An engine change kept Jenson Button in the garage on Friday © Sutton Images
Jenson Button has warned against writing off McLaren this season, despite finishing his pre-season testing schedule with another difficult day.
Button completed 57 laps at Barcelona on Friday after an engine change kept him in the garage for a large chunk of the afternoon. Once again the team spent its time trying to get a better understanding of the MP4-26, running flo-vis paint on the rear wing and its unusual bubble nose device to measure its progress.
Despite few positive signs from the outside, Button is confident that the lacklustre times and reliability problems do not tell the full story.
"As today was my final day of testing, it was disappointing not to be able to put more mileage on the car," he said. "But I think we learnt some positive things: today was never about pace, as we weren't running lower fuel-loads, but there is pace in the car - it's just been masked by reliability issues.
"Now, I'm looking forward to Melbourne: you can't under-estimate a team as determined as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes: we're all pulling together and we've got some interesting developments in the pipeline."
Credit: ESPN F1 (en.espnf1.com)
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