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Pirelli insists Mercedes test was legit
Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery has responded to the controversy over the Mercedes team helping with a three-day test in Barcelona by claiming that everything was within the letter of the law. Raceday in Monaco sparked into life with the revelation that both Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg had been on track immediately after the Spanish Grand Prix, as Pirelli racked up 1000km of evaluation on tyres largely destined for 2014, but also including those the company plans to introduce, on safety grounds, in Montreal next month. Red Bull team boss Christian Horner claimed that no-one else had been aware of the test until now [ see separate story], and the secrecy appears to have caused...
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