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Rubens Gonçalves Barrichello (born May 23 1972) is a Brazilian Formula One race driver who currently drives for Honda Racing. He is best known for being Michael Schumacher's teammate at Ferrari from 2000 to 2005, enjoying considerable success.

Youth

Born in São Paulo, Barrichello was an extremely promising driver in his youth, winning five karting titles in Brazil before going to Europe to race the Formula Lotus series in 1990. In his first year, he won the championship, a feat he replicated the following year in the British Formula 3 Championship, beating a young Briton named David Coulthard. He very nearly joined Formula One at just 19 years of age but joined Formula 3000 instead. There would be no title, but a solid third place did little to hurt his value, and he promptly joined the Jordan Formula One team for the 1993 season.

Traumatic years

Barrichello had an effective rookie year. He earned only two championship points, but he was running third in the European Grand Prix (in just his third race) before encountering a fuel problem. He regularly outpaced his more experienced teammates. While he improved in 1994, his career was very nearly curtailed at the tragic San Marino Grand Prix, where a violent crash during practice knocked him unconscious, nearly killing him. Dr. Sid Watkins saved his life by preventing him from swallowing his tongue, but his spirits weren't any better after his mentor Ayrton Senna's death at the race two days later. Barrichello never truly recovered that season, but he did manage to earn a pole position at Spa-Francorchamps, the youngest driver at the time to earn one. He finished a respectable sixth in the Drivers' Championship.

Two similar years with the team followed, including a second place finish in Montreal in 1995 , but after his relationship with team owner Eddie Jordan soured during 1996, he left for the newly formed Stewart Grand Prix in 1997. Having finished second in Monaco in Stewart's maiden year, he struggled mainly in his first two years with Jackie Stewart's team, but impressively managed to finish seventh in the 1999 Championship. This was enough for Scuderia Ferrari to sign Barrichello as their "number two" driver behind Michael Schumacher in the 2000 season, replacing Eddie Irvine. Barrichello called himself "1b".

Second to Schumacher

Barrichello was more than capable of being Schumacher's "1b". He achieved his first victory in Hockenheim that year in his 128th race, the longest wait for a driver's maiden win, despite having started from a shocking 18th on the grid. "Rubinho", as he is often known, continued to be successful in the following years thanks to Ferrari's dominance of Formula One: he managed to finish second behind Schumacher in the 2002 championship, as Ferrari ran away from the rest of the field. He managed to achieve four victories during this time. However, team orders forced the Brazilian to cede to Schumacher some potential victories, such as the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix, where he slowed down at the last turn of the race for Michael to take victory. Such behaviour eventually led to team orders being banned in 2003.

In the 2004 season, Barrichello finished second behind teammate Michael Schumacher in seven of the first thirteen races, but he won both the Italian Grand Prix and the Chinese Grand Prix to clinch second place in the championship, finishing the year with an impressive 114 points and a staggering 14 podiums — just one behind his teammate.

Fed-up with Ferrari

During the 2005 Formula One season Barrichello was becoming increasingly agitated at having to be so subservient to Schumacher. In August 2005 he announced that he would be leaving Ferrari at the end of the 2005 F1 season to join Honda F1. He struggled to get on top of the car early in the 2006 season and was initially outpaced by his team-mate Jenson Button, claiming that the car did not suit his driving style. After modifications to the car he was able to be more competitive. At the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix, he nearly got his first podium with the team, but then he was given a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane. At the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix Qualifying, he sat in the press conference with the Renault drivers, beating out Schumacher and Raikkonen for the 3rd spot.

Trivia

Barrichello has been very unlucky at his home race, as he has failed to finish ten of thirteen Brazilian Grands Prix in which he has competed. His best result was a third place in 2004.

Barrichello's first victory at Hockenheim was one of the very few victories achieved by a driver in Formula One in modern times from a position at the back of the grid.

Barrichello is brother-in-law to IRL brazilian driver Felipe Giaffone.

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Team	WDC	Points
1993	Jordan	RSA Ret	BRA Ret	EUR Ret	SMR Ret	ESP 12	MON 9	CAN Ret	FRA 7	GBR 10	DEU Ret	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	POR 13	JPN 5	AUS Ret				Jordan	18th	2
1994	Jordan	BRA 4	PAC 3	SMR DNQ	MON Ret	ESP Ret	CAN 7	FRA Ret	GBR 4	DEU Ret	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA 4	POR 4	EUR 12	JPN Ret	AUS 4				Jordan	6th	19
1995	Jordan	BRA Ret	ARG Ret	SMR Ret	ESP 7	MON Ret	CAN 2	FRA 6	GBR 11	GER Ret	HUN 7	BEL 6	ITA Ret	POR 11	EUR 4	PFC Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret			Jordan	11th	11
1996	Jordan	AUS Ret	BRA Ret	ARG 4	EUR 5	SMR 5	MON Ret	ESP Ret	CAN Ret	FRA 9	GBR 4	GER 6	HUN 6	BEL Ret	ITA 5	POR Ret	JPN 9				Jordan	8th	14
1997	Stewart	AUS Ret	BRA Ret	ARG Ret	SMR Ret	MON 2	ESP Ret	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA 13	AUT 14	LUX Ret	JPN Ret	EUR Ret			Stewart	13th	6
1998	Stewart	AUS Ret	BRA Ret	ARG 10	SMR Ret	ESP 5	MON Ret	CAN 5	FRA 10	GBR Ret	AUT Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL DNS	ITA 10	LUX 11	JPN Ret				Stewart	12th	4
1999	Stewart	AUS 5	BRA Ret	SMR 3	MON 9	ESP Ret	CAN Ret	FRA 3	GBR 8	AUT Ret	GER Ret	HUN 5	BEL 10	ITA 4	EUR 3	MYS 5	JPN 8				Stewart	7th	21
2000	Ferrari	AUS 2	BRA Ret	SMR 4	GBR Ret	ESP 3	EUR 4	MON 2	CAN 2	FRA 3	AUT 3	GER 1	HUN 4	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	USA 2	JPN 4	MYS 3			Ferrari	4th	62
2001	Ferrari	AUS 3	MYS 2	BRA Ret	SMR 3	ESP Ret	AUT 3	MON 2	CAN Ret	EUR 5	FRA 3	GBR 3	GER 2	HUN 2	BEL 5	ITA 2	USA 15	JPN 5			Ferrari	3rd	56
2002	Ferrari	AUS Ret	MYS Ret	BRA Ret	SMR 2	ESP DNS	AUT 2	MON 7	CAN 3	EUR 1	GBR 2	FRA DNS	GER 4	HUN 1	BEL 2	ITA 1	USA 1	JPN 2			Ferrari	2nd	77
2003	Ferrari	AUS Ret	MYS 2	BRA Ret	SMR 3	ESP 3	AUT 3	MON 8	CAN 5	EUR 3	FRA 7	GBR 1	GER Ret	HUN Ret	ITA 3	USA Ret	JPN 1				Ferrari	4th	65
2004	Ferrari	AUS 2	MYS 4	BAH 2	SMR 6	ESP 2	MON 3	EUR 2	CAN 2	USA 2	FRA 3	GBR 3	GER 12	HUN 2	BEL 3	ITA 1	CHN 1	JPN Ret	BRA 3		Ferrari	2nd	114
2005	Ferrari	AUS 2	MYS Ret	BAH 9	SMR Ret	ESP 9	MON 8	EUR 3	CAN 3	USA 2	FRA 9	GBR 7	GER 10	HUN 10	TUR 10	ITA 12	BEL 5	BRA 6	JPN 11	CHN 12	Ferrari	8th	38
2006	Honda	BAH 15	MYS 10	AUS 7	SMR 10	EUR 5	ESP 7	MON 4	GBR 10	CAN Ret	USA 6	FRA Ret	GER Ret	HUN 4	TUR 8	ITA 6	CHN 6	JPN 12	BRA		Honda	7th*	28*

* Denotes present season standing.

Personal

Rubens is married to Silvana and they have two sons, Eduardo (b. 2001) and Fernando (b. 2005)

References

External links

The Official Website for Rubens Barrichello

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-[[Image:Barrichello 2003.jpg|right|thumb|222px|Barrichello in his Ferrari in [[2003]]]]
+[[Image:Barrichello 2003.jpg|right|thumb||Barrichello in his Ferrari  [[2003]]]]
 '''Rubens Gonçalves Barrichello''' (born [[May 23]] [[1972]]) is a [[Brazil]]ian [[Formula One]] race driver who currently drives for [[Honda Racing F1 Team|Honda Racing]]. He is best known for being [[Michael Schumacher]]'s teammate at [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] from 2000 to 2005, enjoying considerable success.
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 ==Traumatic years==
 Barrichello had an effective [[rookie]] year. He earned only two championship points, but he was running third in the [[European Grand Prix]] (in just his third race) before encountering a [[fuel]] problem.  He regularly outpaced his more experienced teammates.  While he improved in [[1994]], his career was very nearly curtailed at the tragic [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix|San Marino Grand Prix]], where a violent crash during practice knocked him unconscious, nearly killing him. Dr. [[Sid Watkins]] saved his life by preventing him from swallowing his tongue, but his spirits weren't any better after his mentor [[Ayrton Senna]]'s death at the race two days later.  Barrichello never truly recovered that season, but he did manage to earn a [[pole position]] at [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|Spa-Francorchamps]], the youngest driver at the time to earn one.  He finished a respectable sixth in the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Drivers' Championship]].
+[[Image:Stewart gp barrichello 1998.jpg|thumb|left|Barrchello at the [[1998 Canadian Grand Prix]].]]
 Two similar years with the team followed, including a second place finish in Montreal in 1995 , but after his relationship with team owner [[Eddie Jordan]] soured during 1996, he left for the newly formed [[Stewart Grand Prix]] in [[1997]]. Having finished second in Monaco in Stewart's maiden year, he struggled mainly in his first two years with [[Jackie Stewart]]'s team, but impressively managed to finish seventh in the [[1999]] Championship.  This was enough for [[Scuderia Ferrari]] to sign Barrichello as their "number two" driver behind [[Michael Schumacher]] in the [[2000]] season, replacing [[Eddie Irvine]]. Barrichello called himself "1b".
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 ==Fed-up with Ferrari==
+[[Image:Barrichello (Ferrari) qualifying at USGP 2005.jpg|thumb|Barrichello at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix|2005 US GP]].]]
-[[Image:Rubens2.jpg|right|100px]]
 During the [[2005 Formula One season]] Barrichello was becoming increasingly agitated at having to be so subservient to Schumacher. In August [[2005]] he announced that he would be leaving [[Ferrari]] at the end of the [[2005]] F1 season to join [[Honda F1]].  He struggled to get on top of the car early in the 2006 season and was initially outpaced by his team-mate [[Jenson Button]], claiming that the car did not suit his driving style.  After modifications to the car he was able to be more competitive. At the [[2006 Monaco Grand Prix]], he nearly got his first podium with the team, but then he was given a [[Formula One regulations#Penalties|drive-through penalty]] for speeding in the pit lane.
 At the [[2006 Chinese Grand Prix]] Qualifying, he sat in the press conference with the Renault drivers, beating out Schumacher and Raikkonen for the 3rd spot.
 ==Trivia==
+[[Image:Rubens2.jpg||100px]]
 *Barrichello has been very unlucky at his home race, as he has failed to finish ten of thirteen [[Brazilian Grand Prix|Brazilian Grands Prix]] in which he has competed. His best result was a third place in 2004.
 *Barrichello's first victory at Hockenheim was one of the very few victories achieved by a driver in Formula One in modern times from a position at the back of the grid
-*Barrichello is brother in law with IRL brazilian driver Felipe Giaffone
+*Barrichello is brotherinlaw  IRL brazilian driver Felipe Giaffone
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