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 from 1992 to 2012, during which he raced for eleven 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

1993: Lotus

After an impressive junior career including five karting titles in Brazil before going to Europe as well as victories in the Formula Vauxhall Lotus championship in 1990 and the British Formula 3 championship in 1991, both Jordan and Lotus were fighting over Barrichello's services. After a long decision process, he joined Lotus for his debut season in the sport.

Despite the various mechanical failures that Lotus suffered, Barrichello managed to shine bright in his first year in the sport when he could finish races, frequently finishing in the points and managing a surprise podium finish at the Canadian Grand Prix in a stellar drive.

1994-1999: Benetton Arrows

Barrichello's performances in the middle-of-the-pack Lotus was enough to convince Benetton Arrows boss Flavio Briatore to sign the young Brazilian to become Michael Schumacher's teammate for the 1994 season.

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.

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
1993	Team Lotus	Lotus 107B	Ford HBA7 3.5 V8	RSA Ret	BRA 11	PAC Ret	SMR 5	ESP Ret	MON Ret	CAN 3	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 5	HUN 12	BEL Ret	ITA 5	POR Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret																					13th	10
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	GBR 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