In a change from the first two days of their Barcelona test the AT&T Williams team would have to contend with intermittent rain in the morning of the third day but it would dry in the afternoon.

Rubens Barrichello had joined the team for day three of this week's four day test in Spain. The team would again concentrate on setup work with the FW32 in the earlier part of the session, before commencing race simulations in the afternoon. Rubens completed 101 laps over the course of the day and ended the day in fourth with a time of 1m:21.975.

Rubens will remain on testing duties tomorrow for the final day of the pre-season winter test run. Rubens would bring an end to the day's action when it stopped just before Turn seven.

Sam Michael:
"Today we had some interruptions caused by rain, but we still managed to achieve just over one hundred laps working on race runs and set-up with Rubens. We're now focussing our attention on some more set-up work for the final day of winter testing."

Rubens Barrichello:
"We covered 101 laps today, which is always good. Unfortunately, we had some rain during the day which affected the programme a little bit. Everything that the team has brought to this test seems to be working well, so it’s been a positive day altogether."