Ferrari issued a statement in response to McLaren's admission that its material was seen more widely than had previously admitted, and confirmed that legal action in Italy and the UK was continuing.

Ferrari issued a statement yesterday in response to McLaren's admission that the Scuderia's confidential material was seen much more widely by the English team than it had previously admitted, and also confirmed that legal action it is taking in Italy and the UK was continuing.

"Ferrari notes the apology offered today by the McLaren Group, following the investigations carried out by the FIA Technical Department, as presented to the WSMC on 7th December last," read the statement issued in Maranello.

"The written and verbal statements issued by senior McLaren personnel both at the World Council meetings of the 26th July and 13th September and through the media have thus been publicly proved wrong. Therefore it is admitted that confidential information which was the property of Ferrari was disseminated within the structure of the English team and this also confirms the seriousness of the behaviour of those involved over the past few months.

"In the light of McLaren's apology and the guarantees it has presented, Ferrari respects the proposal of the FIA President to cancel the extraordinary general meeting of the WSMC scheduled for 14th February coming, thus bringing this incident to a close from a sporting point of view. However, it is confirmed that criminal actions underway in Italy and civil ones in England are still continuing," the statement concluded.