Rubens Barrichello finished the season’s second test for the Williams team, where he established the third best time of the day, after doing 90 laps, mainly in dry conditions.  The gearbox was the only problem of the day.

Sam Michael, Technical Director said: “After a very humid beginning of the day, we went to perform some configuration tests with Rubens, in the afternoon and he progressed with regards to understanding the car.  Also, we have worked with the systems.  Unfortunately, we had to stop before we expected due to a problem with the gearbox.  Overall, the test has been useful to put mileage on the car and advance in the tuning up.”

Rubens Barrichello: “Today, we focused on tuning up the car and we completed 90 laps before we had the gearbox problem, which the team is investigating right now.  The car has worked well these last two days, and we have discovered some interesting things that will help to its evolution.  I had hoped to do a few fast laps at the end of the day, because the car felt in good conditions, but unfortunately my session was called off.  There is work to do in terms of enhancing the performance, but I’m happy with the results we are getting.”