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FIA test rules a blow for Mercedes, Ferrari

The FIA has bad news for Mercedes and Ferrari this week. Earlier, it was suggested next week's young driver test at Silverstone might be extended by a day, becoming a four-day affair. That may have opened up the test to Mercedes, who were only banned from the 'three-day' Silverstone test as a penalty for the test-gate scandal. But even though the FIA has confirmed Silverstone will remain only a three day test, behind the scenes it is rumoured the German team continues to push for at least one day, on safety grounds. "It cannot be," director Toto Wolff is quoted by Speed Week, "that we have to go to the Hungaroring with a tyre we do not know." Lewis Hamilton thinks the...
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