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Hamilton relieved as Mercedes clears the bug that made him lose to Vettel

Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes F1 car. [Photo: Courtesy]

Formula One world champions Mercedes have found the computer bug that cost Lewis Hamilton victory at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and taken steps to ensure it does not happen again.

Trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin said in a debrief on the Mercedes website www.mercedesamgf1.com that the problem was not what had been originally suspected after Sunday's season-opening race in Melbourne.

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