The MP4-30 made its début at the first pre-season test at the Circuito de Jerez. The team endured a difficult start, with the RA615H engine suffering from a series of recurring mechanical faults that restricted the team's running over the four days, and they finished the test having completed the least amount of mileage among those present. The issues that had plagued the car were not resolved in time for the second test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, prompting McLaren to replace some parts supplied by Honda with parts that they had developed independently in 2014. The team finally managed to get some substantial running in during the final test in Barcelona; after completing just seven laps on the first day, Jenson Button was able to complete over one hundred on the second. However, with two weeks until the opening race, the longest stint of continuous running that the MP4-30 had completed was twelve laps of the Barcelona circuit. This distance——is less than a quarter of a full Grand Prix distance of .