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Pirelli will share tyre test data with Mercedes

Pirelli says Mercedes will still receive tyre data from the upcoming Silverstone test, despite being banned by the FIA from taking part. The German outfit isn't allowed to run on any of the three days as punishment for using its current car in a 1000km test with Pirelli back in May. However with the test changing from a young driver event to an official tyre test, Mercedes asked for the ban to be overturned so it could gather data about the new tyres on safety ground. The FIA refused this, but Pirelli has revealed that Mercedes will receive data from the test - data which it gathers from each of the teams and analyses. "I think they [Mercedes] would have benefited from being able to...
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