Jean Todt has rebutted Nigel Stepney’s claim that the British engineer did “nothing wrong” to trigger an investigation into possible sabotage of the Ferrari team.
Speaking through his lawyer from the Philippines, 47-year-old Stepney said: “I am innocent. I have done nothing wrong.”
His Italian lawyer Sonia Bartolini, meanwhile, said Stepney will soon return from his holiday and probably hold a press conference to attempt to “clear his name”.
But Ferrari boss Todt countered to La Gazzetta dello Sport: “The fact that we requested the intervention of the public prosecutor’s office demonstrates that we have discovered something unlawful.”
Asked by the Italian sports daily specifically about reports of “sabotage”, however, the Frenchman added: “I will not comment on that at the moment.”
