Date: Tuesday 14th February 2006Location: Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, SpainDrivers: Juan Pablo Montoya and Pedro de la RosaWeather: Sunny and clearTrack temperature: High of 17.5 degrees CelsiusAir temperature: High of 17.3 degrees CelsiusLaps run: 150

Kilometres covered: Juan Pablo Montoya approx. 190km / Pedro de la Rosa approx. 400kmBest lap time of the day: Mark Webber, WilliamsF1, 1m10.688 Duration of test: Four days (14th – 17th February)

The new Team McLaren Mercedes livery made its track debut at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia yesterday.

Juan Pablo Montoya and Pedro de la Rosa were present in Spain to conduct shakedowns with chassis's two and three of the MP4-21, which arrived from the McLaren Technology Centre over the weekend. Work for both drivers  focused on initial systems checks, prior to proper testing with the two cars starting today.

Pedro completed 102 laps of the 3.94km Valencian circuit, putting over 400km on his MP4-21, including two long runs of 26 laps. The Spaniard set a quickest time of 1m11.633, during a run of 10 laps mid-afternoon, which put him third on the timesheets for the day.

Juan Pablo covered 190km during the session in the other MP4-21. He ended the day fourth on the timesheets, with a 1m11.701, having completed 48 laps over a series of multi-lap runs, including a 15 lap stint at the end of the day. He started running shortly before 14:00, as the test team had been completing the engine and gearbox installation.

Kimi Raikkonen will join Juan Pablo on track in Valencia today to continue the test session.