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Pirelli turned down Mercedes for wet tyre test

Pirelli says it turned down the offer of Mercedes running its Formula 1 championship-winning machine at Paul Ricard for its wet tyre test and is confident it has a healthy portion of data to digest over the coming weeks. The Italian tyre manufacturer invited Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren to its two-day wet tyre test at the Paul Ricard circuit and completed a total of 639 laps around the wet testing track at its 3.8km configuration. Pirelli says it is content with the amount of data logged in the test, finishing both days earlier than scheduled, with Mario Isola explaining that only three cars were selected to keep wet conditions consistent as more cars on track would spray more water off...
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