London: Jenson Button will have the first run in the new McLaren when pre-season testing starts next month, the Formula One team said on Monday.
The new MP4-27 car is due to be launched at the Woking factory in southern England on February 1, with 2009 world champion Button scheduled to kick off testing at the Jerez circuit in Spain on February 7 and 8.
Teammate, fellow Briton and 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton will take over the final two days on February 9 and 10.
Button finished overall runner-up to Red Bull's double world champion Sebastian Vettel in the 2011 season, with Hamilton fifth overall and beaten by a teammate for the first time in his F1 career. Both McLaren drivers won three races last year.
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