Barrichello

A number of people say that the drivers championship will go to Button or Barrichello, that is of course a very likely scenario, but mathematically speaking, there are four drivers still in the race for the championship: Button, Barrichello, Vettel and Webber.

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As things stand, however, the Englishman heads to Japan this weekend with a 15-point advantage over Brawn team-mate Barrichello, meaning Button will become Champion in the event of scoring five more points than Barrichello.

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Rubens Barrichello, their other driver this year, is out of contract.

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Brawn GP's Rubens Barrichello was third after struggling with back pain, but teammate and championship leader Jenson Button finished a season-low sixth in front of home fans.

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But Williams have not won for more than 100 races; they have gone 42 rounds without a podium position and they have just made their worst start to a season, without a point after three outings; the hugely experienced Rubens Barrichello and the new boy Pastor Maldonado have both managed to finished only one race, in China.

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Maldonado was partnered by the Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello during 2011 but the former Ferrari driver is thought to be almost certain to leave the team, potentially ending a Formula One career spanning 19 seasons and a record 322 starts.

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F1 history students will have been interested in yet another coming together of those old rivals Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello, who appeared to be blocked by the German in Q2.

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Button has 64 points, followed by Barrichello with 41 and Vettel with 39.

Vettel wins as Red Bull dominates British Grand Prix 2009

Some say that Schumacher is not the driver he used to be but in one respect, at least, Barrichello would present an argument.

Sebastian Vettel beats team-mate Mark Webber to pole in Korea Paul Weaver at Yeongam 2010

"But Barrichello was slow in the middle stint and I was stuck behind him, and that cost me the place to Massa."

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