
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — McLaren Mercedes, the leading team in the Formula One championship, was fined $100 million Thursday and excluded from the constructors' title in the spying scandal that has plagued the sport all season.
The International Automobile Federation, the sport's governing body, found the team guilty of cheating by using data obtained from Ferrari, its main rival, to improve its own car, the federation said in a statement issued after a hearing in Paris.