News Details

Mercedes pleads for leniency in tyre testing affair

Mercedes pleaded Thursday for leniency from the governing body of motorsport, saying it deserves no more than minor punishment for taking part in tyre-testing that rival teams howled was unfair. Lawyers for Mercedes, tyre manufacturer Pirelli and the International Automobile Federation (FIA) rifled through thick binders of evidence as they debated back and forth at an all-day disciplinary tribunal hearing in Paris. A thrust of the FIA's argument was that the 1,000 kilometres of private testing with Pirelli in May in Barcelona offered an advantage to Mercedes that other teams didn't get. Formula 1 bans the use of current-season cars for track tests. In response, Mercedes portrayed itself as...
Full Story »
12y ago from F1Pulse.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

FIA accuses Mercedes of gaining from illegal test

Formula One's governing body accused the Mercedes team on Thursday of...
12y ago from SuperSport.com

Mercedes expect a reprimand at most for test

Mercedes don't believe they should face any substantial penalty for their...
12y ago from TheF1Times.com

FIA: It is difficult to say that Mercedes gained no...

FIA: It is difficult to say that Mercedes gained no benefit from the test...
12y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Takuma Sato makes Indy 500 return with RLL

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that Takuma Sato will drive...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Helio Castroneves confirms return for 26th...

Helio Castroneves has confirmed that he will take part in the upcoming...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

‘Might not get a game now' – Ferdinand...

Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand believes Max Dowman could bench...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Premier League club could demand “in excess” of...

Manchester United and Arsenal are both looking to strengthen their...
21m ago from CaughtOffside.com

From Italy: Arsenal & Man United handed...

Arsenal and Manchester United may have been given some very promising...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Eze keeps Arsenal’s shot at history alive with magic...

eta’s side are 16 games from the quadruple, helped by the forward’s...
2h ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.