http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97110
There is one solution to this, and its called in season testing.
My solution is 4 tests at 4 diffrent tracks; where all teams bring a 2012 test car and each team has one set of the 20 sets of rubber that Pirelli wishes to test. And this solution could also kill another bird, over the 3 days, each team has to use a test, reserve or development driver.
As for funding the tests for the smaller teams, this could be done for them by selling the test seat to GP2 drivers for instnce.
As for tracks;
Test 1: Motorland Aragón, Spain
Test 2: Portamao, Portugal
Test 3: Brands Hatch, United Kingdom
Test 4: Mugello, Italy
Id also like to see the tests twinned with races to a point. It will provide 12 extra days testing a year, and would provide Ferrari what they want in more testing. Id have 12 days pre season, 12 days in season and a futher 6 days post season as well, whitch would give 30 days testing a year.
If my data is correct, and if teams do a maximum (average) of 450km a day, they can cover a maximum of 13,500km a season, whitch id reduce to a distance of 12,000km tops for the test car. Whitch is an aditional drivers season of distance for the teams as well.
It will give Pirelli up to an exra 5,000km data per day, as for data to teams, all teams have to hand over the data to Pirelli and they will share it with everyone else to ensure a fair and even playing feild.
Pre season, Pirelli would have to provide their 2012 rubber to the teams, no experimentation as well.
I recon there can be a solution to Pirelli wanting a test car and the teams wanting to test more in season, and a way to get young drivers into F1.