Paddy Lowe, executive director (technical) at Mercedes AMG Petronas, admits that the forthcoming British Grand Prix could provide perhaps the sternest test yet of the team's all-conquering W05 Hybrid. With only Daniel Ricciardo's surprise victory in the Canadian Grand Prix – when both Mercedes fell foul of NGU-K failures – blotting the Brackley team's copybook in 2014, the championship leaders head to Silverstone as firm favourites to take a eighth victory in nine races, but Lowe insists that the British Grand Prix venue will not necessarily play to the silver car's strong points. With very few low-speed corners, and medium and high-speed turns prominent, the circuit presents a very...
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