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It's fair to say his team-mate Sebastian Vettel was coming across as the more disgruntled man over the issue yesterday:
"There are a couple of things that stand out," the champion said when quizzed.
"For sure it was a big hit for the team, but also in regards to Formula 1.
"We had the race in Australia, Daniel did a fantastic job finishing second, the whole country was very happy and proud and then a couple of hours later they take second position away from him – which as I said, from the driver's point of view and team point of view it hurts a lot.
"Now we need to see where the appeal goes."
"There are a couple of things that stand out," the champion said when quizzed.
"For sure it was a big hit for the team, but also in regards to Formula 1.
"We had the race in Australia, Daniel did a fantastic job finishing second, the whole country was very happy and proud and then a couple of hours later they take second position away from him – which as I said, from the driver's point of view and team point of view it hurts a lot.
"Now we need to see where the appeal goes."
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Ricciardo had already left the track by the time he was erased from the results of his home grand prix, so yesterday was the first chance for him to tell the F1 press pack how he reacted:
"I was pretty calm about it. I wasn't smiling at the time, but I wasn't breaking anything or having a rage blackout, as I sometimes call them.
"It wasn't in my control. It's not like I had a crap start, fell back to 10th race, I thought I did the best I could and it's just one of those things.
"In racing, unfortunately, there's a lot of variables and I know it's not always the way you hoped."
"I was pretty calm about it. I wasn't smiling at the time, but I wasn't breaking anything or having a rage blackout, as I sometimes call them.
"It wasn't in my control. It's not like I had a crap start, fell back to 10th race, I thought I did the best I could and it's just one of those things.
"In racing, unfortunately, there's a lot of variables and I know it's not always the way you hoped."
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On Wednesday, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner told AUTOSPORT's JONATHAN NOBLE how the squad planned to fight its corner when the case comes to appeal on April 14:
Red Bull reveals FIA appeal plan
Red Bull reveals FIA appeal plan
Daniel Ricciardo
In Melbourne two weeks ago, the grand prix weekend stretched on until midnight on Sunday, as the paddock waited to find out if Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull was going to be disqualified from second place for breaking the new-for-2014 fuel-flow regulations.
And that storyline has remained at the forefront as the Sepang weekend began too.
Our world champion is on the ropes, his team is fighting the FIA, pre-season favourite Lewis Hamilton has zero points, Nico Rosberg leads one championship and McLaren tops the other. We were promised a new world, and we've got it.
Good morning and welcome to AUTOSPORT Live's coverage of round two of the 2014 Formula 1 World Championship from Sepang in Malaysia.
By: Matt Beer, Ben Anderson, Andrew van Leeuwen, Edd Straw, Jonathan Noble, Dan Cross
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