A more productive second run for BAR's 007

By BAR F1 (20/01/2005)
January 20 2005

Jenson Button had a good day in the brand new 007 car on the second day of Lucky Strike BAR Honda's current three-day test in Valencia.

He spent the morning session running through tyre preparation work alongside an aerodynamic evaluation, completing 54 laps before lunch. Takuma Sato meanwhile also spent the morning running through tyre preparation work in the '05 Concept car before completing a long run to evaluate the tyres. His morning running totalled 53 laps.

Both Jenson and Takuma successfully ran through their full programmes in the afternoon session. Jenson completed longer tyre runs over a further 73 laps, which took his final lap tally for the day to an impressive 127 laps in the new 007 car. He set the third fastest time of the day - a 1:11.267.

Takuma concentrated on shorter runs after lunch evaluating new tyre compounds. He completed 79 laps, totalling 132 laps for the day and setting a time of a 1:11.396.

Third driver Anthony Davidson will take over in the 007 car tomorrow, with test driver Enrique Bernoldi driving the interim car.