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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 Honda engine deal after Cosworth left the sport at the end of 2006. Barrichello would have a poor start to the season, retiring from 4 of the first 5 races, all from crashes. His season would somewhat improve from there onwards, taking 5 points finishes, although teammate Davies generally outperformed him, and the Brazilian would continue to get involved in accidents. He would then have a dispute with Patrick Head, and left the team before his home race despite scoring at the previous Uruguayan Grand Prix, being replaced by reserve driver Jean-Maxime Bachot.
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. Barrichello managed two points scores in his first season with the team but found himself replaced by Darren Older Jr. after the 2009 Spanish Grand Prix despite having scored on two occasions that year as well. Prodrive departed from the sport later that season.
2010: Williams
Barrichello chose to settle his differences with the Williams team and signed with them again for 2010, again partnering his 2007 teammate Rhys Davies. Barrichello would have a poor opening race, finishing only 21st before improving to 9th place and scoring 2 points at the second Bahrain Grand Prix. Barrichello would then seriously tarnish his reputation at the following United States Grand Prix, for causing the crash that seriously injured and ended the career of young, promising Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi. Barrichello would be disqualified from the results of that race and excluded from the next three for his part in the accident. He returned to the cockpit for the Australian Grand Prix, but the paddock's and his team's attitudes towards him had become very frosty, which combined with Davies vastly outperforming him, led to Barrichello being dropped from the team after the Monaco Grand Prix and being replaced by Nick Heidfeld for the rest of the season. He would be left in 29th in the championship, with just 6 points.
2011-2012: Super Aguri/Brabham
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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | WDC | Pts |
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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 |
MON Ret |
CAN Ret |
USA Ret |
FRA Ret |
GBR Ret |
GER Ret |
HUN Ret |
ESP 7 |
BEL 6 |
ITA 10 |
SIN Ret |
CHN 13 |
URU Ret |
BRA Ret |
18th | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
2009 | Mobil 1 Prodrive F1 Team | Prodrive ProF1-09 | Mercedes FO 108V 2.4 V8 | BHR 13 |
AUS Ret |
MAL‡ 13 |
USA 7 |
JPN 8 |
ESP Ret |
TUR | EUR | MON | GBR | IRE | GER | BEL | ITA | HUN | SIN | CHN | BRA | URU | ABU | 24th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
2010 | AT&T Williams | Williams FW32 | Honda RA005E 2.4 V8 | BHR 1 21 |
BHR 2 9 |
USA 1 DSQ |
USA 2 EX |
JPN 1 EX |
JPN 2 EX |
AUS 1 9 |
AUS 2 Ret |
TUR 1 15 |
TUR 2 9 |
EUR 1 14 |
EUR 2 12 |
MON 1 Ret |
MON 2 Ret |
GBR 1 |
GBR 2 |
IRE 1 |
IRE 2 |
GER 1 |
GER 2 |
ESP 1 |
ESP 2 |
ITA 1 |
ITA 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
SIN 1 |
SIN 2 |
KOR 1 |
KOR 2 |
BRA 1 |
BRA 2 |
URU 1 |
URU 2 |
ABU 1 |
ABU 2 |
29th | 6 |
2011 | Super Aguri F1 Team | Super Aguri SA11 | Honda RA005E 2.4 V8 | BHR 1 14 |
BHR 2 14 |
USA 1 5 |
USA 2 Ret |
JPN 1 Ret |
JPN 2 15 |
KOR 1 15 |
KOR 2 Ret |
TUR 1EX |
TUR 2 20 |
ESP 1 19 |
ESP 2 Ret |
MON 1 17 |
MON 2 15 |
GBR 1 12 |
GBR 2 Ret |
IRE 1 13 |
IRE 2 Ret |
EUR 1 20 |
EUR 2 15 |
GER 1 18 |
GER 2 Ret |
HUN 1 Ret |
HUN 2 14 |
ITA 1 16 |
ITA 2 13 |
URU 1 Ret |
URU 2 16 |
BRA 1 10 |
BRA 2 Ret |
SIN 1 Ret |
SIN 2 Ret |
IND 1 11 |
IND 2 15 |
ABU 1 19 |
ABU 2 10 |
28th | 11 |
2012 | EA Sports Brabham Racing Organisation | Brabham BT102 | Hyundai i002 2.4 V8 | BHR 1 Ret |
BHR 2 5 |
MAL 1 11 |
MAL 2 17 |
JPN 1 13 |
JPN 2 12 |
KOR 1 13 |
KOR 2 14 |
TUR 1 22 |
TUR 2 14 |
EUR 1 10 |
EUR 2 17 |
MON 1 4 |
MON 2 15 |
GBR 1 10 |
GBR 2 Ret |
CAN 1 7 |
CAN 2 6 |
USA 1 4 |
USA 2 8 |
GER 1 8 |
GER 2 10 |
ESP 1 5 |
ESP 2 3 |
ITA 1 9 |
ITA 2 Ret |
ABU 1 Ret |
ABU 2 Ret |
IND 1 8 |
IND 2 3 |
URU 1 13 |
URU 2 Ret |
BRA 1 9 |
BRA 2 13 |
SIN 1 13 |
SIN 2 15 |
14th | 107 |