F1: Daniel Ricciardo Disqualified, Red Bull To Appeal

UPDATE: Australian Red Bull Racing driver Daniel Ricciardo has been disqualified following his second-place finish in the opening round of this year's Formula 1 Grand Prix in Melbourne.

In an astonishing error by his Red Bull team, Ricciardo has been found to have breached Article 5.1.4 of the FIA's 2014 Technical Regulations that state: "fuel mass flow must not exceed 100kg per hour". (Note: a peak flow reading, not an averaged rate.)

Remarkably, at half-race distance Ricciardo was instructed by the team that he no longer needed to conserve fuel and could press Rosberg, who was then just five seconds in front. 

History has however now been snatched away from Ricciardo - so nearly the first Australian driver to take a podium in an Australian Grand Prix.

Unfortunately, the FIA said in a statement that the Renault power unit in Ricciardo's Red Bull car "consistently" exceeded the allowed flow limit during the race.