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Mercedes: We didn't test - Pirelli did
Mercedes has outlined its defence against charges that it undertook an unauthorised private track test using 2013 equipment at the Circuit de Catalunya last month on the grounds that it was not they who were testing, but Pirelli. "The only sensible conclusion is that what happened on that day, whether one calls it a test or track running, [is that it] was conducted by Pirelli," argued Paul Harris QC, the barrister appearing on behalf of Mercedes. "The people who were present on the day all unanimously give the same evidence about what was going on, who was doing it, and who was in charge of it. It is undeniable the testing was undertaken by Pirelli. "If the test wasn't...
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