McLaren showed a glimpse of their pace in Jerez, after Jenson Button topped the timesheets on hard tyres. Mark Webber was second on medium tyres, followed by Grosjean on hards.
It was a busy first day in Jerez with a total of three red flags. The first two happened in the morning, and were caused by Button's fuel pump issue in the McLaren and Rosberg's stopping Mercedes. The third red flag was caused by Max Chilton's barrier hit in the late afternoon, after the Marussia suffered a suspension failure.
Mercedes was forced to call it a day and end the test earlier than expected, after a serious electrical problem. Jenson Button's car was in the garage for most of the day, but stormed out for a late run in the afternoon.
Red Bull kept a relatively low profile for most of the day, until Webber set the fastest time in the final hour of testing. It made be the shape of things to come as the team aims to defend its title for the fourth year in a row. He was later beaten by Button's blistering 1:18.
Ferrari were conducting aero measurements with Massa behind the wheel and made it clear that they were not looking for setting fast times. Lotus conducted a relatively trouble-free shakedown and topped the table for most of the day with Romain Grosjean.
The rest of the teams ran a smooth program and most were conducting aero tests and opted for short runs, which is a typical routine in the early days of pre-season testing.
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