Subject: Stepneygate - the truth finally emerges. (From Walt C.) Ferrari decided, in the early part of the year, to take advantage of the British Government's 'Work for your Dole' scheme and to employ some Liverpudlian youngsters. The decision to hire them was brought about by a documentary on how unemployed youths from Toxteth were able to remove a set of wheels in less than 5 seconds without proper equipment, whereas Ferrari's existing crew could only do it in 7 seconds with millions of pounds worth of high tech equipment. It was thought to be an excellent, if somewhat bold, move by the Ferrari management team. As most races are won and lost in the pits, it would give Ferrari an advantage over every other team. Ferrari, however, got more than they bargained for! At the crew's first practice session, not only was the scouse pit crew able to change all fou r wheels in under 6 seconds but, within 12 seconds, they had re-sprayed, re-badged and sold the car to the McLaren team for 8 cases of Stella, a bag of weed and some photos of Hamilton's girlfriend in the shower. To cover their embarrassment, having quietly fired their Liverpudlian pit crew, they blamed the whole thing on the first Englishman they could find. Step forward Nigel Stepney!
