Rubens Barrichello, a 50-year F1 veteran, today won the Stock Car Pro Series title for the second time, considered the most popular and prestigious national series in Brazil.
The last stage of this championship was held in Sao Paulo this weekend and Barrichello was in third place in the personal classification ahead of him. But events on the Interlagos circuit developed in such a way that its main rivals dropped out of contention for various reasons – someone stopped due to an accident, someone was fined, someone was disqualified, and in the end the title went to Rubens. . And the first time he achieved such success in 2014.
Barrichello traditionally played for the Full Time Sports team, driving a specially prepared racing Toyota Corolla and becoming the oldest Stock Car Pro Series champion. Former Formula 1 drivers also included Ricardo Zonta, Nelsinho Pique and Felipe Massa, but they can only boast a few successes, as Pique Jr. climbed. the stage today.
However, Barrichello also surpasses them in terms of performance in F1. Here only Massa can compare with him, as both have 11 Grand Prix victories, but Rubens became vice world champion twice in his career and Felipe only once. Admittedly, on that historic weekend at Interlagos in 2008, Massa was not only the winner of the Brazilian Grand Prix by 39 seconds, but also the driver who looked set to win the title. Granted, it soon became clear that he and many others were wrong, but that’s another story.
Source: F1 News
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