Stewards deliberated for five hours before disqualifying Ricciardo late on Sunday night for supposedly breaching new rules which restrict fuel consumption to less than 100kg per hour.
Red Bull has since declared it will fight the ruling by arguing the official FIA instrument that measures flow rates was on the blink.
Former Minardi boss Paul Stoddart told Fairfax Radio Red Bull should be able to prove Ricciardo's car did not exceed fuel consumption through simple mathematics.
"The race goes on much longer than an hour, so if indeed Daniel was using too much fuel he would have run out," Stoddart said
"His lap times were consistently 1 minute 32 seconds, 1:33, 1:34.
"Daniel did not gain an advantage and that will be proven by Red Bull in their appeal. Common sense says it would have simply run out of fuel if it was using too much," he said.
Stoddart said the teams' instruments were more reliable than the FIA's scrutineering equipment.
"They will be able to prove that they were following their own sensor from the fuel injection system and the Renault engineers would have known exactly how much fuel was going into the engine," he said.
"The FIA instrument was clearly problematic.
"The teams have far greater budgets than the FIA and they have far better equipment. They know how much fuel the car was using and they felt that that car was within the regulations."
And Stoddart said if Red Bull lost the appeal, FIA should remove the team's points, not Ricciardo's second-place finish.
"I would hope that if there is going to be any sort of penalty here… they will disqualify the team's points but left the driver's position intact," he said.
"Whatever comes out of this, nobody in Melbourne, nobody in most of the world is going to think that Daniel didn't do anything other than come second in the race and he drove a perfect race."
It is unclear how long the appeal process will take, but it is hoped a decision will be reached before the Malaysian Grand Prix in a fortnight.
Before his car was referred to the stewards, Ricciardo has made history by becoming the first local to finish in a podium place at the Australian Grand Prix in the Formula One era.
Red Bull tipped to win Daniel Ricciardo appeal
