Diesel wrote:They lost the appeal, and I'm not surprised. This whole business of modifying the sensors has sealed it for me. Red Bull were claiming the sensors were faulty, inaccurate and poor quality, when all along it was their shoddy modifications to a standard part that caused all the problems.
They should have been DQ'd for drilling holes in a standard FIA part. Any modification to a standard FIA part should be grounds for immediate disqualification. What is the point in having standardised parts if everyone goes modifying them?
You should read the ICA document.
The document (and I'm summarising here), finds that Red Bull was perfectly fine to do what it did, but they did fail to adequately prove that it did not exceed the fuel flow limit using their method. That says to me that future cases could in fact win, if the teams can prove to the ICA's satisfaction. Key point there.
The ICA also state that they consider a TD a guide, and that if the evidence is good enough, it can be accepted - although the teams assume all the risk in doing so.
The ICA also stated that Red Bull's actions were not "fraudulent".
