McLaren has completed a thorough investigation and can confirm that no Ferrari intellectual property has been passed to any other members of the team or incorporated into its cars," the British-based team said in a statement.McLaren also invited the sport's governing body, the International Automobile Federation, to conduct a full review of the cars "to satisfy itself that the team has not benefited from any intellectual property of another competitor."FIA said today in a brief statement that it had the full co-operation of both teams in its probe.On Tuesday, McLaren suspended an employee - named in British newspapers as chief designer Mike Coughlan - after learning he had personally received a package of technical information from a Ferrari employee at the end of April.Ferrari president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo told Italian news agencies today that "it is an incident of unheard of seriousness, but for the moment I do not want to add anything else."

McLaren said it had spoken with Ferrari about the issue and invited FIA to conduct a full review of its cars "to satisfy itself that the team has not benefited from any intellectual property of another competitor."Also Tuesday, Ferrari fired British technician Nigel Stepney following an internal investigation into attempted sabotage before the Monaco Grand Prix. Ferrari also filed a criminal complaint against Stepney, who was responsible for team performance.A mysterious powder was reportedly found on the gas tanks of the cars of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen on May 21, six days before the Monaco race.The parts were replaced before the race and the powder was sent to the police to be examined.