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===Politics=== McLaren has had an uneasy relationship with Formula One's governing body, the FIA, and its predecessor FISA, as well as with the commercial rights holders of the sport. McLaren was involved, along with the other teams of the [[Formula One Constructors Association]] (FOCA), in a dispute with FISA and Alfa Romeo, Renault, and Ferrari over control of the sport in the early 1980s. During this dispute, known as the [[FISA-FOCA war]], [[FISAβFOCA war#Proposed World Professional Drivers Championship 1981 Events|a breakaway series]] was threatened, FISA refused to sanction [[1981 South African Grand Prix|one race]], and FOCA [[1982 San Marino Grand Prix|boycotted another]]. It was eventually resolved by a revenue-sharing deal called the [[Concorde Agreement]].<ref>{{harvnb|Tremayne|Hughes|1998|page=114}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Collings|2004|pages=116β117}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Collings|2004|pages=145β148}}</ref> Subsequent Concorde Agreements were signed in 1987 and 1992, but in 1996, McLaren was again one of the teams which disputed the terms of a new agreement, this time with former FOCA president [[Bernie Ecclestone]]'s [[Formula One Promotions and Administration]] organisation; a new 10-year agreement was eventually signed in 1998.<ref>{{harvnb|Collings|2004|pages=217β224}}</ref> Similar arguments restarted in the mid-2000s, with McLaren and their part-owner Mercedes again threatening to start a rival series, before another Concorde Agreement was signed in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8179661.stm|title=New deal ends F1 breakaway fears|work=BBC Sport|date=1 August 2009|access-date=26 March 2010}}</ref> In 2007, McLaren were involved in an [[2007 Formula One espionage controversy|espionage controversy]] after their chief designer [[Mike Coughlan]] obtained confidential technical information from Ferrari. McLaren was excluded from the Constructors' Championship for one year, and the team was fined US$100 million.<ref name="mclarenban"/><ref name="wmsc">{{cite web| url=http://marcasdecoches.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/17844641__WMSC_Decision_130907.pdf|title=World Motor Sport Council: Decision|publisher=Marcas de coches|date=13 September 2007|access-date=1 May 2010}}</ref> Although the terms of the most recent agreements, in 2013 and 2021, have been extensively negotiated on, McLaren have not taken as openly hostile a stance as in the past.
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