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Update
The result of the Austrian Grand Prix could be in doubt after a seal was found to be missing from an electronic unit on the car of race winner Mika Hakkinen.
The FIA will conduct an investigation on the electronic unit which will have been sealed after scrutineering. The box - effectively the computerised brain which controls the car’s electronic functions - has two seals.
Statement by Jo Bauer (the man's becoming famous), technical delegate to the FIA:
'We want to confirm that the seal has broken through wear and tear in the race and that the contents and electronic programming had not been tampered with.
The electronic box of car number 01 is to undergo further investigation.'
Race stewards cleared the car on all other counts.
The investigation could take days or weeks but is likely to resolved before the next race in a fortnight's time.
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