69 Facts About Rubens Barrichello

Rubens "Rubinho" Goncalves Barrichello is a Brazilian professional racing driver who competed in Formula One between 1993 and 2011.

Rubens Barrichello currently competes full-time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No 111 Toyota Corolla E210 for Full Time Sports.

Rubens Barrichello scored 11 Grand Prix wins and 68 podiums.

Rubens Barrichello was appointed chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association in 2010.

Rubens Barrichello won five karting titles in Brazil before going to Europe to race in the Formula Vauxhall Lotus series in 1990.

Rubens Barrichello finished third in the championship, and joined the Jordan Formula One team for the 1993 Formula One season.

Rubens Barrichello ran as high as second and was running third, having passed the Williams of Damon Hill and Alain Prost, before encountering a fuel pressure problem.

Rubens Barrichello regularly outpaced his more experienced teammates, Ivan Capelli and Thierry Boutsen.

Rubens Barrichello credited the on-track work of Sid Watkins for saving his life.

Rubens Barrichello concluded the season with fourth place in Adelaide.

Rubens Barrichello finished the season sixth overall in the Drivers' Championship with 19 points, outscoring Irvine, who scored six.

Rubens Barrichello finished the season in 11th with 11 points, one ahead of Irvine.

Rubens Barrichello was amongst the frontrunners in Brazil, the second race of the season, before spinning off after his brakes overheated.

Stewart's debut season in 1997 saw frequent reliability problems, and Rubens Barrichello finished only three races.

Rubens Barrichello is a cousin of Brazilian Indy Car driver Felipe Giaffone and a niece of the Stock Car Brasil champions, Affonso Giaffone Filho and Zeca Giaffone.

Rubens Barrichello took pole position in the wet qualifying session in France, and three podium finishes, at the San Marino, French, and European Grands Prix.

In 2000, Rubens Barrichello achieved his first Grand Prix victory at the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, when he and the team chose to stay on dry-weather tyres when it was raining on part of the circuit.

Rubens Barrichello had a consistent debut season for Ferrari, finishing most races on the podium, but was outscored by Michael Schumacher, Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard.

Rubens Barrichello finished the season ranked fourth after supporting Schumacher as he battled and defeated Hakkinen for the Drivers' Championship, and helping Ferrari win the Constructors' Championship.

Rubens Barrichello finished the 2001 season in third place, achieving a total of 10 podium finishes and scoring a total of 56 championship points.

Rubens Barrichello nearly achieved a win in Monza, in which the Ferrari pit crew performed badly.

Rubens Barrichello finished the season winless, and again he played a major supporting role for Schumacher, helping him win his second Drivers' Championship with Ferrari and helping the team win the Constructors' Championship for the third consecutive year.

The year was marked by controversy when Ferrari team orders required Rubens Barrichello to allow the trailing Schumacher to pass him on the final straight of the Austrian Grand Prix to take victory.

Rubens Barrichello finished the 2003 season in fourth place, scoring 65 points, including wins at Silverstone and Suzuka, and again played a crucial role in helping Schumacher and Ferrari win the drivers' and Constructors' Championships.

Rubens Barrichello failed to finish eleven of the fifteen Brazilian Grands Prix in which he has competed.

Rubens Barrichello finished the season in eighth place in the drivers' standings with 38 points, his worst season with Ferrari.

Rubens Barrichello was thus replaced by Felipe for the 2006 season.

Rubens Barrichello was initially outpaced by Button, and claimed that the car did not suit his driving style, particularly under braking.

Rubens Barrichello finished the season seventh in the drivers' standings with 30 points, 26 behind Button.

Rubens Barrichello did not score any points during the 2007 season, because of the Honda RA107's lack of pace.

Rubens Barrichello finished 6th but was disqualified for ignoring a red light at the pit exit.

Rubens Barrichello received a stop-and-go penalty during the race for entering the pits while they were closed during a safety car period.

Rubens Barrichello led some laps because of the appearance of the safety car, but fell back down the order towards the end of the race.

At Magny-Cours, Rubens Barrichello did not repeat his performance from the two previous races and qualified in 17th.

Rubens Barrichello managed to get up to 9th but as a result of using the wrong type of tyre in his second pit stop he ended up 17th.

Rubens Barrichello was the subject of persistent rumours suggesting he would lose his seat to the young Bruno Senna, nephew of his friend, idol and mentor Ayrton Senna.

In Melbourne, Rubens Barrichello topped the timesheets in the first two elements of qualifying, but qualified second on the grid behind teammate Button.

Rubens Barrichello started eighth in Malaysia after getting a grid penalty for a gearbox change and finished the race in fifth place after the race was abandoned at Sepang due to heavy rain.

Rubens Barrichello was unable to capitalise on his three-stop strategy as a result of a lack of pace caused by massive amounts of understeer on his third set of tyres in his third stint, finishing behind Button, who changed to a 2-stop strategy during the race.

At Monaco, Rubens Barrichello was pipped for pole by a late-charging Button and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.

At the completion of lap 47, Rubens Barrichello became the driver who has completed most laps in Formula One history, surpassing Michael Schumacher's total of 13,909 laps.

In Germany, Rubens Barrichello took the lead at the first corner but after his first stop, he came out behind Felipe Massa who held him up.

Rubens Barrichello has since admitted he overreacted, and he would not have won as the Red Bull cars were half a second a lap quicker than him.

Rubens Barrichello finished 10th, his first finish outside the points in 2009, and three places behind Button.

In Valencia, Rubens Barrichello took his 10th Grand Prix win, his first in five years and the 100th win by a Brazilian driver in Formula One, allowing him to move up to 2nd in the Championship.

Rubens Barrichello paid tribute to injured compatriot Felipe Massa with a plaque on the top of his race helmet.

Rubens Barrichello won the 11th race in his Formula One career, and gained more points on Button in their fight for the world title.

Rubens Barrichello was on course to finish fifth with Button behind, which would have been enough for Brawn GP to clinch the Constructors' Championship, but a safety car period in the closing stages of the race for Jaime Alguersuari's crash meant that Nico Rosberg and Heidfeld were able to stay out ahead and save fuel, dropping Barrichello to seventh.

In Brazil, Rubens Barrichello claimed pole in a rain-soaked, qualifying session with title rivals Button and Vettel down the order in 14th and 16th, respectively.

Rubens Barrichello did not accept because he had already signed a contract with Williams, and did not want to renege on his pledge to that team.

In pre-season testing, Rubens Barrichello finished at the top of the timesheets once, because of rain.

Rubens Barrichello stalled on the grid in Malaysia due to an overheating clutch, but recovered to twelfth place at the finish.

Rubens Barrichello was running seventh when the safety car was deployed at the end of lap nine, and pulled straight into the pits.

Rubens Barrichello added further points to his total with fifth at Silverstone, and tenth in Hungary, with a twelfth at Hockenheim in between.

Rubens Barrichello celebrated his 300th Grand Prix at the Belgian Grand Prix, but retired in damp conditions after colliding with Fernando Alonso's Ferrari on the first lap.

In Singapore, the FW32 sported a new front wing, and Rubens Barrichello put this to good use to set the sixth fastest time in qualifying, although Williams technical director Sam Michael reckoned the car was fast enough to be a couple of positions higher.

Rubens Barrichello finished outside the points in the next three races before a pair of ninth places in Monaco and Canada.

Rubens Barrichello came twelfth in Valencia, and thirteenth in Britain, but retired in Germany because of an oil leak.

Rubens Barrichello's final race at the 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix was a quiet farewell where he finished 14th, ahead of former teammate Michael Schumacher.

Former Caterham F1 team principal Manfredi Ravetto said in an interview that a contract was signed with Rubens Barrichello to replace Kamui Kobayashi for the final three races of the season, providing the car would be competitive.

On 25 January 2012, American journalist Robin Miller reported that Rubens Barrichello was to test an IndyCar for KV Racing Technology with friend Tony Kanaan.

Rubens Barrichello raced in his first Indianapolis 500 on 27 May 2012.

Rubens Barrichello led a total of two laps and finished 11th, and in doing so won the 2012 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year title.

Rubens Barrichello joined a Peugeot team of the Brazilian racing series Stock Car Brasil for the final three races of the 2012 season as a guest driver.

At the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Rubens Barrichello drove with a helmet in tribute to Ingo Hoffmann, former F1 driver and multiple Stock Car Brasil champion who was retiring that year.

For commuting between races, Rubens Barrichello owned an Embraer Legacy 600.

Rubens Barrichello formerly held the fastest time by a Formula One driver around the Top Gear test track during the show's Star in a Reasonably Priced Car segment.

In February 2018, Rubens Barrichello was rushed to hospital after suffering headaches where it was discovered that he had a benign tumour which was later removed.

Rubens Barrichello's son Eduardo Rubens Barrichello is a racing driver, currently competing in the Formula Regional European Championship.