Another great day for Honda Racing F1

By Honda Racing F1
February 1 2006

It was another cold and damp start in Valencia this morning following yesterday's rain showers. Jenson Button joined the test taking over chassis RA106-02 from Anthony Davidson.

He completed an aero evaluation on intermediate tyres in the morning session whilst Rubens Barrichello ran through a series of set-up runs in chassis RA106-02. Jenson completed 39 laps in the morning session, with Rubens covering 27 laps.

With the circuit having dried out by lunchtime, both Rubens and Jenson continued their testing programme with a tyre evaluation. Rubens managed 117 laps in total today with Jenson completing 86 laps and setting the second fastest time of the day – a 1:11.327.

Jenson will continue his running tomorrow with Anthony taking over in chassis RA106-01.

Pos	Driver	Team	Engine	Car	T	Best Lap	Gap
1	Alonso	Renault	Renault	R26	M	1:11.219
2	Button	Honda	Honda	RA106	M	1:11.327	0.108
3	M Schumacher	Ferrari	Ferrari	248 F1	B	1:11.831	0.612
4	Montoya	McLaren	Mercedes	MP4-21	M	1:11.998	0.779
5	Barrichello	Honda	Honda	RA106	M	1:12.062	0.843
6	Kovalainen	Renault	Renault	R26	M	1:12.113	0.894
7	Villeneuve	BMW-Sauber	BMW	F1.06	M	1:12.619	1.400
8	Zonta	Toyota	Toyota	TF106	B	1:12.660	1.441
9	Rossi	Ferrari	Ferrari	F2004 V10	B	1:12.856	1.637
10	Coulthard	Red Bull	Ferrari	RBR2	M	1:12.883	1.664
11	Wurz	Williams	Cosworth	FW27C	B	1:12.925	1.706
12	Paffett	McLaren	Mercedes	MP4-20 V10	M	1:12.937	1.718
13	Webber	Williams	Cosworth	FW28	B	1:13.050	1.831
14	Trulli	Toyota	Toyota	TF106	B	1:13.076	1.857
15	Kubica	BMW-Sauber	BMW	C24B	M	1:13.332	2.113
16	Davidson	Honda	Honda	RA106	M	1:19.996	8.777
17	Raikkonen	McLaren	Mercedes	MP4-21	M	1:21.194	9.975
18	Klien	Red Bull	Ferrari	RBR2	M	1:22.599	11.380
19	Rosberg	Williams	Cosworth	FW27C	B	1:23.936	12.717