Formula 1. It's the pinnacle of motorsport, but it's just as famous for its high octane extravagance,

huge sums of money and spray champagne.

In 2007, an improbable, low-fi crime nearly brought the high octane world of Formula 1 to its knees.

disbelief is the only word.

Spygate drew in some of the most powerful men in the sport's history.

It will haunt the people involved for as long as they live.

All set against the backdrop of Lewis Hamilton's record-breaking debut and his ferocious rivalry

with Fernando Alonzo.

It was like a bomber that exploded within the team.

I'm Pete Tongue and this is Sport Strangest Crimes, Spygate.

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On the football daily podcast, this is the Monday nightclub with Mark Chapman,

Mike Richards, Chris Sutton and Rory Smith.

Hello, welcome to the Monday nightclub on the day that Garret Bale has announced his retirement

for a football at the age of 33. His career spans 17 seasons. He became well as all time top

scorer and appearance maker and won more Champions League titles than any other British player

in history. I suppose we go to the the high-brow journalist first of all because

already I'm assuming you're being commissioned, Rory, to write a word as he take his place in history.

Surprisingly not, no. Bale is very much worth that kind of consideration.

He's had a slightly weird career but he's had an extraordinarily successful one and it makes him

quite difficult to judge. This will sound ridiculous but during the World Cup before the World Cup

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