There is the perception that Formula 1 teams like to present that when testing they are totally in their own world, minding their own business and care less what their rivals are up to, but this turns out to be a myth as Mercedes technical chief James Allison revealed. Ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Allison reflected on the eight days of preseason testing in Barcelona and the gamesmanship that goes on behind-the-scenes, 'We might pretend that we are focused only on ourselves – but we fool no-one.' 'We look, in excruciating detail, at what the others are up to. Our strategists pore over all the available information, trying to deduce the pecking order from the...
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