ass of a clown Michael Coughlan with that skank wife of his...
- So it seems Coughlan and Stepney were all buddy buddy back in the day. When Stepney calls Coughlan one day crying like a little bitch, Coughlan tells him that he will be his shoulder to cry on, and while hes using that shoulder could he just forward that priceless 780 page doc to his email
- Coughlan shows his superior two photos from the report after which he asks where the ***** he got that ***** from and to get rid of it nowz.
- Coughlan and Stepney don't understand...wtf!? let's try to go to Honda.Coughlan would be chief designer, and Stepney would be technical director, or vice versa.
- Honda says nay, they wanted like a bajillion dollars, "silly money"
- After that Stepney was accused of attempting to sabotage a Ferrari car. Then Trudy Coughlan stepped into the copy shop in Surrey, and the scandal exploded into the Formula One world. - cesclaveria, on 05/20/2008, -0/+16I'm not a big racing fan but that article was really well written and fun to read.
It helped me to pass the time while oracle decides to finish something I asked for about 4 hours ago :( - gingerchris, on 05/20/2008, -1/+16Pretty basic UK geography mistakes there, Surrey IS a county and McLaren HQ is in it, not down the road from it.
- cuoops, on 05/20/2008, -2/+16Terrible F1 accident - http://pong.no/~opyrt/Terrible-F1-accident.jpg
- maelnum, on 05/20/2008, -1/+14Don't like 8 pages? try this:
http://www.wired.com/cars/coolwheels/magazine/16-0 ... - denhamcoote, on 05/20/2008, -0/+11Aww, Ain't ADD a bitch, hmm?
The background info makes for a good read. - rodon, on 05/20/2008, -1/+11Yes. Well worth the read. I wonder who's going to sell the movie rights.
- zydeco, on 05/20/2008, -0/+7It's a magazine article. They tend to go beyond 500 words. Stick to Cracked if you're bored.
- iheartartoo, on 05/20/2008, -0/+6No, no, no, the OTHER scandal that rocked the Formula One Racing world.
- vdd13, on 05/20/2008, -0/+6Bravo Wired and Bravo Digg for this article. Nice to see F1 on Digg.
- karolisonline, on 05/20/2008, -0/+6GREAT article. it is long, usually I don't (I think most of us) read articles like this to the end, but this was really interesting story. story like mini james bond or mini neocon sotry..
- KragTheDigger, on 05/20/2008, -1/+7..was expecting a link related to Mosley's sex scandal really... I mean the Stepneygate thing is a bit old by now!
- ToRoE, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5and in this case stealing is defined as: Secret paperwork was handed over from current team principal, who is interested in leaving team with the accomplice. weaksauce.
- iblaine, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5Thanks. Saved me the effort of reading that far-too-lengthy article...mad propz to u for doing a cliff notes version
- iidestined, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5They should have been able to afford a copier at home.
- dignews, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5To take the information to the other team, the 780 pages had precise measurement about everything on the F1 car, its not some information that you can remember off the top of your head. Its years and years of designing and thousands upon thousands of hours testing each part in a wind tunnel.
- monkiboi, on 05/20/2008, -1/+6More proof of how NASCAR sucks.
- SpeedyG, on 05/21/2008, -0/+5Hey, we American F1 fans do exist, y'know. We hate the circle driving, too.
Although I would much prefer it if I didn't have to get up before dawn or pull an all-nighter to catch the majority of races.
(By the way, why the hell does Bernie threaten European tracks that he'll take them off the calendar, then go to Asia and insist they set their race times to make the Europeans happy?) - wipis, on 05/20/2008, -0/+5I knew most of this story since I've followed it for a while (since it happened last season). But I was surprised the whistle was blow by a copy tech in some store near the McLaren HQ.
- maelnum, on 05/20/2008, -2/+7scan 780 pages?!? you have to be kidding me...
- HiddenCanuck, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4How about "Copy Shack Worker Demonstrates His Inability to Retire on Blackmail Payoffs"
- spydergt488, on 05/20/2008, -1/+5Beautiful article. A scandal like this puts NFL Spygate to shame. Ahh well, as has been said:
"Cheaters never win, but losers always suck." - karolisonline, on 05/20/2008, -1/+5by the way. story is very typical: man who worked for Ferrari all his productive life and build grate mechanic team doesn't get engineer head position because it is given to some guy from HR??? and why? because he doesn't have university degree. so Ferrari gave position to some "NASA" guy? NO. they gave it to some human resources guy with university degree in ***** specialization. Ferrari deserved that. (sorry for second comment after first)
- o0adam0o, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4curiosity maybe?
- alittleroy101, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4scanning 780 pages isn't that difficult. You just put them into the feeder on your copier like normal, and it rips through them.
- bmcnally, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4I just read 8 pages on something that I have never actually watched. And I enjoyed it.
- Gryffydd, on 05/20/2008, -1/+5"she needs more of ze punishment!"
- bododavid, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4After reading this article, I decided to check out F1. I now it is little bit counter-intuitive to get into a sport right after a massive scandal taints its integrity, but it can't be worse than baseball. Right?
- moofer, on 05/20/2008, -5/+8My A.D.D. hurts
- b00le, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3Wipe your chin
- dignews, on 05/20/2008, -5/+8I love how the article says "22 drivers from 11 teams go around complex circuits at 200 miles per hour". Complex?? well yeh I suppose they maybe complex if you watch nascar or drag racing all the time. But the circuits they go around are proper circuits which actually test driver ability and how a driver can use a steering wheel, 1000hp and a brake to the maximum.
- desmondageratte, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3OMG For the first time in my history I read through all the pages. The longest internet article I've read.
Very informative though. I'm not a F1 fan but now at least I know what's happening in car racing. - dreambucket, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2To someone who has watched a good bit of F1, it's not counter-intuitive. The portion of the article "The difference between the fastest and slowest car is perhaps three or even four seconds per lap. So the fastest driver in the slowest car would still be nowhere, whereas the slowest driver in the fastest car would be quite successful." is very true. Given that fact plus the difficulty to pass (on the track) can make some races snooze fests.
Scandal is the most interesting thing in F1 these days. - Fxer, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2He had the schematics in hand and was meeting with top bosses of other teams to trade them for high paying positions. The powder thing was not fully explained in the article, but it seems unrelated to stealing the documents (i. e. purely out of spite).
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