F1 teams ready for Mugello test

Official in-season testing is about to return to Formula One for the first time in four years. Interestingly the Mugello Circuit in Italy has been chosen for the testing, a venue that has never seen an F1 race.

It’s a nice free flowing and fast track, which is all very well, but with 16 races on the 2012 calendar still to run, Mugello is only comparable to Silverstone and Suzuka. Having said that the 5.245km track is owned by Ferrari and it has been have put to good use in the past by Ferrari and other F1 teams, when testing schedules were not so regimented. The lap record is 1:18.704 and is held by Rubens Barichello.

The Mugello test will run for three days and where confirmed we have listed the driver lineups for each team. You’ll see quite a lot of the reserve drivers appearing and in the case of HRT, well, they won’t be there at all. They’re busy moving their team base apparently.

Mugello F1 in-season testing

Tuesday 1 May–Thursday 3 May 2012

Driver Line-up

Caterham
Tuesday: Rodolfo Gonzalez (VEN)
Wednesday: Vitaly Petrov (RUS)
Thursday: Heikki Kovalainen (FIN)

Ferrari
Tuesday: Fernando Alonso (SPA)
Wednesday: Felipe Massa (BRA)
Thursday: Fernando Alonso (SPA)

Force India
Tuesday: Jules Bianchi (FRA)
Wednesday: Paul di Resta (GBR)
Thursday: Nico Hulkenberg (GER)

HRT
Not attending

Lotus
Tuesday: Jerome d’Ambrosio (BEL)
Wednesday: Kimi Raikkonen (FIN)
Thursday: Romain Grosjean (FRA)

Marussia
Tuesday: Charles Pic (FRA)
Wednesday: Charles Pic (FRA) and Timo Glock (GER)
Thursday: Timo Glock (GER)

McLaren
Tuesday: Oliver Turvey (GBR) and Gary Paffett (GBR)
Wednesday: Gary Paffett (GBR
Thursday: Oliver Turvey

Mercedes AMG
Tuesday: TBC
Wednesday: TBC
Thursday: TBC

Red Bull Racing
Tuesday: TBC
Wednesday: TBC
Thursday: TBC

Sauber
Tuesday: Kamui Kobayashi (JAP)
Wednesday: Kamui Kobayashi (JAP)
Thursday: Sergio Perez (MEX)

Scuderia Toro Rosso
Tuesday: TBC
Wednesday: TBC
Thursday: TBC

Williams
Tuesday: Valttero Bottas (FIN)
Wednesday: Bruno Senna (BRA)
Thursday: TBC