The FIA has denied that it knew about or approved Mercedes' secret tyre test with Pirelli in Barcelona in May.Arguing before the International Tribunal convened on Thursday in Paris, FIA's lawyer Mark Howard QC agreed that Pirelli had made an informal approach to the sporting body about a possible tyre test, but insisted that Pirelli had not given confirmation to the FIA that the test would take place, or communicated details about the date or location that any such test would occur.The FIA said that the only way to overrule the sporting regulations prohibiting in-season testing would be to send those full details to the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) for a formal decision on whether it...
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