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For years there has been talk and dreamed of hosting an F1 GP on the track of Mugello. The most widespread proposal was to alternate the headquarters of the Italian GP between Monza and the Tuscan track. Never enough COVID-19 has managed to make this dream possible. Even combining two grand prizes at these tracks in one back to back tricolor that was objectively fascinating, more than double on the same track we saw on Red bull ring ed a Silverstone. Mugello is unlikely to be back on the F1 calendar in a ‘normal’ year. But given that the GP was objectively memorable (despite predictions about difficult overtaking) and overcoming the difficulties of economic sustainability and responsiveness of the area, organize a new GP in Mugello with crowded people and motorhomes it might be possible. Would that be a hypothesis to follow after the GP of Tuscany that we have seen?
The two Italian GPs of this 2020 have been very animated, to say the least. Last week’s Monza GP also gave a show, with Pierre’s victory Gasly, complemented by a completely unpredictable podium, with Sainz me Walk. The fundamental spices that gave the spicy flavor to GP Monzese were two: the use of safety cars, red flags and restarts. The recipe worked so well that in Mugello it was revived, but in Tuscany perhaps these spices had to be used a little more than expected, as there were even three stationary starts, including the institutional one. However, it is absolutely understandable that, in the event that the track safety conditions take a long time to recover, it was preferred to stop the cars in the pits to wait for a new start. Better this way than witnessing long and boring processions behind the safety car, which also causes the tires and radiators to work in conditions absolutely unsuitable for F1.
But let’s get back to the central theme: Would the GP run on an objectively splendid track like Mugello, which received the unanimous approval of all F1 drivers, deserve a second chance? Or should we reflect on the fact that having witnessed a series of multiple incidents, something has not worked as expected? Of course, the track in Tuscany has clearly been homologated by the FIA to host an F1 GP. Otherwise, the race could not have been made. But let’s get out of the technicality tied to the spaces of the escape routes (finally gravel!) And the space between the line of the safety car and the starting line. We must reflect on the fact that the drivers have not spared themselves on this track. Despite its not very high road, the gravel just outside the curbs, the hair curves and the ups and downs. All in all, an antiquated circuit, in a good way let’s be clear, on which the F1 2020 spacecraft ‘landed’. Machines that, with their monstrous level of downforce and very high passive safety standards, have perhaps given too much confidence to drivers who couldn’t wait to compete on the Tuscan track.. And when the damaged cars ran up against the guards, their recovery times were objectively long. But this depended on the characteristics of the track, not on the personnel and means employed, which were numerous and first-rate.
The restart behind the first safety car, the one that caused the multiple crash on the starting straight, was objectively pretty dangerous and here the pilots will have to reflect on how to prevent this type of situation from happening again. Fortunately, today’s accident was completely bloodless, but in the past such situations have caused a real drama and we must not abuse the luck and safety of the bodies. In fact, particular situations persist, such as a possible frontal versus side impact between two cars, the so-called ‘T bone’, where the consequences could be very serious, as we have seen with the tragedy of the poor Hubert in F2 at Spa nel 2019.
Everyone likes to see a close race, where the runners do not skimp, where they return to being risk runners, where they exalt themselves running on a ‘leather track’ and not on an icy track with escape routes that seem Supermarket car parks and digital lane limits. But maybe on that track a pinch of extra caution on the part of the pilots would have done no harm. Also because, if we want to move on to economic issues, probably Liberty Media and F1 teams don’t like to see a GP where 8 out of 20 cars don’t make it to the finish, It lasted almost two and a half hours (time not widely televised) and where the bill for repairs will be very high. The Mugello GP runs the risk of being a unique event, but it would be nice to see a second edition with the experiences and corrections acquired in this first edition. What you think?
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