Despite withdrawing from last week's test, for the third time in four days Lotus has topped the timesheets at the Circuit de Catalunya, with Kimi Raikkonen concluding pre-season testing in style.

In addition to posting the fastest time of the week, Raikkonen also completed the most laps, the E20 running faultlessly for 121 laps.

"I was happy with today's running," said the Finn. "We didn't have any major issues so it was certainly better than yesterday. Everything worked, we tried a lot of set-ups on the car and it all came together well. It was a long time in the car today but I feel fine. It was cooler today so the tyres didn't work as well as otherwise but everything was okay.

"Of course, the fastest time at the end of the day looks good but no-one will know how fast any of the cars are until we get to qualifying at Albert Park," he admitted. "All the changes we have made over testing have been improving the car, so we'll have to see what happens in Melbourne in a couple of weeks' time. I'm feeling positive."

"We've had a good, productive day to conclude our pre-season programme," said Alan Permane. "After the interruptions of yesterday we made some set-up changes overnight which immediately made Kimi feel more comfortable in the car as the balance was much more to his liking. We then spent the rest of the morning running on medium and then soft tyres, steadily improving the car. Despite having missed a test we are in good shape heading to Melbourne. We've completed two race distances and the E20 has proved reliable, easy to set-up and predictable in its handling with both drivers reporting they are happy."

"After the disappointment of last week, this test was crucial and I think we did a good job," added Eric Boullier. "First of all, we've been able to confirm that the changes made to the car fixed our front suspension problems. We were confident that the redesign was well conceived and well executed, but we have demonstrated the integrity of the modified part.

"It is a tribute to the all team," he continued, "which has been working amazingly hard over the last few days in order to fly the E20 on time to Barcelona. Despite the rain and a few technical glitches, we managed to learn more about the new car. We now have a better understanding of it, and have a few positive setup directions that we can take further. Moreover, both drivers seem happy with the balance and tyre degradation. We are cautiously optimistic for the future and now looking forward to Melbourne."

Second quickest was Fernando Alonso, much to the delight of the crowd. The Spaniard worked on various set-ups and tyre comparisons, including the experimental ones. Alternating between short and long runs, the two-time champion completed a total of 115 laps, his best time just 0.220s shy of Raikkonen pace-setter.

For the second time this week Williams had two drivers on duty, Bruno Senna in the morning and Pastor Maldonado in the afternoon. Looking ahead to Melbourne and beyond, the Grove outfit's focus for the day was aero correlation testing and set-ups.

"We had another good day to end what has been a very productive pre-season test programme," said Mark Gillan. "We successfully ran the first race update package this morning with Bruno, and switched drivers to Pastor over the lunch break.

"The wind picked up throughout the day, making the afternoon conditions a lot trickier than those encountered in the morning. Over the last three tests we have completed all of our primary testing objectives and now eagerly turn our attentions towards the back-to-back opening races in Australia and Malaysia."

"We had a productive morning completing a number of tyre tests and aero runs," said Senna. "It has been interesting to see the car developing. Overall we've had a good few days of running. We are still improving, but I feel we are in a solid position to go to Australia."

"We completed some good runs this afternoon and ended our test programme without issue," added his Venezuelan teammate. "I'm feeling positive, and ready for Australia."

Nico Hulkenberg was back in action for Force India, the German completing 101 laps on his way to posting the fourth best time of the day.

"We managed to fit a lot in today," said the German, "and hopefully when we have been through all the data we will have learned a lot, too. The race weekend simulation was useful, but unfortunately my race distance was cut short, so we will rely more on the data from Paul's run yesterday. We were also busy trying all the tyre compounds to learn more about tyre management and how to get the most from them. You always want more time in the car, but I think we can be pleased with how our three tests have gone. We still need to find some more performance because the whole grid looks very close and competitive, and I expect the grid in Melbourne to be extremely tight."