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As the third and final day of the in season test at Mugello came to end, Lotus-Renault's Romain Grosjean was once again the quickest around the Tuscan circuit. Close behind was RBR's Sebatian Vettel who finally took over from his teammate, with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso rounding out the top three.
Yes it is the property of Ferrari.raymondu999 wrote:Mugello is a Ferrari circuit is it not? Along with Fiorano? I could be wrong.
)Yup, Ferrari own it. Reason its being used is due to cost, Ferrari are offering it for free to all teams. Other teams have asked Red Bull if they can do a second in season test at the Red Bull Ring next year to keep costs down. Red Bull said they would see what they could do as if the larger teams can provide a track that they own for tests in the future it would be good for F1.banibhusan wrote:Yes it is the property of Ferrari.raymondu999 wrote:Mugello is a Ferrari circuit is it not? Along with Fiorano? I could be wrong.
It depends on who makes the biggest leap.SeijaKessen wrote:Is anyone expecting any of the teams to make any large strides with the testing at Mugello? Or would it be more likely any gains made in lap time reductions would be slight?
Answer to that one is yes.JAllen wrote:Do teams have to use engines/gearboxes out of their yearly allocations for in season testing?
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Sorry mate but McLaren and others aren't going to make any significant leaps on the development front. There's simply not much more time to be found at the sharp end of the grid. Lotus for instance brought a whole host of updates; FW, RW, sidepods, floor and got maybe a tenth and a half.Nando wrote:It depends on who makes the biggest leap.SeijaKessen wrote:Is anyone expecting any of the teams to make any large strides with the testing at Mugello? Or would it be more likely any gains made in lap time reductions would be slight?
Even if Ferrari sorts out their car it might still be half a second off-pace due to improvements by Mclaren, Renault, Mercedes, Red Bull.
No easy task, especially in this competitive season.
I certainly think atleast Merc will bring upgrades.Crucial_Xtreme wrote:Sorry mate but McLaren and others aren't going to make any significant leaps on the development front. There's simply not much more time to be found at the sharp end of the grid. Lotus for instance brought a whole host of updates; FW, RW, sidepods, floor and got maybe a tenth and a half.Nando wrote:It depends on who makes the biggest leap.SeijaKessen wrote:Is anyone expecting any of the teams to make any large strides with the testing at Mugello? Or would it be more likely any gains made in lap time reductions would be slight?
Even if Ferrari sorts out their car it might still be half a second off-pace due to improvements by Mclaren, Renault, Mercedes, Red Bull.
No easy task, especially in this competitive season.
Either way I'm not saying Ferrari will close the gap, just saying the cars at the top can't go much further. This bodes well for Ferrari & the others cars behind the leaders.
This is a pretty nice video i found. A bit long, but good quality and view.Crucial_Xtreme wrote:A ride around Mugello in the F2012
Crucial_Xtreme wrote:Sorry mate but McLaren and others aren't going to make any significant leaps on the development front. There's simply not much more time to be found at the sharp end of the grid. Lotus for instance brought a whole host of updates; FW, RW, sidepods, floor and got maybe a tenth and a half.
Either way I'm not saying Ferrari will close the gap, just saying the cars at the top can't go much further. This bodes well for Ferrari & the others cars behind the leaders.