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Bernie: Merc should've said no
Bernie Ecclestone says Mercedes should have said 'no' when approached by Pirelli to carry out a tyre test at the Circuit de Catalunya in May.Following an investigation by the race stewards in Monaco, both companies have been called to face the FIA International Tribunal in Paris next Thursday over the testgate saga.
"Wait until the tribunal, they've got all the facts," Ecclestone told Adam Cooper's blog. "If you offer me stolen goods, it's up to me to decide whether I want to accept them or not. It's not up to anyone to tell me what I should do. I should know what I should do.
"Pirelli were doing the right thing, obviously. They couldn't get out of a tyre problem, if...
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