Red Bull Confirm F1 Appeal Against Ricciardo's Disqualification  

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Red Bull have formally confirmed their intention to appeal against Daniel Ricciardo's disqualification from Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. Ricciardo had initially thrilled his home crowd at Melbourne's Albert Park in finishing runner-up to Mercedes' Nico Rosberg, only for the stewards to later exclude him from the race classification due to a technical fuel infringement with his Red Bull, as cited in The Guardian.

After immediately serving notice of their intention to appeal, the team were then given 96 hours to process their application, doing so just ahead of Thursday's deadline via the Austrian motor sport federation. A hearing will now go before the FIA's court of appeal at a date yet to be determined.

The latest set of regulations, to accommodate the introduction of the new 1.6-litre V6 turbo-charged power units and various accompanying energy-saving devices, have swiftly resulted in the first challenge. Among them is the cars now start with a maximum 100 kilograms of fuel, as opposed to 140-150kg in previous seasons, and operate with a fuel-flow rate of no more than 100kg per hour.

Ricciardo's car, however, was found to consistently exceed that rate during the race. In layman's terms, the fuel-flow rate is monitored by an FIA meter, manufactured by Gill Sensors, who are based in Lymington, Hampshire.

Following Ricciardo's disqualification, on his debut for Red Bull after being promoted from Toro Rosso as replacement for Mark Webber, the team principal, Christian Horner, claimed the sensors were "unreliable".

THE GUARDIAN