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Wolff admits Mercedes missed a trick in 2017 tyre testing

Among other things, it is claimed that part of Ferrari's astonishing revival this season is down to the tyre testing it carried out for Pirelli last year. Over the course of ten tests, the Italian and German teams, and Red Bull, tested the Pirelli compounds to be used this year, albeit using a mule car intended to simulate downforce levels. However, while Mercedes tended to use Pascal Wehrlein, Ferrari took the opportunity of giving Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen an early taste of the 2017 rubber and its characteristics. Indeed, while Vettel carried out around 2,228 kilometres of testing and teammate Kimi Raikkonen 1,054, Lewis Hamilton carried out a mere 50 and Nico Rosberg just over...
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