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There is a growing consensus in the paddock that Mercedes will be penalised when the FIA's brand-new international tribunal meets to discuss the secret Barcelona test on June 20.
Sauber team boss Monisha Kaltenborn, who entered F1 as a team lawyer, told Auto Motor und Sport: "A contract can't overrule a law."
She is referring to Pirelli's defence that its deal with the FIA allows tyre testing with a representative car, therefore overriding the tightly-controlled test limits in the sporting regulations.
But Spanish sports newspaper Marca's correspondent Marco Canseco reported rumours a fine in the order of EUR 5 to 10 million will be imposed against Mercedes.
Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko told Blick: "A fine and a points deduction would be appropriate."
With the 'testgate' saga occupying the time and minds of most regular F1 journalists in the Montreal paddock, the details and rumours continue to flow.
Germany's Sport Bild claims earlier rumours that Mercedes has proof - an email - of Charlie Whiting's permission to use its 2013 car, was wrong.
That report said Whiting gave only conditional approval, "only if all the other teams are informed and agree".
There is a growing consensus in the paddock that Mercedes will be penalised when the FIA's brand-new international tribunal meets to discuss the secret Barcelona test on June 20.
Sauber team boss Monisha Kaltenborn, who entered F1 as a team lawyer, told Auto Motor und Sport: "A contract can't overrule a law."
She is referring to Pirelli's defence that its deal with the FIA allows tyre testing with a representative car, therefore overriding the tightly-controlled test limits in the sporting regulations.
But Spanish sports newspaper Marca's correspondent Marco Canseco reported rumours a fine in the order of EUR 5 to 10 million will be imposed against Mercedes.
Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko told Blick: "A fine and a points deduction would be appropriate."
With the 'testgate' saga occupying the time and minds of most regular F1 journalists in the Montreal paddock, the details and rumours continue to flow.
Germany's Sport Bild claims earlier rumours that Mercedes has proof - an email - of Charlie Whiting's permission to use its 2013 car, was wrong.
That report said Whiting gave only conditional approval, "only if all the other teams are informed and agree".