Button ends his testing with race simulation
Jenson Button today finalised his on-track testing programme for McLaren. On his last testing day, the World Champion completed a full race distance in the afternoon. Lewis Hamilton will take over tomorrow at the wheel of the McLaren MP4/25.
Final day’s running for Jenson before the season kicks off in Bahrain in two weeks’ time.
The morning’s session was affected by rain showers, which compromised running and limited the team’s learning of a number of new components. As a result, the morning was spent conducting a number of shorter installation runs to establish set-up.
As the track dried over the lunch hour, Jenson was able to complete a race simulation in the afternoon – a run that was only mildly disrupted by late red flags.
This also provided the opportunity for the race team to undertake a series of live pitstops, all of which went without problem.
Today’s long-run times have established a benchmark for the final day of pre-season running tomorrow, which will be carried out by Lewis.
Driver: Jenson Button
Location: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
Track length: 4.655km
Weather: Cold with patches of intermittent drizzle throughout the morning. Maximum ambient temperature 14.1°C, maximum track temperature 21.1°C
Laps completed: 105
Kilometres covered: 489km
Best laptime: 1m21.450s at 16:56
