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| Red Bull lose Ricciardo disqualification appeal | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 15 2014, 05:03 PM (199 Views) | |
| CJ | Apr 15 2014, 05:03 PM Post #1 |
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A very minor case of serious brain damage
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http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/9266797/Red-Bull-s-Ricciardo-Appeal-Dismissed The FIA's International Court of Appeal has dismissed Red Bull's appeal of the decision to disqualify Daniel Ricciardo from the season-opening Australian Grand Prix over a breach of the fuel flow rate regulations. The Australian finished in second place in his Red Bull debut in the season-opener last month, but was excluded from the race shortly after when it was found that his RB10 "consistently" exceeded the allowed the fuel flow rate of 100kg/h. Red Bull then claimed that the FIA readings were faulty and that their own measurement device showed that the limits hadn't been exceeded. The Milton Keynes outfit claimed at the hearing that the relevant technical directive - TD/016-14 - was not regulatory, meaning they were within their rights to dismiss the FIA's request to reduce the fuel flow rate on Ricciardo's car. Really the only sensible decision that could be taken. Had the disqualification been overturned, nobody would obey the FIA's technical directives any more. I still feel sorry for Ricciardo himself, though. He just seems to have been caught in the middle of all of this .
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| Pyrite | Apr 15 2014, 05:13 PM Post #2 |
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Just as Planned
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Yeah, I'm not surprised at all that this happened. Hopefully Ricciardo can bounce back from it and do well in the rest of the races. |
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| CJ | Apr 15 2014, 06:06 PM Post #3 |
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A very minor case of serious brain damage
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Well, he's certainly looked very strong so far. I'm sure he'll have plenty more opportunities. (That is, as long as he doesn't continue Mark Webber's run of terrible luck....) |
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| Luma Party | Apr 15 2014, 09:51 PM Post #4 |
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Ricciardo did nothing wrong himself. Extra fuel didn't help him anyways... |
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| CJ | Apr 15 2014, 10:11 PM Post #5 |
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A very minor case of serious brain damage
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Actually, it sounds like it helped him quite a lot. According to Red Bull, Ricciardo would have finished no better than 5th had they obeyed the technical directive and instructed Ricciardo to slow down (as some of the others did, including one of the McLaren drivers). I agree that Ricciardo did nothing wrong personally, but it is clear that he had an unfair advantage due to his team's wrongdoing. |
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