Well the FIA have published their report on yesterday’s meeting and it makes interesting reading.

I can almost understand now why the driver’s points were unaffected, as the decision doesn’t seem to be based on the fact that the cars themselves are illegal as they stand now - rather the charges are that McLaren were in receipt of confidential information and that knowledge of the information was much more widespread than initially thought.

Most of the world will know the basic background to this story - a McLaren employee was found with a whole batch of documents which should really have been in the hands of Ferrari team members only, thus sparking a huge uproar from Ferrari that McLaren were guilty of using these secret documents to better their 2007 car.

The FIA however have decided that the current evidence suggests that although McLaren did have this information in their possession, they have not used it to gain an advantage and therefore they are not to be punished.  At the moment at least - if further evidence comes to light then they could face the ultimate penalty of being excluded from not only this year’s Championship but also the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship as well.