Mugello is the host of the first round of the TWF1 championship and makes for an interesting choice. Think Italy and no doubt Monza and Imola spring to mind first, but Mugello is our Italian foray this season.
Unlike Monza and Imola, both of which,are generally considered fairly high speed circuits, Mugello is much slower with several left/right sequences.
In 1979 cars these are essentially chicanes although nothing like a classic left/right flick normally associated with these types of corners.
So what do I think of the circuit?
I think the afformentioned chicanes are a bit much, it would be nice if one of them was a flowing S, maybe the first one as that would add to the challenge of the loser second chicane.
With downforce a compromise T1, while it looks fairly quick, is deceptively slow and thus after such a long ( I'd guess over 20s at full throttle ) main straight a genuine overtaking point.
T2 comes up on the driver almost before they're ready for it and it's easy to run wide and compromise T3 which after a short straight feeds into the T4/5 'chicane'. T2/3 is slower than the second one and the exit from T5 is important.
This is my favourite part of the track. From the exit of T5, in my case in second gear I never drop below 3rd gear for about the next 20s as the track flicks right then left down a fairly steep slope then through two fast right hand sweepers before hard breaking for the final 'chicane' which in speed is similar to T2/3. The second hairpin is next up and as with the first ( and last ) hairpins is tricky.
Next is a fast chicane taking without lifting in 4th gear before the run down to the last turn which is another hairpin.
Over all a circuit which is good because of it's challenges however it's a bit 'fidly' in places for me. Feels a bit samey at times with two styles of corner dominating. But the mix between high and low speeds is marked so downforce levels are tricky.
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