• Valencia Test - Day Three

Jenson Button's new experience

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Jenson Button took to the track for the first time this season on the final day of testing at Valencia and said he was "quite happy" with the Pirelli tyres.

Using the 2010 McLaren for the last time - this year's model is unveiled in Germany tomorrow - the team said the three days had "given a very broad dataset with which we can begin to understand and hone the tyres and car set-up for 2011".

"It was an interesting day and a new experience for me to try the Pirellis," Button said. "They obviously work in a different way to last year's tyres - but most of my runs were reasonably good. I was quite happy with the way the car was working; we did a lot of good work on set-up. We're moving in the right direction.

"There's degradation - but you'll find that on any tyre - particularly on the Super-soft tyre, but that's to be expected. Now I'm looking forward to seeing the new car tomorrow and starting to test it properly next week."

Times

Driver Car Time Laps
1. Robert Kubica Renault R31 1:13.144 96
2. Adrian Sutil Force India VJM-03 1:13.201 117
3. Jenson Button McLaren MP4-25 1:13.553 105
4. Mark Webber Red Bull RB7 1:13.936 105
5. Felipe Massa Ferrari F150 1:14.017 80
6. Timo Glock Virgin VR01 1:14.207 114
7. Pastor Maldonado Williams FW33 1:14.299 101
8. Sergio Perez Sauber C30 1:14.458 104
9. Michael Schumacher Mercede W02 1:14.537 110
10. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso STR6 1:14.801 73
11. Narain Karthikeyan HRT F110 1:16.535 63
12. Jarno Trulli Lotus T128 No time 38

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