BARCELONA TEST – day four: “A pleasing end to a very constructive week”
Date: Friday February 24 2012
Driver: Jenson Button
Location: Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
Track length: 4.655km
Weather: Started cold, clear and sunny all day. Maximum ambient temperature of 19°C at 2pm.
Laps completed: 115
Kilometres covered: 534km
Best laptime: 1m23.200s at 11:00am
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team manager David Redding, said: “Today was spent completing some of the fundamental tests that we don’t normally get the opportunity to do at race weekends. We also used the time to continue tyre testing and complete a number of reliability prove-outs.
“It was a good day: we did 115 laps and felt the car went well. This week we’ve completed more than 2100km of running, which is impressive. It’s been a pleasing end to a very constructive week.”
Duration of test Four days (February 21-24)
