Rubens Barrichello : biography
Rubens Gonçalves "Rubinho" Barrichello ( , born 23 May 1972 in São Paulo) is a racing driver from Brazil, best known for competing in Formula One between and . After losing his seat at the Williams F1 team, Barrichello moved to the IndyCar Series in 2012 with KV Racing Technology. After only one year and being unable to find a ride for the 2013 season, Barrichello moved back to Brazil to participate in the Brazilian Stock Car V8 Series.
Barrichello has scored the tenth highest points total in Formula One history. Barrichello drove for Ferrari from to , as Michael Schumacher’s teammate, enjoying considerable success including finishing as championship runner-up in and . Schumacher’s retirement at the end of made Barrichello the most experienced driver on the grid, and at the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix he became the most experienced driver in F1 history. He became the first driver to reach 300 Grand Prix entries and 300 starts, doing so in 2010. He was also appointed chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association in 2010, but after losing his seat in Formula One, he was replaced by Pedro de la Rosa. In 2013 he started covering F1 race weekends for Brazil’s TV Globo, interviewing drivers and team members on the grid and commenting during qualifying and race coverages.
Early life
Both his father and paternal grandfather are also named Rubens,http://www.teleresponde.com.br/rubens.htm Interview: Rubens Barrichello (grandfather) and Barrichello shares his father’s birthday: 23 May. Therefore, Rubens Barrichello was known as Rubinho (Portuguese for "little Rubens"), which has become his nickname.
Barrichello won five karting titles in Brazil before going to Europe to race in the Formula Vauxhall Lotus series in 1990. In his first year, he won the championship, a feat he replicated the following year in the British Formula 3 Championship, beating David Coulthard. He very nearly joined Formula One, the highest category of single seater racing, at just 19 years of age. Instead he competed in Formula 3000 in 1992. He finished third in the championship, and joined the Jordan Formula One team for the 1993 Formula One season. During this time, and also early in his Formula One career, Barrichello lived in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
As a young, aspiring driver, Barrichello looked up to the late Ayrton Senna, and when he joined Formula One, Senna in return considered him his protégé.
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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1989 | Brazilian Formula Ford 1600 | Arisco | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 3rd |
1990 | Formula Three Sudamericana | Guido Forti Dallara | 3 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 12 | 8th |
Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries | Draco Racing | 11 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 157 | 1st | |
Formula Vauxhall Lotus | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 11th | ||
Formula Opel Lotus Nations Cup | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 2nd | |
1991 | British Formula Three | West Surrey Racing | 16 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 74 | 1st |
Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th | ||
Masters of Formula Three | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 6th | ||
F3 Fuji Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
1992 | International Formula 3000 | Il Barone Rampante | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 3rd |
Macau Grand Prix | Edenbridge/Theodore Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | |
1993 | Formula One | Sasol Jordan | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18th |
Formula One Indoor Trophy | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1st | ||
1994 | Formula One | Sasol Jordan Hart | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6th |
1995 | Formula One | Total Jordan Peugeot | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11th |
1996 | Formula One | Benson & Hedges Total Jordan Peugeot | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8th |
1997 | Formula One | HSBC Malaysia Stewart Ford | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13th |
1998 | Formula One | HSBC Stewart Ford | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12th |
1999 | Formula One | HSBC Stewart Ford | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7th |
2000 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 62 | 4th |
2001 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 56 | 3rd |
2002 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 17 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 77 | 2nd |
2003 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 65 | 4th |
2004 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 114 | 2nd |
2005 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 8th |
2006 | Formula One | Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7th |
2007 | Formula One | Honda Racing F1 Team | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20th |
2008 | Formula One | Honda Racing F1 Team | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14th |
2009 | Formula One | Brawn GP F1 Team | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 77 | 3rd |
2010 | Formula One | AT&T Williams | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 10th |
2011 | Formula One | AT&T Williams | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17th |
2012 | IndyCar | KV Racing Technology | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 289 | 12th |
Stock Car Brasil | Medley Full Time | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0† | NC† | |
2013 | Stock Car Brasil | Full Time Sports | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48* | 9th* |