Rubens Barrichello

Rubens "Rubinho" Gonçalves Barrichello (born 23 May 1972 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian racing driver mostly known for his Formula One career which spanned for three different decades, where he raced for ten different teams, earning a reputation as a journeyman driver. He is currently driving for various Mercedes-powered teams in various GT series and is Mercedes-Benz brand ambassador.

Formula One

1998-1999: Benetton Arrows

Barrichello missed out on a drive for the beginning of the 1998 season - but a lifeline came in the form of a drive with the Benetton Arrows team when regular driver Alexander Wurz was dropped for poor performances. Barrichello returned to the grid at the Austrian Grand Prix and became a regular points scorer - managing a best result of a second place in the Hungarian Grand Prix on his way to eleventh in the series.

Barrichello kept the seat for 1999 and was joined by Spanish debutant Pedro de la Rosa. The pair managed a 1-2 against form in the Monaco Grand Prix, with Barrichello finishing in second behind De la Rosa.

2000: McLaren testing

A change of management at Benetton Arrows saw Barrichello out of a drive once again - with the Brazilian seeking refuge at McLaren-Mercedes for a year and becoming their reserve driver behind Mika Häkkinen and Jack Christopherson.

2001: Prost

Barrichello's newly-formed ties with Mercedes-Benz created at McLaren saw him join the Prost Grand Prix team for 2001 alongside Stéphane Sarrazin. Barrichello managed a best result of fifth place in Monaco.

2002-2003: Minardi

In early 2002 Minardi announced they were going to be switching to Mercedes power units for 2003. In preparation for the following year, Barrichello was sent to the Italian team to ease the changeover in the off season. Barrichello only managed a single points finish in the Asiatech machine - a fifth place at home in Brazil.

2003 was not much better for the Brazilian and he finished the year in dead last with no points.

2004: Jordan

Barrichello's Mercedes links then sent him to Jordan for a year - where he was only able to score once in the shortened 10 race season with sixth place in Canada.

2005-2006: McLaren

McLaren rewarded Barrichello's patience in 2005 when they handed him a three-year contract partnering Nick Heidfeld. 2005 was somewhat of a breakthrough season for the Brazilian - where he took more race wins than any other driver with five. Despite this purple patch of form, Barrichello narrowly missed out on the World Championship because of the competitiveness of multiple teams that year - with the Brazilian finishing the season in fourth place overall.

Barrichello's competitiveness continued into 2006 - taking another win but the dominance of Ferrari's James James Davies meant the best Barrichello could achieve was fifth place overall.

2007: Williams

McLaren hired two-time world champion James James Davies and Felipe Massa, causing a situation where the team had four drivers under racing contract. Barrichello agreed to let McLaren loan his contract to Williams, who were looking to replace the departing Jenson Button. He joined Rhys Davies at the British team, who had just signed a Toyota engine deal after Cosworth left the sport at the end of 2006.

2008-2009: Prodrive

Barrichello continued his F1 career by signing a two-year contract with Mclaren junior squad Prodrive, to help Canadian rookie Bruno Spengler find his footing in the sport.

Formula One Results

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	WDC	Pts
1998	Mild Seven Benetton Arrows	Arrows A19	Playlife GC37-01 3.0 V10	AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	AUT Ret	GER 7	HUN 2	BEL 5	ITA 5	JPN 6	POR 9					11th	11
1999	Mild Seven Benetton Arrows	Arrows A20	Playlife FB01 3.0 V10	AUS 5	BRA 5	SMR Ret	ESP 9	MON 2	CAN 9	FRA 4	GBR Ret	AUT Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 7	ITA 4	JPN 9	MAL 7	POR Ret					8th	16
2001	Prost Grand Prix	Prost AP04	Mercedes FO110K 3.0 V10	AUS 10	MAL Ret	BRA Ret	SMR 7	ESP 8	AUT 11	MON 5	CAN 9	EUR 13	FRA Ret	GBR 7	GER Ret	HUN 9	BEL Ret	ITA 6	USA 8	JPN 11				15th	3
2002	European Minardi Asiatech	Minardi PS02	Asiatech AT02 3.0 V10	AUS 15	MAL 8	SMR Ret	ESP Ret	AUT Ret	MON 15	CAN Ret	EUR 11	FRA Ret	GBR 14	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 13	ITA 10	BRA 5	USA Ret	JPN 14				16th	2
2003	Minardi F1 Team	Minardi PS03	Mercedes FO110M 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	SMR Ret	ESP 10	AUT 15	MON 11	CAN Ret	GBR Ret	EUR 10	GER 13	HUN 11	ITA Ret	BEL 12	BRA 16	USA Ret	JPN 11					24th	0
2004	Jordan Grand Prix	Jordan EJ14	Mercedes FO110Q 3.0 V10	AUS 13	MAL 11	BHR 11	MON 15	CAN 6	USA 12	CHN Ret	BRA Ret	ARG Ret	KOR C	JPN 10										17th	3
2005	Team McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-20	Mercedes FO110R 3.0 V10	AUS 6	MAL 7	BHR Ret	SMR 1	ESP 11†	MON Ret	EUR 3	CAN 1	USA DNS	FRA 5	GBR Ret	GER 1	HUN 1	TUR 4	ITA Ret	BEL Ret	BRA 4	URU 1	JPN 5	CHN 2	4th	87
2006	Team McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-21	Mercedes FO 108S 2.4 V8	BHR 6	MAL 5	AUS 6	BEL Ret	EUR 10	SMR 3	MON 2	ESP 6	GBR Ret	CAN 5	USA 4	FRA Ret	GER 7	HUN Ret	TUR 8	ITA 14	BRA 3	URU 1	JPN 4	CHN 8	5th	61
2007	AT&T Williams	Williams FW29	Honda RA807E 2.4 V8	BHR Ret	MAL Ret	AUS Ret	JPN 16	SMR Ret	GER 9	ESP 12	MON 8	CAN Ret	USA 7	GBR 9	EUR 12	FRA 8	HUN Ret	TUR Ret	ITA 12	BEL 8	CHN 12	URU 8	BRA	16th	6
2008	Mobil 1 Prodrive F1 Team	Prodrive MP4-27	Mercedes FO 108V 2.4 V8	BHR Ret	MAL Ret	AUS 9	JPN Ret	TUR Ret	EUR 16	ESP Ret	MON Ret	CAN Ret	USA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	ESP 7	BEL 6	ITA 10	SIN Ret	CHN 13	URU Ret	BRA Ret	18th	5