FIA press release: 

"The Stewards having considered the new elements presented to them from the 2009 Australian Formula One Grand Prix, consider that driver No 1 Lewis Hamilton and the competitor Vodafone McLaren Mercedes acted in a manner prejudicial to the conduct of the event by providing evidence deliberately misleading to the Stewards at the hearing on Sunday 29th March 2009, a breach of Article 151c of the International Sporting Code. 

Under Article 158 of the International Sporting Code the driver No 1 Lewis Hamilton and the competitor Vodafone McLaren Mercedes are excluded from the race classification for the 2009 Australian Grand Prix and the classification is amended accordingly."

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Additional FIA communication:

"According to FIA regulations, Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley retain the option of taking control of the world at any time if either (i) they decide it is in the best interests of Formula One Management or the FIA; (ii) any team in the FOTA fails to sign a five-hundred year extension to the Concorde agreement; or (iii) it is deemed necessary to ensure that all forms of private or public transport conform to the latest FIA regulations clarifying the alternative diffuser designs permitted..."

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