Forget Ferrari and ‘Fernando-Is-Faster-Than-You-Gate’, new boys Lotus are in a whole heap of trouble with the authorities over ‘SheepdogGate’. A photograph leaked onto the Internet (left) of the team being addressed by owner Tony Fernandes, clearly show’s that one of… the employees is an Old English Sheepdog.
The dog, Max, apparently works in the composites department alongside several human colleagues. FIA Sporting Regulation 112.4b, sub-section C, says that ‘all team members must be of the human species’ which Max, clearly is not.
A Lotus team spokesman told us today; “Max is an integral part of the team and while his hair sometimes fouls up the wiring loom we simply cannot afford to lose him, this is Norfolk you know, have you any idea how hard it is to find human life here?”
Lotus are hopeful the FIA will let Max stay as there is a precedent for this, with Sauber once employing a cat in their wind tunnel, while HRT are currently believed to employ a goldfish called Kevin as their chief aerodynamicist.
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