Formula One side Red Bull has reportedly lost their appeal against their driver Daniel Ricciardo's disqualification from the Australian Grand Prix after the team was found guilty of breaching fuel flow regulations.
Ruling motorsport body FIA had stripped the Australian, who crossed the line second at his home grand prix in March, of his place and did not change their decision even though Red Bull pleaded their case against the ruling in a six-hour hearing in Paris on Monday.
According to News.com.au, the ruling means that Ricciardo misses out on 18 points for finishing second in Australia, leaving him in 10th place in the championship with 12 points, and also robbed him of the honour of officially being the first Australian to finish top three at a home grand prix since the event joined the F1 world championship in 1985.
The case represented the first major challenge to this season's sweeping rule changes, in which F1 ditched 2.4 litre V8 engines for smaller 1.6 litre V6 turbo hybrid engines and the report mentioned that the rules are forcing teams to be more fuel efficient, restricting the rate at which fuel is burned to no more than 100 kgs per hour at any time.
Accepting the FIA's decision, Red Bull said that although they disappointed by the outcome and would not have appealed if they did not think they had a very strong case, however, they will now move on from this and concentrate on this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.
