F1 test dates

[pompelmo]

Can anyone tell me when are F1 testing in imola or monza, for next season(2005)??

[Monstrobolaxa]

At this moment the reservations have been made....but only the teams know....since there is the 10 day test limit teams don't want the others to know, so that they can test alone using new solutions without the other teams having a detailed look at them. Probably even the media will have to keep away from most of the tests during the season.

[pompelmo]

i think you understood me wrong
I wanted test dates when all teams test at the same track before the start of the new season..like in bacelona and jerez..the media was there

[Monstrobolaxa]

Oh....I thought you wanted for all season!!! LOL

Barcelona - 18 to 20 of January.....

I was only able to find these dates!

[Reca]

Can anyone tell me when are F1 testing in imola or monza, for next season

In Monza there’s no pre-season testing. In Imola there usually is but I honestly don’t know the dates since there’s nothing yet on the website : http://www.imolacircuit.it

During the season in Monza the first test is usually a Ferrari test towards the end of April (often they add a couple of provisional chicanes). Then there’s a multiple teams test in June(first week typically), and the test the week before the Gp with almost all the teams.
Then you can add 1 or maybe 2 further Ferrari tests, last year there was one in mid July. Anyway for the complete calendar of circuit activities you can look at the official site of the Autodromo : http://www.monzanet.it

...since there is the 10 day test limit teams don't want the others to know...

[Monstrobolaxa]

The last qustion marks Reca left....the answer is:

Since they only have a limited number of testing days if a team wants to test something revolutionary they'll want to have the least people from outside the team at the track....so teams might want to keep their testing dates as a secret so that no one has the chance to have a glimps of a "new" design prior to a race....cause in case someone sees it they might try to copy it to their car...

So the idea would be that someone could bring something revolutionart that can give them a extra tenth for 1 or 2 GP's without other teams copying it instantly.

[Reca]

Monstro, I appreciate the reason why they would want to keep secret the tests (they always want and even an hypothetical test limit would change little the situation...) what I don’t understand, and I’m sorry if I wasn’t clear enough in my previous post, is why you states that there’s a limit of 10 test days; they are far from reaching an agreement and 10 is already out of discussion, 24 was the last proposal by the 9. Actually I will be very surprised if they reach an agreement, IF they reach one, on less than 30.

[Monstrobolaxa]

Oh....I didn't catch what you meant...sorry

Well I state the 10 days....cause IMO they'll reach an agreement on the 10 days.....