Jenson Button shows his quickness in Jerez, Spain

The current Formula One Champion, Jenson Button, driving his new MP5 should be ecstatic that McLaren tops the result on the final day of test-runs in Jerez, Spain.

Button completed 108 laps and finished 0.243s faster than second-place Robert Kubica.

Kamui Kobayashi was 3rd in the Sauber, while 4th was Force India’s Tonio Liuzzi, ahead of Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg.

The weather held nicely for the McLaren team to test a tyre compound evaluation program, balancing aero and mechanical set-ups to type of tyre on hand.

As for the other F1 teams, Virgin Racing is struggling with a hydraulic problem, with Timo Glock only managed getting 27 laps in total.

While Lotus Racing had an improvement of result compared to their other days as Jarno Trulli completed 141 laps with no issues, despite the timing was less than encouraging.

Formula One Jerez Test, Day Four Results:

1. Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes, 1 minute, 18.871 seconds, 108 laps

2. Robert Kubica, Renault, 1:19.114, 117

3. Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber-Ferrari, 1:19.188, 117

4. Tonio Liuzzi, Force India-Mercedes, 1:19.650, 80

5. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, 1:20.061, 130

6. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1:20.436, 137

7. Jaime Alguersuari, Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari, 1:21.053, 139

8. Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing-Renault, 1:21.194, 87

9. Nico Hulkenberg, Williams-Cosworth, 1:21.919, 137

10. Timo Glock, Virgin Racing-Cosworth, 1:22.433, 28

11. Jarno Trulli, Lotus-Cosworth, 1:23.470, 141

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Jenson Button coming in after a stint in the rain. Jerez, Spain test.