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Ricciardo slams 'shithouse' Australia grid penalty

Daniel Ricciardo has slammed the Formula 1 stewards' decision to hand him a three-place grid penalty for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix after being deemed to have failed to slow enough for a red flag during practice, calling it "shithouse". Home favourite Ricciardo was handed the sanction after he was adjudged to have failed to slow down enough for a red flag midway through FP2 on Friday that was called for a loose wire on the main pit straight. The red flag was called through Ricciardo's qualifying simulation lap, and while the stewards did acknowledge he made an effort to slow down by 175 km/h and was only "slightly below the minimum time" required to get back to the...
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