Barrichello and Williams at the foot of the podium

Until then, he had only managed to enter the top 10 three times, with the best result being eighth in Melbourne, Australia. Last weekend, in Valencia, Rubens Barrichello produced a magnificent performance.

Already on Saturday, the stable Williams had managed to get his two cars through to Q3, Nico Hulkenberg and his Brazilian teammate succeeding in placing their car respectively in eighth and ninth position on the starting grid. The next day, Rubinho decided to go through the pits during the safety car intervention.

“I had a lot of fun, and the car behaved remarkably well throughout the race, affirms the one who won the event last year. We are definitely heading in the right direction in terms of the development of the car and I hope these performance improvements will continue for the rest of the season.

The next round of the world championship Formula 1 will take place at Silverstone on July 11. Last year, the ex-Brawn GP driver managed to climb to the third step of the podium. It will be difficult to repeat such a performance this season. At 38 years old, Barrichello is in great shape.