Sept 13 (Reuters) - Some key facts about the McLaren Formula One team, who were stripped of their 2007 constructors' points by the governing FIA on Thursday after a hearing into a spying controversy.

• Founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren, the team made its debut in the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix. McLaren, who took the team's first win in Belgium in 1968, died in a crash in testing at the Goodwood circuit in southern England in 1970.
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• The team have won eight constructors' championships and 11 drivers titles. Their first was with Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi in 1974.
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• DaimlerChrysler's Mercedes owns 40 percent of the team, with 30 percent in the hands of Bahrain and the 15 percent each owned by team boss Ron Dennis and Mansour Ojjeh. The team has been powered by Mercedes engines since 1994.
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• Dennis took over as team boss in 1980.
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• McLaren hold with Ferrari the record for the most wins in a single season -- 15 out of 16 with Brazilian Ayrton Senna and Frenchman Alain Prost in 1988.
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• The team have competed in 627 races, with 155 wins and 131 pole positions.
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• McLaren also have three Indy 500 wins to their credit, the first with Mark Donohue in 1972 and the others with Johnny Rutherford in 1974 and 1976.