Renault have been rocked by fresh allegations in the 'spygate' saga ahead of their World Motor Sport Council hearing in Monaco.
Constructor rocked by leaked dossier
Renault have been rocked by fresh allegations in the 'spygate' saga ahead of their World Motor Sport Council hearing in Monaco.
Renault are due to answer charges on December 6 for being in unauthorised possession of documents and confidential information belonging to McLaren.
Renault have insisted they have complied fully with McLaren and the FIA on the matter, and have even invited independent experts to assess their computer systems and cars to prove there has been no influence on their designs.
The controversy centres around Phil Mackereth's move from McLaren to Renault in 2006, with the engineer taking with him confidential information on floppy disks.
The disks have been subsequently returned to McLaren, while Mackereth has been suspended.
However, in a legal dossier leaked to the Press Association, Renault have more questions to answer.
According to PA, the dossier, which has been issued to the FIA, contains.
* 18 witness statements in which Renault F1 employees admit that they viewed confidential technical information belonging to McLaren on a total of 11 computers owned by Renault F1.
Confidential
* Papers in the document say that in March 2006, 33 files of confidential technical information belonging to McLaren were copied on to 11 floppy disks, which were loaded on to Renault F1's computer system in September 2006.
* The dossier says the 33 files contain more than 780 individual drawings outlining the entire technical blueprint of the 2006 and 2007 McLaren F1 cars.
* The files were uploaded on to 11 Renault F1 computers, and were discussed by up to 18 Renault F1 personnel, including a group of senior engineering chiefs and heads of department within Renault F1, according to documents in the dossier.
If Renault are found guilty at the hearing, they could face a hefty financial punishment and a points deduction.
The precedent has already been set when McLaren were found guilty in September of being in possession of technical information belonging to Ferrari.
On that occasion, McLaren were hit with a record £50million fine and stripped of all their constructors' championship points.
