Ricciardo disqualified from the Australian GP

Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified from the Australian F1 GP after FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer detected a fuel flow that significantly exceeded the 100kg/hour limit imposed by the regulations from this year.

The top management of the Red Bull team were summoned by the stewards who then excluded the Australian from the finishing order of the race for the violation of article 3.2 of the FIA ​​F1 Sporting Regulations and article 5.1.4 of the FIA ​​Technical Regulations of F1.

RED BULL WILL APPEAL – Red Bull responded immediately by announcing its intention to appeal: "Throughout the weekend, throughout the pitlane, the inconsistency of the FIA ​​fuel flow measurement sensor was evident" declared the Austrian team. Horner: “The technology adopted by the FIA ​​is immature, we had already detected inaccurate measurements in the tests”.

FIA: RED BULL HAD ALREADY BEEN WARNED – The FIA ​​in turn responded to Red Bull's statements by explaining that it had notified the team and that the team refused to make any changes.

Here is the revised finishing order of the Australian GP after Ricciardo's exclusion

Pos Driver Team Time 1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1h32m58.710s 2. Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes +26.777s 3. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes +30.027s 4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari +35.284s 5. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes +47.639s 6. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes +50.718s 7. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari +57.675s 8. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault +1m00.441s 9. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault +1m03.585s 10. Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes +1m25.916s 11. Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari +1 lap 12. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari +1 lap 13. Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari +2 laps