How Barrichello ended up at Sebring

When you are a pilot, one of your close friends is Tony Kanaan, champion of?IndyCar in 2004, of which you are the godfather, and who himself is the godfather of your child, why refuse an invitation to test the Dallara DW12 with a Chevrolet engine from the KV Racing Technology team? “ All winter long we discussed it, Kanaan explained. But it got serious when I came to test here at Sebring, when it was announced that its car would no longer be a Williams. I “tweeted” him a photo of my car and told him “it’s ready for you”. I then called him to ask if he was interested in a test at the end of the month. He said yes, so I called Jimmy (Vasser, the boss of KV) »

So Rubens Barrichello began yesterday, Monday January 30, a first experience in IndyCar which could become a serious option for 2012. “ We have to see how it goes. I have to tell my family about this. I need to talk to Jimmy about this. But I love this », he admitted yesterday, on the evening of his first day, before having dinner with his Kanaan compatriots, Helio Castroneves, and the Spaniard Oriol Servia. “ It?s nice to be with someone I consider my brother, continues Kanaan. His knowledge and experience helped us confirm some ideas we had before this test, and it was productive to have Rubens among us. His future is in his hands. For now, it's just an invitation for him to share his feelings with us. Afterwards, it's up to him. Knowing Rubens, his time for reflection will be short. For now he is in the car until tomorrow (Tuesday January 31). He will have a more precise idea of ​​what he wants to do. For the moment, no one has signed on the other two cars. You can see on his face that he finds it fun. »