McLaren-Honda had their best day of the winter as Mercedes underlined their status as favourites on day two of the final pre-season test. Jenson Button completed 100 laps in the McLaren - half what the team had managed in nine previous testing days. Button was fifth fastest, 2.798 seconds slower than Mercedes' Nico Rosberg, who set the fastest time of the winter. The German's lap was 1.203secs clear of the rest, led by Williams's Valtteri Bottas and Sauber's Felipe Nasr. Rosberg's pace was also 0.7secs quicker than the previous best of the winter, set by Williams driver Felipe Massa on Thursday. Rosberg's lap was the first done by Mercedes all winter on the soft tyre, which had been used...
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