Lotus, meanwhile, rebound from troubles to complete race distance
Thursday 21 February 2013 22:48, UK
Fernando Alonso marked the end of his first three days in the Ferrari F138 in eye-catching style by taking the spoils on Day Three of the Barcelona test.
Williams split their running between Pastor Maldonado and Valtteri Botts and between them the pair ensured the Grove team led the day's final lap count on a mammoth 147 - further evidence of the FW35's impressive reliability out of the box. During his time in the car in the morning, Maldonado tried several front-wing configurations before switching to long runs. Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne was the fourth driver to clear the 100-lap barrier on his return to the STR8, with Marussia's Max Chilton four tenths of a second quicker than Caterham's Giedo van der Garde at the bottom of the order. Barcelona Day Three timesheet
