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Red espionage
Former Ferrari technician Nigel Stepney was sentenced to 20 months in prison and barred from Formula 1 after being found guilty of providing confidential information to McLaren during the 2007 season.
The tension in Maranello was palpable. Luca di Montezemolo, the heart and soul of the company, was furious. At that point, no-one knew why. There were repeated meetings with Todt, Domenicali and Almondo but no-one in the company had a clear idea of what was happening. In reality, people knew that something serious had happened within the Sports Management area, the department dedicated to Formula 1.
The organizational structures had recently been reshuffled: with Montezemolo also occupying the role of President of Fiat Group and Confindustria, the role of CEO was passed to Jean Todt and several other important appointments had been made within the Sports Management. In fact, with the departure of Schumacher and Todt, a new era had commenced and the team’s expectations for new World Titles had been entrusted to Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa while Todt's coveted role had been given to Stefano Domenicali. After the departure of Ross Brown, another key role, Technical Director, fell to a young and very talented engineer: Mario Almondo.
2007 was the year of the handover at the Ferrari wall between Jean Todt, who became CEO of the company, and Stefano Domenicali who took his place as team principal
