A sleepless night awaits Mercedes after Thursday's International Tribunal into the 'secret' tyre test ended without resolution and the threat of a race ban for next week's British GP still hanging over the team. During a compelling day of argument and counter-arguments in Paris, Mercedes were accused by the sport's governing body of breaching the Sporting Regulations by running in the three-day test, held at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalyuna the week after the Spanish GP. The team's reiteration that they were passive participants because the test was conducted by Pirelli continued to cut no ice with the FIA, with the governing body's QC Mark Howard gleefully thanking Ross Brawn for...
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