Sep.24 (GMM) There is little a formula one team can do to prevent a repeat of this year's espionage scandal in the future, according to Mario Theissen.

The boss of BMW-Sauber says his Hinwil based outfit already has in place systems that are designed to make it harder for potentially rogue employees to cheat.

McLaren, fined $100m and kicked out of the constructors' championship, said in a statement last week: "We will now review and further strengthen our internal compliance structures and processes."

But Theissen insists that it is impossible to reign-in those with criminal intentions.

"No matter what they do, banks are still robbed," he pointed out in the German press.

"You can do what you want (but) criminal energy can always overcome the obstacles."

Red Bull team chief Christian Horner agreed, saying he feels "slightly sorry" for McLaren.

"The actions of a few reckless individuals have obviously hit them with a pretty Draconian penalty," he added.

The Mercedes-powered team found no sympathy in the Italian press, however. 'Tuttosport' compared McLaren's decision not to appeal the World Motor Sport Council's verdict to "raising the white flag".

And La Gazzetta dello Sport observed: "All that remains are a set of mysteries that the law is now left to solve."