If you were handed a Freddo chocolate bar ten or so years ago, it would have made your day. But when your working day and night at the peak of Motorsport, and you're then given a Freddo for all your hard work, you may feel slightly hard-done by.

Amidst alleged unrest at the McLaren F1 camp, workers have been rewarded with the nostalgic chocolate bar for their good work at the team.

"The management hand them to the supervisors to divide them out the employees in their team" said one anonymous employee of McLaren F1, "strictly one each."

The value of McLaren's Formula 1 team is thought to be in excess of £200 million, and their star driver Fernando Alonso will bring in a cool US$30 million for his services this season.

So even with the astronomical inflation rates of the Freddo, it's understandable why several workers are believed to have threatened to go on strike.

The journalist who broke the Freddo-gate story, Jonathan McEnvoy of the Daily Mail, was among those who attended the press conferences on Thursday featuring drivers and constructor representatives ahead of the French GP.

McLaren chief Eric Boullier was among those answering questions. Can you see where we're going?

Of course, the Freddo bonus scheme was brought up and prompted a very awkward exchange.

As you can see below, Bouillier really didn't know how to dig himself out of the situation.

Christian Horner's expression says it all really.

Bouiller tried to play it cool but it backfired, massively.

McLaren are currently fifth in the constructors' championship, 166 points behind leaders Mercedes, and without a point in the previous two races at Canada and Monaco respectively.

You've got to wonder how Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne would be rewarded if they recorded an unlikely race victory this weekend. Yorkie anyone?