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MELBOURNE, Australia - Daniel Ricciardo thinks he has a good chance at winning back his Melbourne podium.
Red Bull has vowed to appeal the stewards' decisionto throw out the Australian's popular home race result due to irregularities with fuel flow into his Renault engine.
Early on Monday (March 17), having learned the bad news after Sunday's race, the 24-year-old told Australia's Herald Sun: "I'm not really in a place... not in the mindset to talk about it right now."
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After jetting from Melbourne to his native Perth for a few days of training before Malaysia, Ricciardo told the West Australian newspaper that he is confident Red Bull will prevail.
Ricciardo said: "Otherwise they wouldn't (appeal). It's a lot of time for them and some money as well so they have confidence that we can turn it around, but it's going to take a while until we know."
F1's other two engine suppliers, however, are siding with the FIA, despite Red Bull team boss Christian Horner insisting all three manufacturers had trouble with the mandatory fuel-flow sensor in Australia.
Ferrari's Stefano Domenicali said: "We need to rely on the fact that it is a situation that is well managed by the FIA."
Mercedes' Toto Wolff was also quoted by the Guardian newspaper: "The FIA is obviously controlling fuel-flow and checking with all the teams, and it is a question of learning by doing it between the FIA and the teams."
Ricciardo said he thinks Red Bull has solid grounds to be unhappy with the Melbourne ruling.
Ricciardo said: "They feel that it's not black or white, it's a little bit shaded, so that's why they're going to fight it and we'll see how they go."
'WE WERE WITHIN REGULATIONS'
It could take some time before the FIA schedules the actual appeal hearing, but Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko thinks the matter needs to be at least clarified urgently.
Marko told Kleine Zeitung newspaper: "The device that measures the flow rate has weaknesses. In our opinion we were within the regulations.
"This has to be clarified by the next race, because at the moment there is not a reliable measurement."
F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, meanwhile, thinks the entire rule limiting the flow of fuelinto the engine should be scrapped.
Ecclestone told the Mirror: "The whole regulation, to me, seems a bit of a joke."
He said he thinks the rule limiting each car to just 100kg of fuel per race is enough.
"If you use too much you are going to run out of fuel. It seems to be that simple and if it isn't, it should be."
Stay with Wheels24 for the 2014 F1 season – fresh reports every day.
Red Bull has vowed to appeal the stewards' decisionto throw out the Australian's popular home race result due to irregularities with fuel flow into his Renault engine.
Early on Monday (March 17), having learned the bad news after Sunday's race, the 24-year-old told Australia's Herald Sun: "I'm not really in a place... not in the mindset to talk about it right now."
POSITIVE OUTCOME
After jetting from Melbourne to his native Perth for a few days of training before Malaysia, Ricciardo told the West Australian newspaper that he is confident Red Bull will prevail.
Ricciardo said: "Otherwise they wouldn't (appeal). It's a lot of time for them and some money as well so they have confidence that we can turn it around, but it's going to take a while until we know."
F1's other two engine suppliers, however, are siding with the FIA, despite Red Bull team boss Christian Horner insisting all three manufacturers had trouble with the mandatory fuel-flow sensor in Australia.
Ferrari's Stefano Domenicali said: "We need to rely on the fact that it is a situation that is well managed by the FIA."
Mercedes' Toto Wolff was also quoted by the Guardian newspaper: "The FIA is obviously controlling fuel-flow and checking with all the teams, and it is a question of learning by doing it between the FIA and the teams."
Ricciardo said he thinks Red Bull has solid grounds to be unhappy with the Melbourne ruling.
Ricciardo said: "They feel that it's not black or white, it's a little bit shaded, so that's why they're going to fight it and we'll see how they go."
'WE WERE WITHIN REGULATIONS'
It could take some time before the FIA schedules the actual appeal hearing, but Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko thinks the matter needs to be at least clarified urgently.
Marko told Kleine Zeitung newspaper: "The device that measures the flow rate has weaknesses. In our opinion we were within the regulations.
"This has to be clarified by the next race, because at the moment there is not a reliable measurement."
F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, meanwhile, thinks the entire rule limiting the flow of fuelinto the engine should be scrapped.
Ecclestone told the Mirror: "The whole regulation, to me, seems a bit of a joke."
He said he thinks the rule limiting each car to just 100kg of fuel per race is enough.
"If you use too much you are going to run out of fuel. It seems to be that simple and if it isn't, it should be."
Stay with Wheels24 for the 2014 F1 season – fresh reports every day.