Formula 1 News - January 2006
Honda Racing F1

A very cold start to the morning with a track temperature of only 4˚c limited the drivers to installation laps only. However, by 10.30am the temperatures had warmed up sufficiently to allow both drivers to start their testing programmes.

Davidson completed a couple of set-up runs followed by an aero evaluation in the morning session, completing 42 laps. He ran through a tyre evaluation and further aero work in the afternoon, covering 92 laps to take his lap tally for the day to a very impressive 134 laps.

Button completed 97 laps in total today. He also ran through tyre and aerodynamic evaluations, following a similar programme to Davidson, and set the fastest time of the day – a 01:18.338.