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Key figure in F1 espionage scandal finds a new job

25th January 2008

One of the men at the centre of the 2007 Formula One industrial espionage scandal involving the McLaren and Ferrari teams has been hired by a UK company that specialises in television equipment including on-board camera systems used in motorsport.

Nigel Stepney, who was dismissed by the Ferrari Formula One team in 2007 having been accused of sabotaging the teams cars and providing confidential data to the rival McLaren team, has been appointed as the Essex based Gigawave Technologies’ director of race technologies, a position that will, according to a company press release, “cover all areas of Gigawave Ltd's involvement in motorsport, including the continual development of its on-board camera systems that are used in major worldwide race series.”

The company also has a race team operation Gigawave Motorsport which will race an Aston Martin DBR9 in the 2008 the FIA GT championship.

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