It doesn't help Mercedes case that they had been struggling with tyres so far this year. They then do a long tyre test and just by coincidence their tyre issues are resolved!
It doesn't help Mercedes case that they had been struggling with tyres so far this year. They then do a long tyre test and just by coincidence their tyre issues are resolved!
To me it's another indication of the extent to which tyres have assumed far too great an importance in modern F1.
That was Monaco. Lets see in Canada, only then will we see how their tyres last on a more normal circuit. Maybe even Silverstone with fast corners.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
More Silverstone really but I doubt the "test" was of any use to them in gathering any useful info. From the sounds of it they were given the go ahead from the FIA. I agree with Ross Brawn, it's not up to Mercedes to communicate the test with other teams, it's up to Pirelli or the FIA to do it after they have given the go ahead to Pirelli and Mercedes to do the test. I can't see what Mercedes have done wrong here. The fault lies elsewhere as far as I can see thus far.Quote:
Originally Posted by steveaki13
Sums it up nicely for me;
Pirelli & Mercedes development test leads to F1 Hysteria & FIA headless chicken impersonations | thejudge13
The interpretation seems to be the ambiguity of the wording in respect to Pirelli conducting the test, Mercedes merely supplying the car and driver[s].
FIA - more grey area's than a wet weekend in Scarborough.........
Of course, as soon as Pirelli mention the test, the other teems will roll out their cheque books, and their lawyers will head to the WC's to hastily 'knock one out' knowing just how much more money the moron team owners are going to spend with them arguing about how many bars of chocolate are in a 4 bar Kit-Kat or similar banal arguments they will go down in history having!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
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Originally Posted by The Black Knight
If the FIA ask, Mercedes can say yes and assume Pirelli have asked via the correct procedures.
It looks to me like Mercedes were, at the very least, negligent here. It's up to them to make sure they comply with the rules. The testing regulations apply to the teams, not to Pirelli. If a team has been given some conditional advice that a particular thing might not be in breach of the rules given this or that condition, then surely it would be very unwise for them to go ahead without making sure all the conditions are completely satisfied with no room for doubt.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Black Knight
You would think that, for example, they'd have wanted to agree in detail with the FIA how the test would be carried out so that it wasn't "undertaken" by them.
I still feel its more up to Pirelli to make sure they are not involving a team in illegal activity. All though Mercedes could have taken a sensible pill and checked
Q:why are we the only ones here ?
close the GATE no constructors points this year for Mercedes
Ferrari, Red Bull and Lotus not asked about secret Pirelli F1 test - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com
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the FIA having made it clear that permission for Mercedes to test its 2013 car was conditional on other outfits being offered the same opportunity by Pirelli, a number of top teams have said the chance to run a contemporary car was never mentioned to them.
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Speaking about what Pirelli had offered, Horner said: "We never believed it complied with the regulations.