A meeting between McLaren bosses and an Italian prosecutor investigating F1's spying scandal will not take place on Monday as reported and no new date has been set, his office said yesterday.

Gazzetta dello Sport said last week Modena prosecutor Giuseppe Tibis was likely to question leading McLaren figures on Monday as part of a legal probe into last year's controversy over leaked Ferrari data.

However, Tibis's secretary told Reuters: "They are not coming," adding that no date has been arranged for the meeting.

McLaren said last week their lawyers "had received some papers from the Modena authorities which are currently being reviewed".

McLaren suspended designer Mike Coughlan in July after Ferrari technical information was found at his home in England. Ferrari accuse former engineer Nigel Stepney, who has been sacked by the team, of sending him the material.

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