5.10. The findings of Renault's preliminary inquiry were that no dissemination beyond Mackereth had occurred. This had been Mackereth's evidence at the time. The various internal and external investigations, very much assisted by McLaren, demonstrate that this initial position was incorrect. Renault accepts this and its various witness statements produced after these initial findings have clarified the position.
5.11. In all, the WMSC finds that that Renault's senior management acted responsibly after it became aware of the issues and took an open and cooperative approach with both McLaren and the
FIA.
5.12. The investigations revealed that Mackereth took a relatively significant volume of information from
McLaren. However, the evidence supports the conclusion that only four items were ever shown to or made known to persons at
Renault. McLaren made submissions that other documents might have been discussed, disseminated or used but after its own extensive investigations can offer no evidence to this effect. Nor has the FIA's own investigation indicated any such evidence.
6.
The four McLaren drawings disseminated within Renault
fuel system schematic
6.1. It is accepted by Renault that a schematic of a McLaren fuel system was seen by at least two Renault engineers, including the Chief Designer, Mr. Densham and Mechanical Design Engineer, Mr. Gordon Hardie. This drawing was one of the 18 drawings uploaded to Mackereth's personal drive from the 11 floppy disks taken from McLaren. The evidence before the WMSC indicates a photocopy was made of the drawing by Mr. Hardie, but there is no clear evidence that he made any further use of it and he insists that he did not. He apparently did keep it in a pile of papers until early September 2007, when Mackereth asked for the drawing back to destroy it.
