Nationality: Brazilian
Date of Birth: 23 May 1972
Drivers championships: 0
Grand Prix victories: 11
Races started: 322
Pole positions: 14
Teams:
Williams 2010 - 2011,
Brawn 2009,
Honda 2006 - 2008,
Ferrari 2000 - 2005,
Stewart 1997 - 1999,
Jordan 1993 - 1996
Reubens Barrichello career
Rubens Barrichello was a popular and successful driver in Formula 1. Although he did not win a drivers championship he was an important contributor to teams winning the constructors championship and team mates winning the drivers championship. After his career in F1 he races a season in Indy cars and then a number of seasons in Brazilian Stock Cars.
Previous seasons
2011
Team: Williams
Position: 17
Points: 4
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 His final season in F1 was difficult with only 2 top ten finishes in the season.
2010
Team: Williams
Position: 11
Points: 47
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 For this season Rubens Barrichello moved to Williams where he had a mixed season with a best result of 4th in Valencia. This season he was the first person to complete 300 grand prix.
2009
Team: Brawn
Position: 3
Points: 77
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 1 When Ross Brawn bought up the Honda team Rubens Barrichello retained his seat and had a good season with 2 race wins and 4 other podium finishes. This helped Brawn their one and only team championship and Jenson Button to the drivers championship.
2008
Team: Honda
Position: 14
Points: 1
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was a difficult final season in F1 for Honda with the highlight for Rubens Barrichello being 3rd at the British GP. His future was in doubt until Ross Brawn bought the team at the end of the season.
2007
Team: Honda
Position: 20
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was a difficult season for Honda and Rubens Barrichello with him scoring no points and a best result of 9th in Britain.
2006
Team: Honda
Position: 7
Points: 30
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This season saw the change to the V8 2.4l formula and Honda taking over BAR. This was a solid first season that improved as the car was adapted more to his driving style. He had a number of top 10 finishes but ended up well behind his team mate Jenson Button.
2005
Team: Ferrari
Position: 8
Points: 38
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 Ferrari struggled this season mainly due to a change in the tyre regulations that affected the Bridgestone tyres run by Ferrari. He left Ferrari at the end of the season to join Honda.
2004
Team: Ferrari
Position: 2
Points: 114
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 4 This was another good season for him finishing 2nd in the drivers championship with with 2 race wins and 12 other podium finishes. He again helped Ferrari to the constructors championship and Michael Schumacher to the drivers championship.
2003
Team: Ferrari
Position: 4
Points: 65
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 3 This was another good season, finishing 4th with 2 race wins again helping Ferrari to the constructors championship and supporting Michael Schumacher to the drivers championship.
2002
Team: Ferrari
Position: 2
Points: 77
Race wins: 4
Pole positions: 3 This season was Rubens Barrichello's best in F1 finishing 2nd in the drivers championship with 4 race wins and 5 second places. There was controversy when team orders let Michael Schumacher pass him to take the win in Austria.
2001
Team: Ferrari
Position: 3
Points: 56
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 Overall this was a better season with 10 podium finishes giving his 3rd in championship, though without any race wins. His contribution contributed to Ferrari winning the constructors championship and team mate Michael Schumacher the drivers championship.
2000
Team: Ferrari
Position: 4
Points: 62
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 1 Rubens Barrichello had a good start to his career at Ferrari, taking his first race win in Germany and finishing on the podium in 8 other races. His supporting role helped Ferrari to the constructors championship.
1999
Team: Stewart
Position: 7
Points: 21
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 1 His 3rd season with Stewart was much better, with a greater reliability and giving him 3 podium finishes. Despite being outperformed by his team mate he was offered a drive at Ferrari for the following season.
1998
Team: Stewart
Position: 12
Points: 4
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 The 1998 Stewart was only slightly more reliable the the previous years car, giving Rubens another difficult year with best results of of two 5th places.
1997
Team: Stewart
Position: 13
Points: 6
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 The Stewart was very unreliable in the first year of the team meaning Rubens Barrichello only completed 3 races although one of these was 2nd in Monaco.
1996
Team: Jordan
Position: 8
Points: 14
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 Although there was an influx of sponsorship money the car was still off the pace and relationships with team owner Eddie Jordan soured leading to him leaving the team at the end of the season.
1995
Team: Jordan
Position: 11
Points: 11
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 For the 1995 season Jordan changed from Hart to Peugeot engines, however the Peugeot engines proved unreliable with retirements in over half the races. His best result was 2nd in Canada, but left him 11th in the championship.
1994
Team: Jordan
Position: 6
Points: 19
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was a difficult season for him. At the San Marion GP he had a serious accident, but has affected by the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna the same weekend. His best result was 3rd in Japan, which combined with five 4th places meant he finished 6th in the drivers championship.
1993
Team: Jordan
Position: 17
Points: 2
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 Rubens Barrichello's first season in F1 was hampered by unreliability of the Jordan, as he retired from half the races. His best result was 5th in Japan.
