Rubens Barrichello should make a decision to walk away from F1 after this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix. That is the opinion of compatriot Felipe Massa, who believes the Williams driver should not remain if he is required to find funding.
Heading towards 2012, Williams’ line-up remains unknown, although Pastor Maldonado is likely to stay if apparent issues with sponsor PDVSA are rectified. That leaves a number of drivers in the chase, namely Barrichello and Adrian Sutil, and rumours continue to circulate that 2007 World Champion Kimi Räikkönen is in talks.
“I would share with him the advice to stop,” Massa, who partnered Barrichello when he was Ferrari test driver in 2003, told Brazilian website TotalRace.
“I give him that advice because, for me, Rubens has had an incredible career in Formula 1 and he’s the man with most Grands Prix behind him. He’s won many races and has had a career most drivers could only dream of, competing with some of the best teams there are.
“Advising him to stop wasn’t like, ‘You’re old, you should retire’ – but, after the career he has had, I can’t see him remaining if he needs to go and find sponsorship to run.”
Barrichello entered F1 with Jordan in 1993, making respective switches to Stewart and Ferrari in 1997 and 2000. In 2006 came a move to Honda, which became Brawn GP for 2009, before moving to current team Williams for the 2010 campaign. With 321 Grand Prix starts to his name, he is the most experienced driver in the sport’s history. He has won 11 races, with the first coming in 2000 and most recent two years ago.
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