Hard blow for Ricciardo: disqualification

He was beaming like a honey-cake horse when he was allowed to climb onto the podium in his native Australia. Daniel Ricciardo can't be blamed either, he had done an excellent job at today's Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne. Nevertheless, at 23:00 local time, it was decided that Daniel Ricciardo would be disqualified and his score cancelled. The background to this decision is the finding by the Stewarts that the Renault power unit of the Red Bull car at times exceeded 100 kg of gasoline/hour, thus violating the new 2014 rules, which prohibit the same. For its part, Red Bull has announced that it will lodge a protest against the decision. The relevant FIA bodies now have the opportunity to examine the regulations and the violation of them for the first time. He is a bit pitiful, the tragic hero Daniel Ricciardo, he had done everything right, but the technology at Red Bull screwed up his triumph. Red Bull obviously still has some work to do if it wants to get its cars up and running for the next race in Malaysia.