Renault suspend engineer after FIA charge

RENAULT’S Formula One team have suspended one of their engineers after the FIA charged them with possessing confidential information belonging to McLaren.

On Thursday, the FIA ordered the team to appear in Monaco before the World Motor Sport Council on December 6, to answer a charge in relation to a breach of article 151c of the International Sporting Code.

Renault moved to defend themselves yesterday by revealing they suspended the individual involved, informed the FIA and McLaren, erased all records of the information and returned the original copies to their Formula One rivals and launched an investigation.