Brian Hart Ltd. , also known as Hart and Hart Racing Engines , was a motor racing engine manufacturer that participated in 157 Formula One Grands Prix , powering a total of 368 entries.
88-415: Brian Roger Hart (7 September 1936 – 5 January 2014) was a British racing driver and engineer with a background in the aviation industry. He is best known as the founder of Brian Hart Limited , a company that developed and built engines for motorsport use. Beginning in 1958 with an Lotus VI in the 1172 championship, in 1959, Hart teamed up with Len Terry to drive his Terrier Mk2 in the championship and won
176-568: A Toleman-Hart at the 1985 German Grand Prix , the first of only two F1 poles by a Hart-powered car. During this period, Hart turbos were used by three other teams – RAM (1984–85); Spirit (1984–85); and the Haas Lola team (1985–86). While none of their teams performed that well, Hart gained a reputation for excellent work on a small budget. After 1984 companies like Renault , Honda , BMW , TAG - Porsche , and Ferrari were able to develop their engines to receive much higher turbo boost than
264-620: A couple of positions at the start. However, he sustained damage to the front wing and rear diffuser in the first corner incident when he was bumped from behind by Heikki Kovalainen in his McLaren that saw him hit Mark Webber in the Red Bull damaging Webber's car as well as his hopes of a good finish. Despite this, Barrichello ultimately finished the race in second place after Sebastian Vettel and Robert Kubica collided with just 2 laps remaining. He started eighth in Malaysia after getting
352-474: A crucial role in helping Schumacher and Ferrari win the drivers' and Constructors' Championships. In the 2004 season, Barrichello finished second behind Schumacher in only seven of the first thirteen races, but he won both the 2004 Italian Grand Prix and the 2004 Chinese Grand Prix to clinch second place in the championship, finishing the year with 114 points and 14 podiums. Though Barrichello had good cars during his Ferrari era, his best result at his home race
440-468: A different strategy with only one stop. After passing Kovalainen at the start, Barrichello managed not to lose too much time, as he had the advantage of just one stop against Hamilton, Räikkönen and Sutil's two-stop strategy. By Hamilton's second pit stop, Button and Barrichello were running first and second. Hamilton tried to pressure Button by forcing his car, but on the last lap he crashed, giving third place to Räikkönen, and fourth to Sutil. Barrichello won
528-665: A difficult 1998 campaign, Stewart improved greatly in 1999 , with Barrichello taking several podiums amongst his maiden pole position at the French Grand Prix . Barrichello signed for Ferrari in 2000 to partner Michael Schumacher , taking his maiden victory at the German Grand Prix that year. Barrichello twice finish finished runner-up to Schumacher in 2002 and 2004 , contributing to five consecutive World Constructors' Championships for Ferrari with 51 podium appearances in 85 Grands Prix. After enduring
616-543: A few of the least well funded F1 teams. Brian Hart Limited returned to its previous role as a tuning and servicing specialist, working in partnership with Cosworth to develop its DFZ and DFR engines (which owed a lot to the original DFV). By 1992, Brian Hart Limited had funded the design of its first V10 engine - the Type 1035 - and in November that year, it announced an exclusive two-year deal to supply Jordan Grand Prix. It
704-457: A gearbox change, he dropped to 20th. In the race, he finished 14th. At Silverstone , which he said he considers to be his second home, he qualified 16th, outpacing Button. With heavy rain on race day, through good use of an extreme wet tyre he finished 3rd, achieving his first podium since 2005. However, in Germany , a collision with David Coulthard ended his hopes for points. In Hungary , he
792-522: A grid penalty for a gearbox change and finished the race in fifth place after the race was abandoned at Sepang due to heavy rain. At Shanghai , he outpaced Button in qualifying, but struggled with his car's brakes when one of them stopped working in the first stint and finished in fourth, recording the race's fastest lap. In Bahrain , his front wing adjustor failed during his qualifying run thereby compromising his aggressive 3-pit-stop race strategy, and thus managed only fifth place. He qualified third on
880-734: A new V10 engine, the 1030, although the funds to build it were not available. Later that year, Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) bought out Brian Hart Ltd., and merged it into their Arrows Formula One team. The 1030 V10 was built and raced in 1998–1999 as the Arrows T2-F1 V10, with Mika Salo taking a fourth place at the 1998 Monaco Grand Prix . Frustrated with the lack of development, Brian Hart left Arrows. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Rubens Barrichello Rubens Gonçalves Barrichello ( Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʁubẽjz ʁuˈbĩɲu ɡõˈsawviz baʁiˈkɛlu] ; born 23 May 1972)
968-743: A similar role to his former employer. Hart developed the Ford BDA , which would be used in Ford's rally programs throughout the 1970s. The Hart-tuned Ford FVA and BDA engines were successful in Formula Two, with Ronnie Peterson winning the European title with an FVA in 1971 and Mike Hailwood taking the same title in 1972 with a BDA. The arrival in F2 of BMW and Renault left Ford reluctant to increase its involvement, so Hart chose to develop his own F2 engine -
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#17327796196341056-410: A solid run to sixth at the finish. In Japan , he qualified in a strong seventh, he raced strongly before fading to ninth as he was overtaken by the two Saubers towards the closing stages of the race. In Korea he qualified tenth despite being blocked by Michael Schumacher . In a wet race he suffered heavy tyre wear on the intermediates that he was running on, and in the closing stages of the race he
1144-613: A successful career as a driver in various single-seater formulae. He competed in Formula Junior and Formula Three , then graduated to Formula Two with the works Lotus Formula Two team run by Ron Harris. He competed in a handful of non-championship Formula One races using Formula Two cars and in 1967 , he qualified for the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring in a Protos - Cosworth . As Hart's professional life took more of his time, he retired from racing in 1971. It
1232-400: A succession of serious accidents, of which two were fatal: Roland Ratzenberger died during Saturday's qualifying session when he crashed his Simtek at the curva Villeneuve , while on Sunday, during the race, Barrichello's mentor Ayrton Senna crashed his Williams at Tamburello and also died . Barrichello was deeply affected by the deaths. Later in the season, he took pole position at
1320-541: A twelfth at Hockenheim in between. Barrichello celebrated his 300th Grand Prix at the Belgian Grand Prix , but retired in damp conditions after colliding with Fernando Alonso 's Ferrari on the first lap. Before the race, he was elected as Chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association to replace the outgoing Nick Heidfeld . At Monza , he qualified in tenth, and had a rather lonely run in
1408-514: A winless 2005 season, Barrichello joined Honda —later known as Brawn GP —in 2006 , finishing third in the World Drivers' Championship in 2009 and contributing to a sixth Constructors' Championship. He moved to Williams in 2010 , being appointed chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association . After two years with Williams, Barrichello retired from Formula One, having achieved 11 wins, 14 pole positions, 17 fastest laps and 68 podiums,
1496-415: Is "11," which was the number his kart bore when he won his first race. In 2006 , his new teammate Jenson Button gave Barrichello the number for his car in goodwill. Barrichello was initially outpaced by Button, and claimed that the car did not suit his driving style, particularly under braking. After modifications to the car he was able to be more competitive. In Monaco , he nearly got his first podium with
1584-607: Is a Brazilian racing driver and broadcaster , currently competing in the Stock Car Pro Series for Full Time Sports . Nicknamed " Rubinho ", Barrichello competed in Formula One from 1993 to 2011 , and twice finished runner-up in the World Drivers' Championship in 2002 and 2004 with Ferrari ; he won 11 Grands Prix across 19 seasons. In stock car racing , Barrichello is a two-time champion of
1672-554: Is a cousin of Brazilian Indy Car driver Felipe Giaffone and a niece of the Stock Car Brasil champions, Affonso Giaffone Filho and Zeca Giaffone. 1998 was not much better for Stewart, with two fifth places being the team's best results. Despite the poor reliability of the team, Barrichello consistently beat teammate Magnussen, which resulted in the latter being dropped at the French Grand Prix , replaced by Jos Verstappen , another teammate beaten by Barrichello. 1999
1760-489: The 1988 season, Hart did freelance work. The company mainly tuned Cosworth DFR V8s for a number of F1 teams, including Footwork Arrows in 1990 and 1991 , Tyrrell in 1990, Larrousse in 1991 and AGS in 1991. Hart returned with an in-house 3.5 L V10 in 1993 named the 1035, signing a two-year deal with the Jordan team. This culminated in a successful 1994 season , with Rubens Barrichello finishing third at
1848-593: The 2010 season. This meant that Barrichello would be in Formula One for at least another season, and would go on to become the first driver in Formula One history to compete in over 300 Grands Prix. In pre-season testing, Barrichello finished at the top of the timesheets once, because of rain. In some sessions, he was outpaced by his rookie teammate Hülkenberg. Williams was the second team in terms of kilometres covered and showed some reliability, but were off pace from front-runners Red Bull, Ferrari, and McLaren. At
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#17327796196341936-601: The Belgian Grand Prix , and led some laps at Estoril . His pole position at Spa-Francorchamps set the record for the youngest driver to secure pole position at that time. He concluded the season with fourth place in Adelaide . He finished the season sixth overall in the Drivers' Championship with 19 points, outscoring Irvine, who scored six. During the 1995 season, Barrichello scored a second-place finish in Montreal , but
2024-552: The Honda RA107 's lack of pace. Despite retiring only twice, a ninth place in the British Grand Prix was his best result of the season and he only once qualified in the top 10. Despite this, Honda confirmed on 19 July 2007, that Barrichello would remain with the team as a race driver for the 2008 season. This gave him the opportunity of making the five race starts he required to break Riccardo Patrese 's record for
2112-614: The Pacific Grand Prix and taking the engine company's last F1 pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix . With the introduction of the 3.0 L formula in 1995 , Hart switched to a V8 engine named the 830, and these were used by the Arrows team in 1995 and 1996 ; Gianni Morbidelli took third at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix . For 1997 , these engines were taken over by the Minardi team, while Brian Hart himself designed
2200-654: The South African Grand Prix . He retained his seat for 1994 , achieving his maiden podium at the Pacific Grand Prix as he finished sixth in the World Drivers' Championship . After two further seasons with Jordan—scoring another podium at the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix —Barrichello signed with Stewart for his 1997 campaign. Amidst a reliability-plagued debut season driving the SF01 , Barrichello finished only three races, including second-place in Monaco . After
2288-730: The Stock Car Pro Series in 2014 and 2022 with Full Time Sports. Born and raised in São Paulo , Barrichello started his career in karting , winning several national titles before progressing to junior formulae in 1989. Barrichello moved to Europe the following year, winning his first title at the Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries before his victory at the 1991 British Formula Three Championship with West Surrey . He progressed to International F3000 in 1992 , finishing third in his rookie season. Barrichello signed for Jordan in 1993 , making his Formula One debut at
2376-665: The Turkish Grand Prix , he qualified fifteenth. Due to an overheating clutch at the start, he dropped down to 20th position. A poor pit stop failed to help his cause and he finished in fourteenth position. It was similar at the Canadian Grand Prix , when Barrichello again finished in fourteenth. He qualified eleventh, narrowly missing Q3 but his anti-stall system kicked in at the start of the race. After recovering well, he later collided with Jaime Alguersuari when Alguersuari came across too late to cover his line,
2464-549: The United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis , when all the Michelin-running cars retired after the formation lap, leaving only six cars in the race. He finished the season in eighth place in the drivers' standings with 38 points, his worst season with Ferrari. In an August 2022 interview with Felipe Massa , he states that Barrichello had a contract with Ferrari running until 2006, after which he
2552-435: The 11th race in his Formula One career, and gained more points on Button in their fight for the world title. In Singapore , he had to change his gearbox and take a five place grid penalty. During qualifying he crashed his car while in fifth place. As a result of Nick Heidfeld starting from the pitlane, Barrichello would start 9th and finished sixth, while Button finished fifth. In Japan , he originally qualified 5th, but
2640-478: The 1980s, as well as Jordan and Arrows in the 1990s. Turbocharging was prohibited at the end of 1988 in response to the increasing four-figure power outputs, which meant a return to developing naturally aspirated configurations that had not been widely used since the beginning of the decade. Cosworth, however, was one company that - aside from its V6 turbo project, which was only used for less than two years - had continued to build naturally aspirated V8s for F2 and
2728-441: The 415T. However, the year was a disaster, with Brian Hart's small operation failing to keep pace with better-funded outfits. Toleman cars only qualified to race twice. Hart persisted though, with the best result from the five-year relationship with Toleman coming when Ayrton Senna took second place at the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix and Toleman claiming 7th in the 1984 Constructors Championship. Teo Fabi also took pole position in
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2816-542: The 420R - which was first raced in a Chevron sportscar in 1976. This engine was a race winner in F2 in 1977 and 1978. The off-season of 1978-79 brought the next step in the development of Brian Hart Limited , when the Toleman F2 team committed to providing finance for R&D . Toleman-Hart dominated the European F2 Championship in 1980, with Brian Henton and Derek Warwick finishing 1st and 2nd in
2904-520: The Austrian bringing in more sponsorship), he left for the newly formed Stewart Grand Prix . His final season at Jordan resulted in 14 points. Stewart's debut season in 1997 saw frequent reliability problems, and Barrichello finished only three races. The highlight was a second-place finish in Monaco , which put him 13th in the standings. Teammate Jan Magnussen scored no points. The same year, Barrichello married Silvana Giaffone on 24 February. She
2992-646: The Chapman Trophy. In 1960, he drove Terry's front-engined Formula Junior Terrier Mk4 and developed a downdraught head for the Ford Anglia engine powering the car. At Oulton Park in October 1960, Hart had a bad crash with the car, which led to Terry designing the Mk4 series 2, which Hart drove in 1961. The rear-engined cars were now the state of the art and Hart had only limited success with the car. Hart enjoyed
3080-700: The Drivers' Championship, and helping Ferrari win the Constructors' Championship. Barrichello finished the 2001 season in third place, achieving a total of 10 podium finishes and scoring a total of 56 championship points. He nearly achieved a win in Monza, in which the Ferrari pit crew performed badly. He finished the season winless, and again he played a major supporting role for Schumacher, helping him win his second Drivers' Championship with Ferrari and helping
3168-623: The Hart 415T. This resulted in Brian Hart stopping development of the engine. The last time it was used was by the Haas Lola team at the 1986 San Marino Grand Prix , with Patrick Tambay qualifying 11th but retiring with engine troubles after just five laps. At its peak in 1986, the Hart 415T produced a reported 750 bhp (559 kW; 760 PS) at 11,000 rpm. Following this and the outlawing of turbocharged engines in Formula One after
3256-624: The Hart name alone was the twin-cam , four- cylinder Hart 420R F2 unit, which appeared in 1976 and powered race-winning cars until the end of the decade. In 1978, the Toleman team agreed to a partnership program, with Toleman providing finance to develop further Hart engine designs. The fruits of this collaboration resulted in Toleman taking a one-two finish in the 1980 European F2 Championship. For 1981 Hart followed Toleman into Formula One, with an inline four-cylinder 1.5 L turbo engine named
3344-664: The Jordan cars were less reliable than in 1994 mostly because Jordan took over the works Peugeot engine contract from the McLaren team. In three races he lost seven points on the final lap—a high-speed collision with Mark Blundell at Silverstone , and mechanical failures at Barcelona and in Hungary . Barrichello finished the season in 11th with 11 points, one ahead of Irvine. There were high hopes for 1996 . The Benson & Hedges cigarette brand brought an infusion of sponsorship to
3432-572: The V10 and the older V8 was used instead. In 1997, Hart turned to Minardi and began working on another V10 design, but he was never able to fully finance the project. When Arrows' owner, Tom Walkinshaw , purchased Brian Hart Limited later that year, the injection of capital turned that design into the Arrows V10. The deal was marred by legal action taken over money that was allegedly owed and Brian Hart parted company with Arrows and Formula One before
3520-542: The championship standings. As part of Toleman's entry into the FIA Formula One World Championship in 1981, Hart developed a turbocharged version of the 420R. Although it was initially underpowered and unreliable, it was enough to establish Brian Hart Limited as a Formula One engine supplier. Hart continued as Toleman's engine partner until the team's purchase by Benetton and later supplied engines to RAM , Haas Lola and Tyrrell in
3608-527: The completion of lap 47, Barrichello became the driver who has completed most laps in Formula One history, surpassing Michael Schumacher's total of 13,909 laps. In Turkey , he again had gearbox problems and retired for the first time in the season, leaving Button to increase his points advantage, while in Britain , Barrichello qualified second behind Vettel, before beating Button for the first time in 2009 en route to third place. In Germany , Barrichello took
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3696-466: The course of the year, he caught the eye of Ferrari boss Jean Todt, and he was signed for the 2000 season. In 2000 , Barrichello achieved his first Grand Prix victory at the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim , when he and the team chose to stay on dry-weather tyres when it was raining on part of the circuit. This risky call saw him leap-frog the McLarens who chose to pit for wet weather tyres to win
3784-547: The damage blocking Barrichello's left brake duct. In Valencia , the Williams team brought big upgrades and ran their version of the F-duct. Barrichello qualified ninth with the same time as his teammate Hülkenberg. He was running seventh when the safety car was deployed at the end of lap nine, and pulled straight into the pits. When the safety car pitted he was able to fend off Kubica to finish fourth, his highest finish so far of
3872-495: The driver that has started the most Grands Prix, a record that had stood for 14 years. In the first race of the 2008 season, Barrichello qualified 10th, ahead of Button. He finished 6th but was disqualified for ignoring a red light at the pit exit. He also received a stop-and-go penalty during the race for entering the pits while they were closed during a safety car period. In Malaysia , gearbox problems limited his performance and he finished 13th. In Bahrain he again finished out of
3960-567: The drivers' ranking, behind Michael Schumacher , who had won the two races. However, at the San Marino Grand Prix , he suffered a violent crash during Friday practice, hitting the wall at the Variante Bassa and flipping the car. The accident knocked him unconscious and threatened his life, with his tongue blocking his airway. Barrichello credited the on-track work of Sid Watkins for saving his life. The race weekend saw
4048-750: The economic crisis. This led to months of uncertainty as to whether a buyer could be found, and whether they would retain Barrichello. Just weeks before the season opener in Melbourne , team manager Ross Brawn purchased the Honda team, renaming it Brawn GP and removing the threat of possible closure. Barrichello was the subject of persistent rumours suggesting he would lose his seat to the young Bruno Senna , nephew of his friend, idol and mentor Ayrton Senna . Ultimately Brawn elected to retain Barrichello to partner Jenson Button in 2009. At Barcelona during
4136-403: The end of the year. Arrows itself went into bankruptcy in 2002. ( key ) Brian Hart Ltd. Founded in 1969 by British engineer Brian Hart , Hart initially concentrated on servicing and tuning engines from other manufacturers for various independent British teams at all levels of motorsport. Hart found particular success with developments of Ford 's FVA engine, eventually leading
4224-493: The final pre-season test, both Barrichello and Button surprised the paddock with extremely competitive lap times, outperforming others by as much as two seconds, and foreshadowing the performance the team would show in the early races. In Melbourne, Barrichello topped the timesheets in the first two elements of qualifying, but qualified second on the grid behind teammate Button. Despite a poor start caused by his engine slipping into anti-stall , he did well to recover and lost only
4312-588: The final straight of the Austrian Grand Prix to take victory. Schumacher exchanged podium places with Barrichello at the podium ceremony and gave Barrichello the winner's trophy. The drivers were fined for disrupting podium protocol and Ferrari's blatant team orders led to the FIA banning team orders beginning in 2003 . Barrichello finished the 2003 season in fourth place, scoring 65 points, including wins at Silverstone and Suzuka , and again played
4400-541: The first race of the season in Bahrain , Barrichello qualified eleventh on the grid, and finished tenth in the race. In Australia , he went on to finish eighth, moving him to within two points of Senna's mark. He stalled on the grid in Malaysia due to an overheating clutch, but recovered to twelfth place at the finish. In China , he finished twelfth again. In Spain he benefited from Lewis Hamilton 's late crash to score two points, finishing in 9th, despite starting 18th on
4488-409: The grid and equalling Senna's record. In Monaco , he qualified ninth and moved up to sixth position through the first corner. Later, he had a suspension failure caused by a loose drain cover and crashed heavily. After crashing he threw the car's steering wheel out, as he was sitting in the middle of a 120 mph corner with his car on fire. This was then run over by Karun Chandhok 's Hispania. At
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#17327796196344576-489: The grid for the Spanish Grand Prix , but overtook Button and second place man Vettel on the first straight, to lead the race in the first corner. He was unable to capitalise on his three-stop strategy as a result of a lack of pace caused by massive amounts of understeer on his third set of tyres in his third stint, finishing behind Button, who changed to a 2-stop strategy during the race. At Monaco , Barrichello
4664-716: The highest category of single seater racing , at just 19 years of age. Instead he competed in Formula 3000 in 1992. He finished third in the championship, and joined the Jordan Formula One team for the 1993 Formula One season . During this time, and also early in his Formula One career, Barrichello lived in Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , UK . In Barrichello's third race, the European Grand Prix , he started from 12th place in very wet conditions but
4752-566: The incident "He had the 11th-fastest time of the race. You can't win a race with that speed". However, he refused to criticize Barrichello for his outburst. Barrichello has since admitted he overreacted, and he would not have won as the Red Bull cars were half a second a lap quicker than him. In Hungary , the Brawn cars struggled and lacked pace because of problems with the tyres and aerodynamics. Barrichello finished 10th, his first finish outside
4840-444: The large multinational company to approach the small independent to develop the Ford BDA 1.6 L engine for the 2.0L class. The European Formula Two title was won in both 1971 and 1972 with Hart-built Ford engines, and the 2.0 L BDA engine powered the majority of Ford's 1970s rallying successes. With Ford's withdrawal from F2 in the mid-1970s, Hart began to concentrate on building their own designs. The first engine to bear
4928-564: The latter of which remains the record for a non-World Champion . Outside of Formula One, Barrichello competed in the IndyCar Series in 2012 with KV Racing Technology . He then returned to Brazil to participate in the Stock Car Series , winning the championship in 2014 and 2022 . In endurance racing , Barrichello finished runner-up at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2016 with Wayne Taylor Racing . From 2013 to 2014, he
5016-406: The lead at the first corner but after his first stop, he came out behind Felipe Massa who held him up. A fuel rig problem during his second stop meant that he finished the race in sixth, a place behind teammate Jenson Button . After the race he publicly blamed Brawn GP saying "It was a good show from the team in how to lose a race" and "They made me lose the race". Team principal Ross Brawn said of
5104-464: The official celebrations. In Monaco , he scored his first points since 2006 and in Canada he scored consecutive points, finishing 7th after starting in 9th position. He led some laps because of the appearance of the safety car , but fell back down the order towards the end of the race. At Magny-Cours , Barrichello did not repeat his performance from the two previous races and qualified in 17th. After
5192-510: The points deficit to fourteen and putting Brawn almost out of reach for the Constructors' title. In Brazil , Barrichello claimed pole in a rain-soaked, qualifying session with title rivals Button and Vettel down the order in 14th and 16th, respectively. A puncture cost Barrichello a chance of taking the title to the final race, as he failed to secure enough of an advantage over Button to do so. Button finished fifth to become champion. In Abu Dhabi he qualified and finished 4th. With Vettel winning
5280-466: The points in 2009, and three places behind Button. In Valencia , Barrichello took his 10th Grand Prix win, his first in five years and the 100th win by a Brazilian driver in Formula One, allowing him to move up to 2nd in the Championship. He paid tribute to injured compatriot Felipe Massa with a plaque on the top of his race helmet. At Spa , he qualified 4th, but suffered from anti-stall for
5368-410: The points, but made no further retirements. His final race at the 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix was a quiet farewell where he finished 14th, ahead of former teammate Michael Schumacher . In a 2022 interview, Barrichello revealed he was fired by Frank Williams through a phone call in early January 2012, and on 17 January 2012, Williams confirmed that Bruno Senna would replace Barrichello at Williams for
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#17327796196345456-449: The points. The Turkish Grand Prix was Barrichello's 257th Grand Prix, breaking Patrese's record of 256 Grand Prix starts and becoming the most experienced driver in F1 history. The particular Grand Prix at which he broke this record has been disputed, as he technically did not start some races, such as the 2002 Spanish Grand Prix , but Barrichello and Honda chose Turkey to be the location of
5544-468: The race to finish in the same place to score another point. In Singapore , the FW32 sported a new front wing, and Barrichello put this to good use to set the sixth fastest time in qualifying, although Williams technical director Sam Michael reckoned the car was fast enough to be a couple of positions higher. In the race despite losing places to Robert Kubica and Nico Rosberg at the start, Barrichello had
5632-443: The race, having started from 18th on the grid. This was the longest any driver in Formula One history had waited for a maiden Grand Prix win at the time. Barrichello had a consistent debut season for Ferrari, finishing most races on the podium, but was outscored by Michael Schumacher , Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard . Barrichello finished the season ranked fourth after supporting Schumacher as he battled and defeated Häkkinen for
5720-498: The race, he secured second in the standings, with Barrichello finishing third in the championship with 77 points. In 2010, Barrichello was offered a contract by McLaren. He did not accept because he had already signed a contract with Williams, and did not want to renege on his pledge to that team. The McLaren seat was ultimately filled by Barrichello's 2009 teammate Jenson Button. On 2 November 2009, Williams confirmed Barrichello and Nico Hülkenberg as their official race drivers for
5808-478: The same weekend, Kanaan raced in the 2006 Indianapolis 500 race using Barrichello's helmet livery. Barrichello qualified third for the Chinese Grand Prix , ahead of Schumacher and Räikkönen. He finished the season seventh in the drivers' standings with 30 points, 26 behind Button. Barrichello did not score any points during the 2007 season (unprecedented fact in his career in the category), because of
5896-473: The season. Post-race, nine cars were investigated for speeding under the safety car, and were later given a five-second penalty. This made no difference to Barrichello's position, and he became the highest-scoring Brazilian driver in Formula One history, overhauling Ayrton Senna 's career tally of 614 points, that Barrichello had been tied on since the Spanish Grand Prix . He added further points to his total with fifth at Silverstone , and tenth in Hungary , with
5984-403: The start. However, when the safety car was deployed following Michael Schumacher 's and Vitantonio Liuzzi 's crash, many drivers like Robert Kubica , Vitaly Petrov and Nico Rosberg took advantage of this by pitting early. This had a negative effect as they did not need to pit again, and Barrichello finished outside of the points. On 15 November 2010, Williams confirmed Barrichello as one of
6072-411: The team win the Constructors' Championship for the third consecutive year. Barrichello's success at Ferrari continued in 2002 , when he won four races for the team and finished a career-best second place in the Drivers' Championship, scoring 77 championship points. The year was marked by controversy, however, when Ferrari team orders required Barrichello to allow the trailing Schumacher to pass him on
6160-518: The team's drivers for the 2011 season. His teammate in 2011 was Pastor Maldonado . In Australia he retired with a transmission problem. He retired again in Malaysia with leaking hydraulics. He finished outside the points in the next three races before a pair of ninth places in Monaco and Canada . He came twelfth in Valencia , and thirteenth in Britain , but retired in Germany because of an oil leak. After that, he finished every race outside
6248-597: The team's first that year) but Michael Andretti passed him on the final lap for the sixth and final points-scoring position. His only points finish of the season came at the Japanese Grand Prix with fifth place, ahead of his new teammate Eddie Irvine . These 2 points put him in 18th place in the standings. 1994 started with a fourth place in Brazil and a third place at Aida , which was his first podium finish. These results put Barrichello in second place in
6336-550: The team, but then he was given a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane and finished fourth. Though he lost a podium, it was the best result at the Monaco Grand Prix for Honda (as a team) or any Japanese team. Aiming to raise charitable founds for the Brazilian children, for the race Barrichello exchanged helmet liveries with Tony Kanaan , a Brazilian Indy Car driver and one of his best friends; and in
6424-428: The team. Barrichello was amongst the frontrunners in Brazil , the second race of the season, before spinning off after his brakes overheated. However, as the season progressed, Jordan became less competitive. Barrichello's relationship with team owner Eddie Jordan soured during 1996, and at the end of the year, after being linked to strong teams, including Benetton (the seat was later filled by Gerhard Berger due to
6512-453: The third time in 2009 and he found himself last, but missed the first lap crash which took out four drivers including teammate Button. While the safety car was out he pitted and changed strategy which enabled him to climb back up to 7th. During the last three laps the car had an engine oil leak, but he still managed to finish, before his car caught fire in the pit lane after the race. At Monza , he qualified 5th, despite carrying more fuel to try
6600-445: Was a commentator and pundit for TV Globo , later leaving to co-host motorsport YouTube channel Acelerados . The paternal side of his family comes from Veneto , Italy (from the town of Riese , in the province of Treviso ). His maternal side of the family is of Portuguese origin. Both his father and paternal grandfather are also named Rubens, and Barrichello shares his father's birthday: 23 May. Therefore, Rubens Barrichello
6688-425: Was a promising partnership that brought some good results - notably, Rubens Barrichello 's 3rd place at the 1994 Pacific Grand Prix at Aida , Japan . However, when Peugeot decided to enter Formula One and offered Jordan a factory deal, the contract with Hart was not renewed. Hart instead opted to supply Footwork/Arrows, which was struggling financially at the time. The lack of funds prevented Hart from developing
6776-656: Was a much better year for the Stewart team. Barrichello qualified third at his home race in Brazil , outpacing Michael Schumacher's Ferrari, and led some laps, until his engine blew near 'Subida dos Boxes'. He also took pole position in the wet qualifying session in France, and three podium finishes, at the San Marino , French , and European Grands Prix. The latter race was won by his teammate Johnny Herbert . Despite this, Barrichello again generally outpaced his teammate. Over
6864-418: Was a third place in 2004 . He failed to finish eleven of the nineteen Brazilian Grands Prix in which he competed. In the 2005 season, Ferrari lacked the pace of previous years because of the changing of tyre rules. Ferrari used Bridgestone tyres, which were less effective than those of their competitors Michelin . Barrichello's best results this season were two second places in Melbourne and then at
6952-494: Was fourth by the end of the first lap. He ran as high as second and was running third, having passed the Williams of Damon Hill and Alain Prost , before encountering a fuel pressure problem. His Jordan's reliability in 1993 was poor, and he finished few races. Barrichello regularly outpaced his more experienced teammates, Ivan Capelli and Thierry Boutsen . In the French Grand Prix , he almost scored his first Grand Prix point (and
7040-537: Was given a five place grid penalty for failing to slow down during a yellow flag situation near the end of Q2 when Sébastien Buemi crashed. He was on course to finish fifth with Button behind, which would have been enough for Brawn GP to clinch the Constructors' Championship, but a safety car period in the closing stages of the race for Jaime Alguersuari 's crash meant that Nico Rosberg and Heidfeld were able to stay out ahead and save fuel, dropping Barrichello to seventh. With Button finishing eighth, Barrichello closed
7128-450: Was in a good position to score some points after pitting before the pit lane closed for the safety car period, but shortly afterwards the engine failed and he had to retire. In Japan he started from 17th on the grid, but managed to get up to 13th by the end of the race. In China he managed to get into Q2 for the first time in ten races, and would have started 14th. But after Mark Webber had his ten place penalty for an engine change added he
7216-597: Was known as Rubinho ( Portuguese for "little Rubens"), which has become his nickname. Barrichello won five karting titles in Brazil before going to Europe to race in the Formula Vauxhall 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 David Coulthard . He very nearly joined Formula One,
7304-515: Was lapped by the leader, repeating the same performance in Valencia . In Belgium he qualified 16th but had to retire because of a gearbox fault. At a wet Monza , he was second-fastest in Friday practice and started from 16th on the grid. He managed to get up to 9th but as a result of using the wrong type of tyre in his second pit stop he ended up 17th. At the first ever night race in Singapore he
7392-418: Was moved up to 13th. On race day he had a good start, and got up to 10th early on and held a strong mid-table position all race and finished 11th, five places ahead of Button, who had struggled all weekend. At his home Grand Prix in Brazil , he was sporting an alternative helmet design in tribute to Ingo Hoffmann , and finished 15th. On 5 December 2008 Honda announced that they were quitting F1, because of
7480-516: Was passed by Robert Kubica and Vitantonio Liuzzi , dropping him to seventh place at the finish. At Interlagos he qualified a strong sixth in variable conditions with teammate Hülkenberg starting from pole position. After a delayed pitstop, his traditional bad luck on home soil returned when he suffered a puncture after briefly colliding with Jaime Alguersuari , costing him any chance of scoring points. In Abu Dhabi he again qualified strongly in seventh place, and maintained that position shortly after
7568-461: Was pipped for pole by a late-charging Button and Ferrari 's Kimi Räikkönen . A good start saw him leapfrog the Finn into Sainte Devote. Barrichello's supersoft tyres did not last as well as Button's in the first stint and he pitted earlier than planned, and Button took a commanding lead. The top three remained unchanged for the duration of the race, save some reshuffling during the pit stop windows. At
7656-477: Was to be replaced with Kimi Räikkönen for the 2007 season . But in early 2005, Honda had approached him to drive for them, and unhappy with the treatment Ferrari had given him, decided to ask the team to terminate his contract in 2005. He was thus replaced by Massa for the 2006 season. In August 2005 he announced that he would be leaving Ferrari at the end of the year to join Honda . Barrichello's lucky number
7744-443: Was towards the end of 1967 that Hart began working at the de Havilland aircraft company at Hatfield, England . The company provided training in the design and construction of airframes and aero engines. He then moved to the renowned engine builder Cosworth , but left in 1969 to form his own eponymous company to service Cosworth's Ford FVA engines. Brian Hart Limited was soon commissioned by Ford to work on new engine development, in
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