chrisc90 wrote: ↑02 Nov 2022, 10:20
hollus wrote: ↑02 Nov 2022, 10:09
The evidence was likely there. It hadn’t reached us plebs yet, but for some in the paddock it already existed from “internal sources”.
With the information we had, there was no evidence, but our intel sucked. With the intel they had, the evidence was already there.
I still fail to see how such information got out, even into the inner F1 circles.
So it was either leaked from inside the FIA or the teams speculated on the findings. More than likely the first.
But, since none of the teams knew the results until the Wednesday, and the comments were made the previous week… it’s defamatory. Doesn’t bode well for a confidential process really does it.
Probably a bit off topic this discussion given the thread title.
The info most likely got out because people move teams, people have friends in other teams because they've previously worked together, etc., and people talk to each other. Blaming the FIA is just a way of trying to suggest that Toto has an insider passing him information about other teams. Funny thing is, if that's the suggestion and made without any evidence of such dealings, that is actually slanderous. That's the thing - if you have evidence then it's not slander. If you don't, then it is.
As for defamation, it's for Red Bull to decide if they want to take it to court. They made noises about doing so but didn't progress it because, quite simply, they were guilty of a breach of the cost cap and they knew it. That they managed to get the FIA to not punish them too severely is testament to their negotiation skills.