Button: Good and comfortable

Jenson Button says he felt very much at home in his McLaren MP4-25 during a long day of testing at Jerez on Thursday.

The day marked Button's third outing as a McLaren driver and despite a slow start, the Brit found some impressive pace to finish third on the timesheets, 0.668s off the pace.

And having completed 83 laps, Button declared that he's very much at home in his MP4-25.

"My day was good. We did a lot of work yesterday (Wednesday) with making sure I'm 100 percent in the car and that my new home was comfortable. I feel great in the cockpit now," he told reporters.

"Yesterday was a good day, we did a lot of set-up work in the wet and trying to get to grips with the two different tyres.

"For me today was a better day, because we could go out in the dry and it's the first time I've felt good in the car, good enough within the car to actually do set-up work and find a balance with the car and also work with different components. Today was a positive day.

"There is still a lot of work to do with the car. The basic car itself is a good baseline, I think. Jumping in the car today this morning I was immediately happy with the car, the basic car.

"But I also know there is still a long way to go before we have a car that's capable of winning races, but that's the same for everyone. This is testing.

"A Formula 1 car is a Formula 1 car. There are different ways of getting the best car, but the feeling I have in the car is not that dissimilar to what I'm used to driving. It's not a completely different style of design.

"I feel like at home in this car. I don't drive the car and I feel I'm not a part of this. I feel I can feel everything that's happening with the car, and that's so important when you jump into a new car."

The reigning World Champion's day wasn't without problems as he brought Thursday's session to an early end when he stopped out on track with five minutes remaining.

Button, though, insists his stoppage needn't cause any concerns. "Nothing severe. I had a warning light so I stopped the car. But there's no damage or anything."

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