Pirelli on Friday categorically denied Mercedes has already tried the new tyre that other teams will only test for the first time next Friday. Amid the controversy about Mercedes' exclusive 'secret' tyre test at Barcelona after the Spanish grand prix, F1's tyre supplier released a comprehensive media statement. The biggest piece of new information is Pirelli's denial that Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have already run the design tweaks that will be supplied to the rest of the field only next Friday in Canada, ahead of a possible race debut at Silverstone. "The tyres used (by Mercedes) were not from the current championship but belonged to a range of products still being...
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