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Rubens Barrichello
Race Starts – 322 Wins – 11
Rubens Barrichello joined F1 in 1993 with Jordan and by the time he left at the end of the 2011 season he was the most experienced racers on the grid. On the way he became the first ever F1 driver to compete in over 300 races.
His start with Jordan wasn’t very promising as the car proved to be rather unreliable. In 1994, he got onto the podium for the first time in his second race finishing 3rd in the Pacific Grand Prix. He went a step further the next year when he came second in Canada.
Barrichelo switched to Stewart in 1997 but that proved to be a rather bad move for him as he only managed to finish 3 out of the 17 races, though he did bag another 2nd place finish that year in Monaco. The next year was yet another year of frustration for Barrichello at Stewart as had 9 DNF’s and one DNS (Belgium). His final year at Stewart though brought him some joy as he finished in the points 7 times that year including three 3rd place finishes.
In 2000, he made the big switch to Ferrari where he was recruited as the second driver. He managed his first win in the German Grand Prix that year. He continued to blossom at Ferrari but his role was made quite clear to everyone when he was forced to let Schumacher win the Austrian Grand Prix in 2002. He continued as Schumacher’s support in Ferrari, winning a total of 9 races with the Italian team, the last of which came at China in 2004.
He joined Honda in 2006, but his form which had been deteriorating since the previous year continued to dwindle as he only managed a single podium in 3 years (Silverstone 2008) as his younger team-mate Jenson Button slowly took over the reins. 2009 though renewed Barrichello’s career as he and Button took the newest team on the grid Brawn GP (the former Honda team) to the Constructor’s championship. However, Barrichello was overshadowed again by his team-mate as he won only 2 races (his first win after 5 years) compared to Button’s six.
His final two years at Williams were not his finest as he found himself in a car that was barely competitive and he raced his final F1 race in front of his home fans in Brazil where he finished 14th, one lap down, but one place ahead of former team-mate Michael Schumacher.
