With Felipe Massa’s crash, Michael Schumacher’s return, BMW quitting the sport and a new FIA president about to be elected, I have a nagging feeling I may have overlooked something… Oh yeah, there’s a drivers’ championship to be won. Jenson Button may have an 18.5 points lead over Mark Webber, but his car no longer … Continue reading Button, Vettel, Webber, Barrichello: one of these men will be champion (Poll)
Rubens Barrichello articles archive
F1 links: Barrichello spoof video
Posted onI think we’re all a bit sick of the politics in F1 at the moment so let’s lighten things up with the first link today: Rubens Blah-Blah-Blah-rrichello – The Single Barrichello’s unwise worlds to the world’s media spoofed in this video – with cameo appearance by some F1 Fanatic charts from these race analysis pieces: … Continue reading F1 links: Barrichello spoof video
Rubens Barrichello lashes out after Brawn strategy costs him more points
Posted onRubens Barrichello slammed his Brawn team after falling from first to sixth during the German Grand Prix: There was a great show from the team today of how to lose a race. I did all I could today, I got first at the first corner, and they made me lose the race. He added:
Silverstone: Button’s home, Barrichello’s track?
British Grand Prix preview
Posted onRubens Barrichello needs to do something – anything – to stop 2009 turning into a repeat of those six long seasons spent in Michael Schumacher’s shadow. Seven races into this year’s championship, Jenson Button has won six times and Barrichello’s points total is barely more than half his British team mate’s. Button can expect an … Continue reading Silverstone: Button’s home, Barrichello’s track?
Barrichello unhappy after more car trouble (Turkish Grand Prix round-up)
Posted onWrapping up the Turkish Grand Prix coverage at F1 Fanatic, here’s a look back at the rest of the weekend’s stories. Including Rubens Barrichello’s concerns about his reliability, what went wrong for Fisichella and the other changes to the cars.
Did Brawn deliberately give Barrichello a poor strategy to let Button win?
Posted onRubens Barrichello made an excellent start to take the lead of the Spanish Grand Prix from third on the grid. With more fuel on board than second-placed Jenson Button, and overtaking very difficult at the Circuit de Catalunya, he should have been very hard to beat. But a strange strategy call left Barrichello second behind … Continue reading Did Brawn deliberately give Barrichello a poor strategy to let Button win?
Vettel’s frustrating race and Barrichello’s gamble (Bahrain Grand Prix analysis)
Posted onDid Rubens Barrichello’s strategy switch cost him a top three finish? And would Sebastian Vettel have won if he’d got past Lewis Hamilton? Here’s how the Bahrain Grand Prix unfolded.
Rubens Barrichello’s career in video (p2)
Posted onJourneyer concludes his two-part look at Rubens Barrichello’s F1 career. Rubens Barrichello is the most experienced driver in Formula 1 history – and from the end of 1990s and throughout the 2000s he was usually found mixing it with the leaders and regularly winning races himself. But despite a long spell at multiple championship winners … Continue reading Rubens Barrichello’s career in video (p2)
Rubens Barrichello’s career in video (p1)
Posted onF1 Fanatic guest writer Journeyer begins a new series of F1 driver retrospectives with a look at the most experienced driver of them all: Rubens Barrichello. Rubens Barrichello won the first Chinese Grand Prix in 2004 – in fact, that was his last victory to date. In this first part of a look back on … Continue reading Rubens Barrichello’s career in video (p1)
Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello lead Brawn GP in historic debut 1-2
Posted onBrawn GP grabbed an historic one-two finish in the dying stages of the Australian Grand Prix. It cemented an unbelievable transformation for the team that massively under-performed in 2007 and 2008, was sold by Honda over the winter, and rescued by a management buy-out just a few weeks before the season began.
Rubens Barrichello confirmed at ‘Honda’
Posted onRubens Barrichello will partner Jenson Button at ‘The Team Formerly Known as Honda’, but full details of how the team is to be rescued are yet to be announced. Barrichello will extend his record as the F1 driver to have started the most races. The development is a blow to Bruno Senna, who had been … Continue reading Rubens Barrichello confirmed at ‘Honda’
Rubens Barrichello wins International Challenge of Kart Champs in Brazil
Posted onAnother win for Rubens Barrichello in an off-season kart race as he triumphed in Felipe Massa’s International Challenge of Kart Champs at Florianopolis. Barrichello narrowly won the event from Lucas di Grassi, who is bidding to take Barrichello’s place at Honda in 2009.
Rubens Barrichello wins kart race in Brazil ahead of Felipe Massa (Video)
Posted onFelipe Massa and Rubens Barrichello were among the F1 stars racing in the 500 Milhas de Kart Granja Viana 2008 this weekend. Barrichello won the race for a record eighth time – while Massa proved his reliability problems in 2008 weren’t just confined to his Ferrari. Here’s a selection of videos from the race:
Barrichello’s special helmet
Posted onOne-off skid-lid for Barrichello too
Barrichello, Bourdais and Piquet: will they still be F1 drivers in 2009?
Posted onDavid Coulthard announced in July that this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix would be his last F1 start. But there is uncertainty over the futures of three other drivers on the grid – two of whom count the Brazilian GP as their home race. Will Sunday’s race mark the last F1 appearances for Rubens Barrichello, Sebastien … Continue reading Barrichello, Bourdais and Piquet: will they still be F1 drivers in 2009?
Will Honda drop Barrichello for 2009?
Posted onRubens Barrichello became the most experienced F1 driver of all time earlier this year. But that, his nine Grand Prix wins and a well-deserved podium in the rain at Silverstone this year may not be enough to earn him a place on the 2009 grid. Should Honda keep Barrichello?
Rubens Barrichello: the driver debates
Posted onRubens Barrichello (left) will set a new mark for the most Grand Prix starts this weekend, beating the 256-race record of Riccardo Patrese (right) which has stood for 15 years. How do you rate the Brazilian’s career?
Video: Rubens Barrichello: six of the best
Posted onRubens Barrichello is set to become F1’s most experienced driver in the Turkish Grand Prix. Ben wrote a review of his career here yesterday. Today I wanted to pick out some of Barrichello’s best moments. What was the Brazilian’s greatest Grand Prix? Here’s a few of my picks, nominate yours below.
The Ben Evans Column: Rubens Barrichello and Riccardo Patrese
Posted onAt the Turkish Grand Prix Rubens Barrichello will set a new record as the driver who has started the most Grand Prix, with 257 starts eclipsing Ricardo Patrese’s monumental 265 races. In many respects Barrichello and Patrese have had rather similar careers. Both enjoyed meteoric rises to F1 courtesy of some stellar performances in junior … Continue reading The Ben Evans Column: Rubens Barrichello and Riccardo Patrese
Rubens Barrichello wants 300 GP starts
Posted onRubens Barrichello will soon become the F1 driver to have started the most races but he’s told the media he wants to go on much longer: It is no secret that my contract expires at the end of the year. I want to extend it, because I think that with Ross Brawn a new and … Continue reading Rubens Barrichello wants 300 GP starts