Mercedes is to run a two-day 'test' at Silverstone next week in preparation for the Austrian Grand Prix next month. 'Valtteri (Tuesday) and Lewis (Wednesday) will drive the 2018 Mercedes W09 in a two-day test as the team practises protocols ahead of returning to racing in Austria next month,' announced the German team on social media this afternoon. While the rules do not include testing in a contemporary car, teams are allowed almost unlimited running in cars 'designed and built in order to comply with the Formula 1 Technical Regulations of any of the three calendar years falling immediately prior to the calendar year preceding the championship'. 'Testing of previous cars may only be...
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