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Button got another day

Button got another day

formula 1
Jenson Button and McLaren picked themselves up after the trouble they had on their first day in Jerez. On the second day, the Briton set the fastest lap time, 1: 24.165. The track in Jerez was soaked with rain overnight, so Pirelli decided to carry out mandatory testing of rain tires from this year, which is scheduled for Friday. As the track did not get wet enough, it was additionally wetted with a tank and Pirelli was able to offer the teams new rain tires that drain 65 liters of water per second, unlike the old rain tires, which drained up to 60 liters. The track was completely dry in the afternoon, and by then Mercedes racer Nico Rosberg had accumulated the most kilometers - as much as 97, which is more than all the racers collected on the first day of testing. Unlike the Mercedes racer, however, Renault’s motorcycle buyers are together
MP4-29 is introduced

MP4-29 is introduced

formula 1
After the McLaren Mercedes team passed all the tests of their new MP4-29 car earlier this week, it was also officially unveiled today. The car, which will be the last with Mercedes engines before the team switches to Honda engines, saw the light of day at twelve o'clock and thus clearly showed that the world of Formula One will look different this year.