 In its confidential report, the organisers of the race, the Australian Grand Prix Corporation (AGPC), were absolved of any responsibility for the death of Beveridge, which it called "a freak accident", and discovered the marshal was stationed at an incorrect position at the time of the crash.Following the Victoria Police Major Collision Investigation Unit examination that lasted eight months and also absolved the AGPC, on 3 December 2001 the official inquest into the death of Beveridge opened in Melbourne.The FIA severed all of its formal links with the inquest and withdrew instructions to local lawyers to act on its behalf.