Rubens Barrichello, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Brazilian racing driver
Date of Birth: 23-May-1972
Place of Birth: São Paulo, Brazil
Profession: racing automobile driver
Nationality: Brazil
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
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About Rubens Barrichello
- Rubens "Rubinho" Gonçalves Barrichello (Portuguese pronunciation: ['?ub?jz gõ'sawviz ba?i'k?l?], [?u'bij?]; born 23 May 1972) is a Brazilian racing driver who competed in Formula One between 1993 and 2011, scoring 11 Grand Prix wins and 68 podiums.Barrichello drove for Ferrari from 2000 to 2005, as Michael Schumacher's teammate, enjoying considerable success including finishing as championship runner-up in 2002 and 2004.
- He also finished third in 2001 and 2009.
- Barrichello holds the record for most race starts in Formula One (322) and has scored the eleventh highest points total in Formula One history.
- Schumacher's retirement at the end of 2006 made Barrichello the most experienced driver on the grid, and at the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix he became the most experienced driver in F1 history.
- He became the first driver to reach 300 Grand Prix entries and 300 starts, doing so in 2010. During his six years with Ferrari, Barrichello was involved in winning five constructors' titles, as Schumacher won five drivers' titles in a row between 2000 and 2004.
- At the end of 2005 Barrichello left Ferrari to sign a contract with Honda.
- In 2009, he finished third in the Drivers' Championship for Brawn GP, as his teammate Jenson Button won the title.
- This meant Barrichello was involved in a sixth Constructors' title.
- He was also appointed chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association in 2010, but after losing his seat in Formula One, he was replaced by Pedro de la Rosa.Barrichello was renowned for his mechanical and technical expertise, with a sixth sense of predicting and detecting technical issues and opportunities for improvement in a car.
- Jenson Button described Barrichello as the most technically talented teammate he ever had (Button's former teammates include world champions Jacques Villeneuve, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton).After losing his seat at the Williams F1 team, Barrichello moved to the IndyCar Series in 2012 with KV Racing Technology.
- After only one year and being unable to find a ride for the 2013 season, Barrichello moved back to Brazil to participate in the Brazilian Stock Car V8 Series, winning the championship in 2014 while driving for Full Time Sports.In 2013 he started covering F1 race weekends for Brazil's TV Globo, interviewing drivers and team members on the grid and commentating during qualifying and race coverages.As of 2019, Rubens Barrichello is the only Formula One driver to raced with four different tyre brands to date.
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