Mercedes chief Toto Wolff says team 'can do no more' ahead of Testgate Tribunal hearing
Reports in British press suggest email set to prove key to defence
Monday 17 June 2013 16:38, UK
Toto Wolff has reiterated that Mercedes will go into the FIA Tribunal hearing into their controversial Barcelona tyre test later this week ready to make the case that they have done nothing wrong.
Wolff's comments in Germany come after the Guardian newspaper suggested over the weekend that Mercedes defence case was set to be centred on a much-mooted email from the governing body which apparently gave them the green light to test at Barcelona. 'Mercedes will turn the tables on the FIA at Thursday's hearing in Paris by producing written evidence that they had permission to test Pirelli's tyres," the UK newspaper wrote. '...Mercedes are ready to play their trump card, in the form of an FIA email - allegedly from their race director and safety delegate, Charlie Whiting - granting them permission to test.'
