Mark Webber completed 105 laps in the Red Bull RB7 on the final day of testing at Valencia and said afterwards the team had "learnt a lot".
The majority of Thursday's test focused on the new Pirelli tyres, as the team worked to gain a greater understanding of how they behave and how to get the best out of them. For Webber, who did not attend the Abu Dhabi tyre test at the end of last season, it was the first chance he had had to experience them for a full day.
"It was the first good long run in the car for me, so we learnt a lot," he said. "There are some quick cars out there, but it was a good finish to the test for us. We had a good day one and day three, day two wasn't quite so productive, but overall the team has done a bloody awesome job - to get the car here for the first test and do the work we've done straight out of the box, it's impressive."
"It's been an encouraging start," added Ian Morgan, the head of race engineering. "We've had good reliability and a reasonable performance; it's a solid foundation to start developing towards the first race of the season."
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