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Banned Mercedes wants Silverstone test for ‘safety'
By Editor on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 Mercedes is pushing to appear at next week's young driver test, despite its FIA ban as a result of the ‘test-gate' scandal.
The German team initially accepted the Silverstone ban, when the test was set simply to be a three-day session exclusively for young, inexperienced drivers.
But that was before the tyre-exploding British grand prix.
Since then, the FIA has opened up the test not only to young drivers, but also full race drivers, the trialling of the new Budapest 2012-2013 tyre specification, and real car development.
'We received the penalty and there's no point complaining — we accept we cannot participate in the young driver test,'...
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