McLaren email gaffe irritates media
Posted on 09/12/2010
 Martin Brundle made light of the incident |
McLaren's communications department appears to have some questions to answer after an email gaffe late on Wednesday left some members of the media venting their anger.
The team sent an email to the regular recipients of its press releases asking them to update their contact details ahead of the 2011 season but McLaren forgot to hide the email id of the 'priority' and 'general' media distribution lists, meaning that hundreds of recipients pressing 'reply all' accidently sent their details to members of the media all over the world.
The mistake caused inboxes to become flooded with emails. Some journalists vented their anger but others, including former F1 driver and BBC commentator Martin Brundle, saw the funny side.
"What a ridiculous **** up," wrote Brundle. "Brilliant. Hello everybody. My Blackberry battery is not prepared for this. Happy Christmas."
On Twitter, the saga is now known as 'McLarenmailgate'.
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