Jerez Testing Day 2 - McLaren F1

Driver

Jenson Button

Location

Circuito de Jerez

Track length

4.423km

Weather

Sunny, but cold and very windy. Maximum ambient temperature 11.6°C, maximum track temperature 21.1°C

Laps completed

85

Kilometres covered

376km

Best laptime

1m20.688s at 12:18

Programme

Jenson’s second day of testing with MP4-27 and another day spent getting used to the new chassis and evaluating a series of braking, set-up and software changes made to the car – particularly the effect on balance and stability at both high and low speeds.

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team manager David Redding said: “Despite the cold and windy conditions, Jenson was able to log further mileage with MP4-27 today. It’s still early days, and this was very much an exploratory day, but we were able to get a useful understanding of how the car behaves and reacts out on the track.

“It’s satisfying that Jenson’s been able to complete more than 600km of trouble-free running over the past two days; that puts us in a good position for the rest of the week.”

Driver for day three

Lewis Hamilton

Duration of test

Four days (February 7-10)