F1 Mugello test (1-3 May)

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Mugello Circuit (Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello) is a race track in the Mugello region of Italy near Florence. Its length is 5.245 km (3.259 mi). It has 15 turns and a long straight.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing host an annual event here (MotoGP and smaller classes). Also, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters hold an annual event. The track is property of Scuderia Ferrari which uses it for Formula One testing. The first race of the A1GP 2008/09 season was originally planned to be held at the Mugello circuit on 21 September 2008. However, the race had to be cancelled due to the delay in building the new chassis for the new race cars.
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The only in-season test kicks off 1st May until 3rd May at Mugello. All the teams will be taking part, except for HRT.

I expect the teams are eager to test the parts that will be fitted to the upcoming European leg of the calendar.

Test times, photos, etc will be posted as it happens.

www.mugellocircuit.it/en.html

Timings - http://www.williamsf1.com/test-timings


Teams and Drivers

Redbull – Webber & Vettel
Toro Rosso - Vergne &Ricciardo
Mclaren - Paffett & Turvey
Lotus – D’Ambrosio, Raikkonen & Grosjean
Caterham - Gonzalez, Petrov and Kovalainen
Ferrari – Alonso & Massa
Sauber – Kobayashi & Perez
Williams – Bottas, Senna & Maldanado
Force India – Bianchi, Di Resta & Hulkenberg
Marussia – Pic & Glock
HRT - Epic & Fail


Looks like with it being a 3 day test, some of the teams will allow the reserve/test driver to do one day and the race drivers one day each.



Day 1 times

Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                 Team                    Time     [/b]
 1.  Fernando Alonso        Ferrari                 1m22.444s
 2.  Mark Webber            Red Bull-Renault        1m23.648s   + 1.204s
 3.  Jean-Eric Vergne       Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m23.891s   + 1.447s
 4.  Jerome d'Ambrosio      Lotus-Renault           1m24.048s   + 1.604s
 5.  Nico Rosberg           Mercedes                1m24.100s   + 1.656s
 6.  Kamui Kobayashi        Sauber-Ferrari          1m24.736s   + 2.292s
 7.  Oliver Turvey          McLaren-Mercedes        1m25.303s   + 2.859s
 8.  Jules Bianchi          Force India-Mercedes    1m25.475s   + 3.031s
 9.  Rodolfo Gonzalez       Caterham-Renault        1m27.197s   + 4.753s
10.  Charles Pic            Marussia-Cosworth       1m27.359s   + 4.915s
11.  Valtteri Bottas        Williams-Renault        1m29.179s   + 6.735s
12.  Gary Paffett           McLaren-Mercedes        1m50.898s  + 28.454s
13.  Michael Schumacher     Mercedes                No time


Day 2 times

Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                 Team                    Time     [/b]
 1.  Romain Grosjean        Lotus-Renault           1m21.603s
 2.  Kamui Kobayashi        Sauber-Ferrari          1m21.603s   + 0.000s
 3.  Sebastian Vettel       Red Bull-Renault        1m21.825s   + 0.222s
 4.  Mark Webber            Red Bull-Renault        1m21.997s   + 0.394s
 5.  Felipe Massa           Ferrari                 1m22.257s   + 0.654s
 6.  Jean-Eric Vergne       Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m22.422s   + 0.819s
 7.  Daniel Ricciardo       Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m22.588s   + 0.985s
 8.  Michael Schumacher     Mercedes                1m23.404s   + 1.801s
 9.  Charles Pic            Marussia-Cosworth       1m23.982s   + 2.379s
10.  Vitaly Petrov          Caterham-Renault        1m24.312s   + 2.709s
11.  Gary Paffett           McLaren-Mercedes        1m24.480s   + 2.877s
12.  Timo Glock             Marussia-Cosworth       1m24.499s   + 2.896s
13.  Paul di Resta          Force India-Mercedes    1m24.749s   + 3.146s
14.  Bruno Senna            Williams-Renault        1m24.842s   + 3.239s


Day 3 times

Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                 Team                    Time     [/b]
 1.  Romain Grosjean        Lotus-Renault           1m21.035s
 2.  Sebastian Vettel       Red Bull-Renault        1m21.267s   + 0.232s
 3.  Fernando Alonso        Ferrari                 1m21.363s   + 0.328s
 4.  Daniel Ricciardo       Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m21.604s   + 0.569s
 5.  Sergio Perez           Sauber-Ferrari          1m22.229s   + 0.879s
 6.  Nico Hulkenberg        Force India-Mercedes    1m22.325s   + 0.975s
 7.  Pastor Maldonado       Williams-Renault        1m22.497s   + 1.147s
 8.  Nico Rosberg           Mercedes                1m22.579s   + 1.229s
 9.  Oliver Turvey          McLaren-Mercedes        1m22.662s   + 1.312s
10.  Paul di Resta          Force India-Mercedes    1m23.002s   + 1.652s
11.  Heikki Kovalainen      Caterham-Renault        1m23.169s   + 1.819s
12.  Timo Glock             Marussia-Cosworth       1m23.466s   + 2.116s
 
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Excellent! Thanks Duke.

I wonder what they Sky coverage of this will be?

And have McLaren confirmed if Lewis or Jenson are going to the testing? I know there was rumours they might.
 
There was a rumour Lewis was going to be driving after the disaster last weekend, but McLaren have confirmed that he won't be driving in this test.
 
Thanks Duke.


Seems no major updates for McLaren which explains JB & LH not going.

For his part, Button sees no point in taking part as he said: 'The reason why we're not there is because we've never been to Mugello before.

'I don't really think we will be a benefit because there aren't any massive updates to try.

'For the test drivers to put some miles on parts and try some very extreme things, then I think it's good, but it's not necessary for us to be there.'
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Apologies for the link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-dismisses-Mugello-testing.html#ixzz1tFyfqdRb
 
ouch - no massive updates for McLaren...... doesnt sound good imo

I know there has been some extreme weather changes in a few races , but I was kind of hoping McLaren would have something major for the next race (unless the quote is meant to be a decoy of course) - McLaren need something to get back on the podium / race win cycle imo
 
i dont think they are desperate for the upgrades, they still have a quick car as they quali on the front row.

they just need to work on setup to not burn up the tires in the race.

they will of course need upgrades but its not as urgent as previous seasons.


but what i came in here to say was, we dont want testing give us races!!
 
utajoker said:
i dont think they are desperate for the upgrades, they still have a quick car as they quali on the front row.

they just need to work on setup to not burn up the tires in the race.

they will of course need upgrades but its not as urgent as previous seasons.
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Im not sure thats a given in the coming races with Merc and RBR both beating them to pole recently
 
FrankJH said:
Im not sure thats a given in the coming races with Merc and RBR both beating them to pole recently
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i didnt say pole, just front row.

pole not as important now anyway with the tires how they are. >>raikkonen.

it seems to be a different car is fastest at each track but aslong as they are up there its no need to panic and throw stuff at the car.
 
utajoker said:
i didnt say pole, just front row.

pole not as important now anyway with the tires how they are. >>raikkonen.

it seems to be a different car is fastest at each track but aslong as they are up there its no need to panic and throw stuff at the car.
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I would agree that it has been quite random, but the pole sitters have been doing pretty well so far.
 
utajoker said:
i didnt say pole, just front row.

pole not as important now anyway with the tires how they are. >>raikkonen.

it seems to be a different car is fastest at each track but aslong as they are up there its no need to panic and throw stuff at the car.
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I know you didnt - what I was meaning was that now there is a different car capable of pole, surely that means (unless its Ferrari lol) that team's 2nd car is capable of locking out front row, and relegating McLaren to 2nd row at best .....even without considering any other teams car getting 2nd ahead of McLaren anyway

In one sense pole is even more important to give that team the opportunity to get out into clean air straight away and not be hindered by traffic (and have the tyres not work optimally). Although It could just as easily be said once you have pole the same tyres the next day may not allow you to get into free air (even from pole) given their wierd charachteristics lol

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I would agree that it has been quite random, but the pole sitters have been doing pretty well so far.
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50% of the time pole has won this season, in one sense thats pretty low
although its only been 4 races, so its hard to know. I would be surprised if its still 50% or lower by race 10 (German GP).... although some of those races were affected by extreme weather, which might have affected results so far and shouldnt affect majority of the remaining calendar
 
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Reports on PlanetF1 that a Spanish media company is saying that Webber has signed a 1 year deal with Ferrari for next year. Dunno if there's any truth behind it but it's probably a good move for mark if it is, may as well be a number 2 at ferrari on your last years racing.
 
Believeable. Would be a good move for Webber. The most surprising thing if true is Perez being overlooked for next years Ferrari.

Maybe pushing Alonso so hard in Malaysia didn't help him ;)
 
Poor move by Ferrari in my view. Its just postponing finding a Massa replacement rather than solving the issue.

But more importantly, who will take the spare seat at Red Bull?

I'm going to say Hamilton :)
 
mercedes will be tested a carbon fibre gearbox as they are finally moving from an aluminum casing :O

out of interest does mclaren use its own gearbox or one from mercedes?

schumacher will be using the carbonfibre gearbox at barcelona while rosberg cant unless he wants a penalty
 
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