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New updates in the case of Benjamin Hoyle, the engineer that allegedly stole important and highly classified documents from the Mercedes-AMG F1 team. Ferrari is now saying that the engineer will not join the Italian legendary company in the "foreseeable future."
The Scuderia has been cited in High Court in this matter and Mercedes-AMG Petronas has stated once again that, once Hoyle’s contract with the High-Performance Powertrains company terminates, he would join Ferrari.
Hoyle has been one of four team leaders in Mercedes-AMG F1’s engineering department. In April this year, he was moved from F1 to Mercedes-AMG's DTM program in order to keep important F1 development information away from him before an imminent move to Ferrari.
In September, he was apparently caught watching important documents, including a full race analysis from Hungary’s Grand Prix, data related to engines and some files containing codes that are used to decrypt raw race data files. Afterwards, Hoyle allegedly tried to delete the files in an attempt to hide his actions.
Mercedes also stated that Ferrari may have gained an unlawful advantage thanks to Benjamin Hoyle's actions. However, Ferrari recently stated that the talks with the engineer were only informal and a contract was never signed, so he would not join the Italian Scuderia in the near future, according to Autosport.
After this trial ends, the German company wants all important documents back and to block Hoyle from joining any other Formula 1 team until after the 2016 season, now that Ferrari is out of the question.
Nobody can say for sure if the documents stolen by Mercedes’ engineer ended up at Ferrari or not, but everyone who watched the 2015 season of Formula 1 could have seen that, sometimes near April and until the season ended, the Italian team did recover a lot of the lost ground in the battle with Mercedes-AMG Petronas.
Some could say this is just a coincidence, but as history revealed many times, there is no such thing as coincidence when it comes to scandals in one of the most secretive sports, Formula 1.
Hoyle has been one of four team leaders in Mercedes-AMG F1’s engineering department. In April this year, he was moved from F1 to Mercedes-AMG's DTM program in order to keep important F1 development information away from him before an imminent move to Ferrari.
In September, he was apparently caught watching important documents, including a full race analysis from Hungary’s Grand Prix, data related to engines and some files containing codes that are used to decrypt raw race data files. Afterwards, Hoyle allegedly tried to delete the files in an attempt to hide his actions.
Mercedes also stated that Ferrari may have gained an unlawful advantage thanks to Benjamin Hoyle's actions. However, Ferrari recently stated that the talks with the engineer were only informal and a contract was never signed, so he would not join the Italian Scuderia in the near future, according to Autosport.
After this trial ends, the German company wants all important documents back and to block Hoyle from joining any other Formula 1 team until after the 2016 season, now that Ferrari is out of the question.
Nobody can say for sure if the documents stolen by Mercedes’ engineer ended up at Ferrari or not, but everyone who watched the 2015 season of Formula 1 could have seen that, sometimes near April and until the season ended, the Italian team did recover a lot of the lost ground in the battle with Mercedes-AMG Petronas.
Some could say this is just a coincidence, but as history revealed many times, there is no such thing as coincidence when it comes to scandals in one of the most secretive sports, Formula 1.
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