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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Meta glasses sign outside the Triple Eight garage. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Meta glasses sign outside the Triple Eight garage. Image: InSyde Media<\/p>\n
The factory Ford team has signage on the paddock-side entry to its garage at The Bend explicitly banning the Meta eyewear, which is capable of capturing photos and video.<\/p>\n
According to Triple Eight boss Jamie Whincup the move is a direct response to what he says are legitimate spying claims doing the rounds of the paddock.<\/p>\n
Whincup says anecdotal evidence suggests content captured on Meta by guests on pit tours has then been distributed to rival teams.<\/p>\n
Pit tours are a daily occurrence during Supercars events for all teams with VIP guests and sponsors given guided access to the garage and the cars.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe heard some pretty bad stories of people walking through garages filming,\u201d Whincup told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople who know (what to look for). I think team people are sending punters into garages just to basically spy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want that. We want to bring people in the garage for the experience, but it\u2019s a bit sad that people are taking advantage of that and trying to spy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that\u2019s happened a couple of times in the last six months, so we\u2019re just trying to protect ourselves from that. We\u2019ve heard of incidents and it absolutely makes sense.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whincup clarified that Triple Eight is yet to be a victim of this alleged spying, with the glasses ban a proactive move.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re reacting before it happens to us; we don\u2019t believe it\u2019s happened to us, but we\u2019re reacting before it does,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Warren Buffett says it\u2019s better to learn from other people\u2019s mistakes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve heard of some situations and we want to be preventative.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is the second time this year spying has been a topic in the Supercars paddock.<\/p>\n
Back in February, Brodie Kostecki was filmed looking underneath a Walkinshaw Toyota Supra and a Triple Eight Ford Mustang at the Supercars season launch in Sydney.<\/p>\n
The footage of Kostecki\u2019s sneak peek was captured by Triple Eight driver Will Brown and posted to social media in the name of light-hearted fun, with both Kostecki and Brown claiming it was a joke<\/a>.<\/p>\n