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Mercedes in trouble after secret tyre test?
Mercedes has come under fire from rival teams for conduting a secret test at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona following on from the Spanish Grand Prix. The Brackley-based outfit completed just under 1000 kilometre of testing, roughly equivalent to just over three race distances, over three days following the race where they secured pole but dropped back significantly in the race because of severe tyre wear. Whilst private testing is banned - other than a couple of straight-line runs - Mercedes are adamant the test was legal because Pirelli can call upon an outfit to help it understand its tyres if it encounters an unusual circumstance, such as the number of delaminations we've seen in...
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