Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Test report, Jerez day three

Date                 Thursday February 7 2013Driver               Jenson ButtonLocation           Circuito de JerezTrack length     4.428kmLaps                 83Km covered      368Best laptime     1m19.603sProgramme      Jenson returned to the cockpit this morning to complete his second day of running at Jerez, concluding his programme for this test.As in previous days, the morning kicked off with further aero evaluation workconducted over a number of shorter runs. The team then ran through a suite of larger mechanical changes in order to understand key changes in set-upthese were fully evaluated over a series of longer runs throughout the afternoon.

The team also conducted a number of live pitstops during the afternoons running.Jenson made a precautionary stop on the track during the sessions dying minutes, and the car was recovered safely.

Whats next      Sergio returns tomorrow for the final days running. As before, he will conduct a mix of aero and mechanical work, also running through a similar series of larger mechanical changes in order to better understand the set-up characteristics of MP4-28.Test dates        Four days (February 5-8)


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