Montoya not surprised by McLaren's involvement in F1 spy sca

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Although he's far removed from the Formula One spy scandal that rocked his former team, Juan Pablo Montoya can understand how it happened in the ultra-competitive series.

``It's just how Formula One is,'' said Montoya, who spent six seasons in the globe-trotting series. ``Teams are allowed to bend the rules too much. That's just my personal opinion, but I always felt like people bent the rules and that some teams were allowed to bend the rules more than others.

``But this? This is crossing the line.''

McLaren was fined $100 million last week and expelled from this year's constructors' championship because the team was in possession of a 780-page dossier that revealed rival Ferrari's technical secrets. It was later revealed through e-mail and text message exchanges that two-time world champion Fernando Alonso and test driver Pedro de la Rosa had intimate knowledge of the Ferrari setups.

Then, McLaren boss Ron Dennis said Alonso started the escalation of the scandal when he threatened to divulge compromising information to FIA after a team dispute at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

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