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FIA gives wrist-slap to Mercedes, Pirelli

Motorsport's governing body has reprimanded but not severely punished Mercedes and Pirelli for doing in-season tyre testing that rival teams complained was unfair. The disciplinary tribunal of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) also barred the German team from joining other teams at a planned three-day test session for young drivers in July. That was a punishment which Mercedes' lawyer had suggested to the tribunal at its hearing in Paris on Thursday. The tribunal ruling on Friday lifts the worry that Mercedes could be barred from races or docked points for taking part in the tire tests in May with Pirelli. The FIA argued at the hearing that those tests, violating a ban on...
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