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Wolff hits out at Marko over Pirelli conspiracy claim

Toto Wolff has slammed Helmut Marko's claims that Pirelli made changes to compounds at the sole request of Mercedes. Pirelli brought tyres to the Spanish Grand Prix that were 0.4mm thinner than the usual compounds used so far this year over fears of heat degradation being a threat to safety. Marko claimed that Mercedes' influence over the Italian manufacturer was the sole reason of the mid-season change that culminated in a plethora of conspiracy theories being spouted after the culmination of the weekend and Lewis Hamilton took victory. "The tyres were changed at the request of Mercedes. When you're a team and a manufacturer at the same time, you can do that," Marko...
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