Barrichello: Ferrari and Schumacher All Over Again

Another great result for Brawn GP and their drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello at the Monaco Grand Prix. No surprise really although Barrichello must be wondering what he has to do to add to his win total, or more to the point a World Drivers title. 

Barrichello made his way up through the F1 ranks with Jordan and Stewart then arrived at Ferrari in 2000. The perfect team to launch an assault on the Drivers title. Alas, his time at Ferrari ran concurrently with Michael Schumacher.

Chris Amon is considered the unluckiest F1 driver of all time with Mark Webber running a close second. Both these drivers have struck bad luck for different reasons. Rubens though isn't on that list.

Maybe he should be. He could be considered unlucky as his best chance to win a world title was when he was with Ferrari, his team mate at Ferrari was the magical Michael Schumacher. Unlucky as Schumacher went on to win five World Drivers titles whilst Rubens was there.

Rubens has scored only nine wins in a career that so far has spanned seventeen seasons involving an astonishing 257 races—the most by a driver. This statistic isn't out of place as the top 10 drivers in races entered have only scored around that amount as well, Michael Schumacher third on that list leads with 91 victories.

Amazingly Rubens has scored 29 second positions. Twenty-one of these second places were behind Schumacher.   

Rubens has always believed in himself. Towards the begining of the 2009 season he  believed he would race although Honda had pulled out. Ross Brawn believed in Rubens as well as he had no hesitations in signing him as a driver for his newly established Brawn GP team.

Rubens grabbed this opportunity not knowing how the new team would preform and dived into testing as if he was back at Ferrari. The results not only suprised him but the greater F1 world as well. But the test results reinvigorated Rubens.

So far this season after six races Rubens has finished second behind team mate  Button three times a situation beginning to reflect his time at Ferrari, especially after the Spanish Grand Prix, a race Rubens thought he should have won.

Rubens though has not allowed himself to be demoralised instead setting his sights on the next race. With 11 races to complete the 2009 season Rubens hasn't given in in being a World Champion.

If experience has anything to do with crowning this years World Champion then Rubens will be very much in contention. If he does become World Champion he will be a worthy winner.