Red Bull released a short statement on Tuesday morning, in response to the International Court of Appeal’s ruling that the stewards were right to disqualify Daniel Ricciardo’s car from the Australian Grand Prix for breaching the regulations with regards to fuel flow limits.
The team said iw as disappointed, but accepts the ruling and will now move on from the event to concentrate on the remainder of the season, starting with this weekened’s Chinese Grand Prix.
“Infiniti Red Bull Racing accepts the ruling of the International Court of Appeal today,” it read.
“We are of course disappointed by the outcome and would not have appealed if we didn’t think we had a very strong case. We always believed we adhered to the technical regulations throughout the 2014 Australian Grand Prix.
“We are sorry for Daniel [Ricciardo] that he will not be awarded the 18 points from the event, which we think he deserved.
“We will continue to work very hard to amass as many points as possible for the team, Daniel and Sebastian [Vettel] throughout the season.
“We will now move on from this and concentrate on this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix.”
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