The Sauber team have lodged an appeal against their exclusion from the Australian Grand Prix race results, following post-race checks on their car.
The FIA found the team to be in breach of article 3.10.1 and 3.10.2 of the technical regulations regarding the rear-wing.
“This is a very surprising and disappointing result,” said James Key, Sauber’s technical director.
“It appears that there is a question over the top surface of the uppermost rear wing element, this area is not the working surface of the component and therefore relatively unimportant to its function.
“Certainly this has not lead to any performance advantage. We are checking the design of the parts now to better understand the situation and we intend to appeal the decision made by the stewards.”
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