Barcelona day three : Jenson’s first day in the car at this week’s test

Jenson’s first day in the car at this week’s test. The first three hours of the day were spent focusing on mechanical set-up work and the evaluation of tyres.

The team then elected to carry out some larger mechanical changes over the lunchbreak, meaning Jenson didn't return to the track until 3pm. Thereafter, he focused on longer runs with a number of simulated pitstops.

What’s next

The team plans to conduct more aero work tomorrow if the weather stays fine. However, with rain forecast for the whole day, our plans may change and we could well end up running Pirelli’s 2013 wet-weather compounds for the first time.

Test dates

Four days (February 19-22)

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1m 21.875s	97
2	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	1m 22.160s	91
3	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1m 22.188s	119
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG	1m 22.611s	108
5	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1m 22.675s	79
6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1m 22.826s	68
7	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1m 22.840s	71
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1m 22.877s	78
9	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1m 23.024s	108
10	Jean-Eric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rossa	1m 23.366s	106
11	Max Chilton	Marussia	1m 25.690s	58
12	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham	1m 26.177s	83