08 December: Button fastest V8 runner on day two at Jerez
It was another sunny day in Jerez for the second day of Honda Racing F1 Team’s three-day test.
Jenson Button has now joined the test team, taking over from Anthony Davidson in
chassis 078-07, and spent the morning session running through some early set-up work, completing 52 laps.
Jenson spent the afternoon working through a Michelin tyre evaluation, looking at various compounds. He completed a total of 70 laps today and set the second fastest time, a
01:19.087 – the fastest time of the V8 runners.
James Rossiter continued his running in the new 078-08 car. He ran through a chassis set-up programme, completing 37 laps in the morning and a further 31 laps in the afternoon session.
