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Fri 09 Sep 2007FIA reveals evidence in spy scandalFormula One:Formula One's governing body has published e-mails between McLaren drivers that it claims prove the team had made use of information leaked from title rivals Ferrari.McLaren were stripped of their 2007 constructors' points yesterday and fined a record $100 million (€72m) after a hearing into a spying controversy. The decision effectively handed that championship to Ferrari.