Christian Horner has described the 18 points at stake in Red Bull’s appeal against Daniel Ricciardo’s Australian GP disqualification as “vital” ahead of Monday’s hearing in Paris.
One month after Ricciardo’s controversial late-night exclusion from his home GP after his RB10 was adjudged to have contravened F1’s new fuel-flow regulations, Red Bull head to the FIA’s International Court of Appeal to contest the decision with the aim of getting the Australian driver reinstated in the race results.
Should Red Bull win their case then the 18 points the team would receive for Ricciardo’s Melbourne runner-up finish would suddenly move them up to second place behind 2014 pacesetters Mercedes in the 2014 Constructors’ Championship, cutting their deficit to their Brackley rivals to 38 points.
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If they win the FIA loses all power to enforce the rules. There’d be appeal after appeal after appeal.