PARIS: Mercedes pleaded on Thursday for leniency from the governing body of motorsport, saying they deserve no more than minor punishment for taking part in tyre-testing that rival Formula One teams claimed was unfair.
Lawyers for Mercedes, tyre manufacturer Pirelli and the International Automobile Federation (FIA) rifled through thick binders of evidence as they debated back and forth at an all-day disciplinary tribunal hearing in Paris.
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