Formula 1 testing kicks off at Mugello

Formula 1's first proper in-season test for four years kicked off at a wet and overcast Mugello on Tuesday morning. With so little to separate the frontrunning teams so far in 2012 - with the true competitive order of the front-runners still not clear - the three day test has been billed as a vital element in determining the next stage of the championship battle.

Tony Gaze David Hampshire Jimmie Kenneth Johnson Geki Narain Karthikeyan Kenny Dale Irwin Jr