May 16 (GMM) A year after the espionage saga of 2007 broke, Nigel Stepney on Friday said he no longer even watches formula one races on television.

The Briton, the former chief mechanic of Michael Schumacher, was sacked by Ferrari last year for alleged sabotage and passing information to the Italian team's chief rivals, McLaren.

He has since become technical chief at the FIA GT team Gigawave, and told La Gazzetta dello Sport: "Live, I have only seen the grand prix of Australia. For me it isn't interesting."

Stepney refused to say more about the notorious spying controversy, but did reveal that he hopes his former team, which is based at Maranello, successfully defends its world championships in 2008.