By Simon Baggus
So the race had finished and if it was not exciting enough for you already, with the fact only 15 cars made it to the finish, it has just been enhanced further, as it is now only 14 classified finishers.
Let me explain.
Daniel Ricciardo in car number 03 racing for Red Bull, had a fantastic race weekend, converting his p2 from qualifying into a p2 finish on race day.
Now the cars have gone through post race checks, car number 03 has been found to have not complied with article 5.1.4 of the technical regulations, meaning he has exceeded the maximum 100kg of fuel for the race.
Red bull will be appealing this as Christian Horner, team boss, has stated "we could see a significant discrepancy with what the sensor was reading and what our fuel flow was stated as - thats where there is a difference of opinion."
The problem here people lies in the fact all cars have now been fitted with fuel flow sensors, by the FIA and they are proving problematic for teams.
Ricciardo would have been on the podium in his debut race for Red Bull had these issues not arisen, but you still cannot take away the fact, this boy has potential.
Profiting from this is Dane, Kevin Magnussun, who is the very first Dane to make it onto the podium in a formula 1 race, who moves into second place and Jenson Button who moves into third place making it a double McLaren podium, where they also lead the constructors championship and also making it a Mercedes powered top three finish.
More will unfold from this story and i am sure it will be an interesting appeal, but for now this means Red Bull racing, the reigning driver and constructors champions have zero points on both boards and have a lot of catching up to do in both reliability and pace, compared to Mercedes powered cars
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