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FIA conditions of Mercedes test may not have been met

The FIA has said all the teams should have been given the opportunity to test their current cars before Mercedes and Pirelli went ahead with its private test earlier this month. Mercedes took part in a three-day test at the Circuit de Catalunya in the week after the Spanish Grand Prix, which has since been protested by Red Bull and Ferrari as they believe it contravened the Sporting Regulations. Mercedes has maintained it got permission to test from the FIA, but in a statement the governing body made clear that there were conditions to the test and it did not receive confirmation from Pirelli and Mercedes that they were met. "At the beginning of May, the FIA was asked by Pirelli if it...
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