Honda cover over 250 laps in testing at Jerez

By Honda Racing F1
February 7 2006

Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello took to the track again today, continuing the intensive pre-season testing at Jerez, with Jenson completing an impressive 139 laps.

It was a cold but sunny start to the morning although ambient temperatures increased to 21˚C by early afternoon. Rubens and Jenson had the driving responsibilities today in chassis RA106-02 and chassis RA106-01 respectively. Both drivers spent the morning session setting up their cars as the circuit had quite low grip following two weeks of MotoGP testing.

In the afternoon session, Jenson ran through a tyre evaluation programme over longer runs, alongside an aero evaluation. He completed a very impressive 139 laps today, setting the second fastest time - a 1:18.242.

Rubens spent the afternoon working through a race simulation exercise followed by a short tyre evaluation, completing 114 laps and managing the third fastest time - a 1:18.609.

Jenson and Rubens will remain in their respective cars for tomorrow.

Pos	Driver	Team	Engine	Car	T	Best Lap	Gap
1	Wurz	Williams	Cosworth	FW28	B	1:18.144
2	Button	Honda	Honda	RA106	M	1:18.250	0.106
3	Barrichello	Honda	Honda	RA106	M	1:18.626	0.482
4	Rosberg	Williams	Cosworth	FW28	B	1:18.735	0.591
5	Zonta	Toyota	Toyota	TF106	B	1:20.162	2.018
6	Panis	Toyota	Toyota	TF106	B	1:20.339	2.195
7	Albers	Midland	Toyota	M16	B	1:21.551	3.407
8	Monteiro	Midland	Toyota	EJ15B	B	1:22.318	4.174