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Wow.
I know not many of you follow F1 but there has been a stink this year about corporate espionage between Ferrari and Maclaren - Stepneygate.
This past week an Italian "journalist" reported that he had email evidence that showed that two of the Maclaren drivers had knowledge of the pilfered information. (This was reported just prior to the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
Journo admits concocting email quotes
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An Italian journalist, who claimed he had evidence of the Fernando Alonso/Pedro de la Rosa's email that has landed McLaren in hot water, has confessed to making up the quotes.
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However, Allievi has now confessed to concocting the quotes, saying that he did insist that the quotes were 'hypothetical' in their nature.
He told the Associated Press: "I made a free interpretation of what might have been said in the email."
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I bet his momma's proud of him.