Honda became the third team embroiled in Formula One's 'spy' controversy on Friday when they confirmed that the two men accused in the affair had approached them looking for jobs earlier in the year.
"Earlier this year Nigel Stepney, formerly of Scuderia Ferrari, requested a meeting with (Honda team boss) Nick Fry," the Japanese team said. "Nigel Stepney subsequently met in June of this year with Nick Fry and brought with him Mike Coughlan of McLaren, with a view to investigating job opportunities within the Honda Racing F1 team," it added.
"Honda would like to stress that at no point during this meeting was any confidential information offered or received," the team said.
"Nick Fry informed (Ferrari boss) Jean Todt and (McLaren's) Ron Dennis of the meeting and has offered to provide any information required by Ferrari and McLaren."
Ferrari dismissed former technical manager Stepney, a Briton, earlier in the week.  They have taken legal action against him and a senior McLaren technical employee, widely identified in newspapers as chief designer Coughlan, over "the theft of technical information." Briton Stepney said on Thursday, on his return to Italy from a vacation in the Philippines, that he was "surprised" by Ferrari's actions and denied any wrongdoing.
McLaren have assured Ferrari none of the leaked information had been incorporated into their race-winning car.