Mike Coughlan returns to Formula One

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    Mike Coughlan, the Formula One designer at the heart of the 2007 spy scandal, will return to the sport in June to head an overhaul of the Williams team's technical department.

    Williams said Tuesday that Coughlan will join as chief engineer as part of the British outfit's initiative to boost a team that won the last of its nine constructors' titles in 1997 and has yet to pick up a point from three races in this season's championship.

    Coughlan has not worked in F1 since he was fired as McLaren's chief designer and banned for two years for his part in one of racing's biggest ever scandals.

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