Barrichello, Rubens
F1 drivers - Formula 1 Drivers B

Rubens Gonalves Barrichello

Personal Details
NationalityBrazilian
Date of Birth23 May 1972
Place of BirthSao Paulo, Brazil
Marital statusMarried to Silvana with two sons Eduardo and Fernando
LivesMonaco
Height1.72m
Weight71kg
HobbiesKarting, bowling, soccer
Websitewww.barrichello.com.br

     

Career Results (last updated: after 2007 season)

GP DebutKyalami 1993 (Jordan)
GP Starts249
Best World Championship2nd - 2004 & 2002 seasons (Ferrari)
First Podium3rd - Aida 1994 (Jordan)
GP Victories9 (First: Germany 2000)
Placings - 2nd26
Placings - 3rd26
Best Qualifying PositionPole
Total Career Points519
Pole Positions13

Career Profile

20082008 Formula One: Honda Racing F1 Team - Race Driver, Car No. 17
20072007 Formula One: Honda Racing F1 Team - 20th in Drivers’ Championship
2006Formula One: Honda Racing F1 Team - Race Driver, Car No. 11
2005Formula One: Scuderia Ferrari - 8th in the Drivers Championship with 38 points
2004Formula One: Scuderia Ferrari - 2nd in the Drivers Championship with 114 points
2003Formula One: Scuderia Ferrari - 4th in the Drivers Championship with 65 points
2002Formula One: Scuderia Ferrari - 2nd in the Drivers Championship with 77 points
2001Formula One: Scuderia Ferrari - 3rd in the Drivers Championship with 56 points
2000Formula One: Scuderia Ferrari - 4th in Drivers Championship with 62 points
1999Formula One: Stewart Ford - 7th in Drivers Championship with 21 points
1998Formula One: Stewart Ford - 12th in Drivers Championship with 4 points
1997Formula One: Stewart Ford - 13th in Drivers Championship with 6 points
1996Formula One: Jordan Peugeot - 8th in Drivers Championship with 14 points
1995Formula One: Jordan Peugeot - 11th in Drivers Championship with 11 points
1994Formula One: Jordan - 6th in Drivers Championship with 19 points
1993Formula One: Jordan Peugeot - 17th in Drivers Championship with 2 points
1992Formula 3000: 3rd
1991British Formula 3: Winner
1990European Formula Opel: Champion
1989Brazilian Formula Ford: 4th
1981Karting
   

The 2008 Formula One season marks a historic milestone for the Honda Racing F1 Team's Rubens Barrichello.

Following a long and distinguished career, which began at the 1993 South Arican Grand Prix, Rubens will become the most experienced Formula One diver of all time, surpassing the current record of 256 Grands Prix set by Riccardo Patrese in 1993.

In view of the lack of consensus regarding which specific race marks Rubens' 257th Grand Prix, Rubens will celebrate the milestone of 257 Grand Prix appearances at the Turkish Grand Prix on 11 May 2008.  Heading into this race, Rubens will have 16 seasons of competition at the pinnacle of motorsport under his belt, in which he has achieved nine race wins, 61 podiums and 13 pole positions. As a result of an accident in Friday qualifying, Rubens did not qualify or race at San Marino in 1994, however he did line up on the grid in Belgium in 1998 and in Spain and France in 2002, despite encountering difficulties which then prevented him from taking part in these races.

Rubens began his Formula One career with the Jordan team at the South African Grand Prix on 14 March 1993, racing against such legends as Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. He spent four years with Jordan before
moving to Stewart Grand Prix for the 1997 season. After three years with Stewart, Rubens joined Ferrari in 2000 to partner Michael Schumacher and begin his association with Honda Team Principal Ross Brawn, then Technical Director at the Ferrari team. Rubens spent six years at Ferrari, achieving nine Grand Prix wins and helping the team to five Constructors' Championships.

In 2006, Rubens joined the Honda Racing F1 Team where he has enjoyed a three-year partnership with Jenson Button and has recently been 'reunited' with Ross Brawn, who joined Honda as Team Principal in
November 2007. Rubens and Jenson, along with Test & Reserve Driver Alex Wurz, currently form the most experienced driver line-up in Formula One.


Honda say Barrichello to set record in Turkey
Apr.21 (GMM)  Honda on Monday clarified that Rubens Barrichello will not celebrate becoming the most experienced driver in formula one history this weekend in Spain.

The sport's official website claims that the 35-year-old Brazilian has entered 256 grands prix; the same number as current record holder Riccardo Patrese, who set the mantle in 1993.

But in a press communique, Barrichello's current team points out that there is a "lack of consensus" amongst pundits as to whether he will officially start a record 257th race at the Circuit de Catalunya on Sunday.

"Rubens will celebrate the milestone ... at the Turkish grand prix on 11 May 2008," Honda announced, amid speculation that Barrichello actually wanted to mark the occasion in Spain.

The pundits' disagreement relates to Imola in 1994, where he was injured in practice, Belgium in 1998 - where he took the original start but was injured and could not re-start - and Spain and France in 2002, where he had problems before the formation laps.

The annual Grand Prix Guide, meanwhile, claims that Barrichello will not reach 257 races at Barcelona or Istanbul, but rather at Monaco at the end of May.


FAST FACTS:

Full name: Rubens Gonalves Barrichello
Rubens won five karting titles in Brazil
1990 - headed to Europe to race the Formula Lotus series
1990 - Rubens wins the Lotus Championship in his first year
1991 - Raced and won the British Formula 3 Championship (Coulthard raced than as well)
1992 - Choose for Formula 3000, finished 3rd
1993 - joined the Jordan Formula One team, scoring 2 points
1993 - running third in the European Grand Prix (in just his third race) before encountering a fuel problem.
1994 - A violent practice crash which nearly killed him at Imola, where
his mentor Ayrton Senna dead 2 days later.
1994 - earned a pole position at Spa-Francorchamps, the youngest driver at the time to earn one.
1997 - Joins Stewart F1
2000 - Signs as Ferrari's second driver (Michael Schumacher being the first). Barrichello called himself "1b".
2000 - achieved his first victory in Hockenheim in his 128th race, the longest wait for a driver's maiden win.
2002 - Team orders allowed Barrichello to earn four victories, team orders also forced the Brazilian to cede to Schumacher some potential victories, such as the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix, where he pulled over at the last turn of the race. Such behaviour eventually led to team orders being banned in 2003.
2006 - Joins Jenson Button at Honda F1

- Rubinho failed to finish ten of thirteen Brazilian Grands Prix
- Rubens is married to Silvana and they have two sons, Eduardo (b. 2001) and Fernando (b. 2005)

 

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