'Pretty cool'published at 10:43 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer
To a man, the drivers loved their first experience of Mugello at the circuit’s inaugural Grand Prix. For Max Verstappen, it was “pretty cool”. Charles Leclerc, who did a short test for Ferrari at the track before the season, declared it “unbelievable”; Lando Norris “pretty awesome. Lewis Hamilton said: “I love it,” saying the section through Turns Six, Seven, Eight and Nine - Casanova, Savelli and the famous Arrabiatta One and Two - was “incredibly fast” and “pretty intense”.
The messages from all were the same - the fast corners in sector two were thrilling; the tyres were getting a tough time; and the race was going to be extremely tough physically, especially for their necks.