The FIA's International Court of Appeal (ICA) has revealed that Mercedes requested Red Bull be banned for at least three races over Daniel Ricciardo's Australian Grand Prix fuel flow issue. Ricciardo was excluded from the race for consistently exceeding the maximum allowed fuel flow rate, and the team's appeal against the sanction was rejected in Paris on Tuesday morning. However, Mercedes was a party in the hearing calling for a tougher penalty, and in explaining the decision, the ICA confirmed the exact details of Mercedes' request. “[Mercedes] requested … that the Court not only confirms the penalty imposed on [Red Bull] but that a more severe sanction of a ban of no less than three...
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