Thursday, May 3, 2012


As Wednesday was Romain Grosjeanfastest in the third and final day ofF1 testing at Mugello . The French turned the Lotus with a time of 1'21 "035, ahead of Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, second in 1'21" 256, andFerrari's Fernando Alonso was third in 1'21 "363. This morning, the Spanish was the star of the off-track "Correntaio" , which forced the mechanics of Maranello to a long stop for repairs.
Fourth of Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso (1'21 "604), fifth Sergio Perez with Sauber (1'22" 229). Only eight boats, however, for Nico Rosberg . The Finn has traveled much of the Mercedes 129 laps, but has not gone beyond the time of 1'22 "579.

Alonso completed 98 laps in total, only 29 of them in the morning because of the damage they neededmore than two hours to be repaired . In particular, wing and left front corner is damaged. The program for the day of the Horse was focused on testing some new aerodynamic solutions introduced on the F2012 and the study of the behavior of Pirelli tires, as well as low exhaust and new clutch.
There is no magic engine, there is no configuration magic - Alonso said at the end of tests -. Barcelona is the first step we will do, maybe it will be a "steppino". Let us take a step forward, but we do not think you can solve everything in a single Grand Prix. I am very satisfied and I feel good in tests made at Mugello, mostly because the car did not break anything, I had no negative signs from the pieces introduced on the car. What's New? Two or three important pieces, mounted on the machine. We tried a few things. "Then he joked about his accident:'' I want to tell my family and all people who love me who are still alive. After having banged to 7 km / h, and the tv watching the news, I came the message of people very worried, but luckily everything is fine. "
Not only Ferrari, however, had problems. There were also two principles of fire, at different times, theSauber of Sergio Perez to "heat up" the environment at Mugello. In both cases the smoke sprigionatosi on the sides of the car has been turned off quickly, and there were no consequences. The evidence of the Swiss team, which features Ferrari engines, have continued. The cause of the problems would be attributed to warming caused the paint on the outer sides in the vicinity of the discharge.
Outside the track, meanwhile, this "three days" test was a great success. Despite adverse weather conditions by 1 May, in fact, the organizers registered a total attendance of 30,000 spectators , with a peak of 15,000 on opening day.
The timing of the third day of testing at Mugello : 
1. Romain Grosjean (Lotus) 1:21.035, 66 laps  
2. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 1:21.267, 106 laps  
3. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1:21.363, 98 laps  
4. Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso) 1:21.604, 117 laps  
5. Sergio Perez (Sauber) 1:22.229, 118 laps  
6. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) 1:22.325, 55 laps  
7. Pastor Maldonado (Williams) 1:22.497, 63 laps  
8. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1:22.579, 129 laps  
9. Oliver Turvey (McLaren) 1:22.662, 99 laps  
10. Paul di Resta (Force India) 1:23.002, 34 laps  
11. Heikki Kovalainen (Caterham) 1:23.169, 139 laps  
12. Timo Glock (Marussia) 1:23.466, 110 laps

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