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Brawn: Pirelli test was private, not secret
By Editor on Friday, June 7, 2013 Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn has said that their tyre test was private, rather than secret, ahead of this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix.
Mercedes will face an FIA International Tribunal after the FIA said the team may have breached regulations.
'It was a Pirelli test. What we were seeking was privacy not secrecy. You don't go testing in Barcelona for three days and expect people not to know about it,' Brawn told BBC Sport.
Drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton took part in the three day test, which took place after the Spanish Grand Prix.
Rivals were not informed of the test until news of the arrangement between Mercedes and Pirelli emerged...
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