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Pirelli report from Barcelona test with Mercedes

The first of two days of the latest Pirelli 2017 tyre test took place at Spain’s Montmelò circuit – just north of Barcelona – with championship leader Nico Rosberg at the wheel. Rosberg drove a Mercedes W06 mule car, which had been modified to simulate next year’s increased downforce loads. Unfortunately, cool temperatures in the morning (with track temperatures of 17° centigrade at the beginning of the test) and the rain in the afternoon hindered the work that was done today, making it difficult to obtain representative tyre data. Rosberg completed 60 laps: 46 in the morning on dry asphalt and 14 in the afternoon in the wet. This test was focused on slick tyres in the morning...
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