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[FerrariFan63]

Rubens Barrichello is currently in his 19th season of F1. If he's back next year, that'll make it 20 unbroken years of participation in F1. He's already got the records for the total number of entries/starts in F1. But 20 years in F1 without a break would be incredible.

[LewEngBridewell]

It would be nice to see him have 20 consecutive years. He, in my opinion, remains one of the nicest guys in the paddock. I hope he goes out on a high whatever he does.

[darwin dali]

I hope he goes out on a high whatever he does.

[andrew]

Depends if Williams get a better offer or if Renault put pressure on them to sign a French driver like Grosjean.

I think he's had his time in F1 and is way past his best. Time to let someone else have a go I think.

[LewEngBridewell]

Trulli's another one who's racking up the years. He's staying on at Lotus for another season.

[McLaren]

Think they're very keen to re-sign him,as they said we don't want two rookie's.Need experience.

[f1ea]

Seems likely (he will stay). He's not worse than many other drivers... and rookies have shown to be kind of a lottery.

[Milly_IT]

Rubens Barrichello is currently in his 19th season of F1. If he's back next year, that'll make it 20 unbroken years of participation in F1. He's already got the records for the total number of entries/starts in F1. But 20 years in F1 without a break would be incredible.

I hope that Barrichello will get this record. I really hope to see him next season, IMO is much better a 40 years old driver who won a few races in the past than a 20 years old driver who comes with a lot of sponsor...

[scotty]

I'm not sure to be honest. I mean, he's hardly had a good season - Maldonado is arguably starting to outperform him and has been the one who has shone more with some very strong qualifying showings (Silverstone, Monaco, Spain) and that excellent but unfortunate drive in Monaco. There's a lot of very strong drivers who don't have drives at the moment and someone could easily end up taking his seat to accomodate one of them. Big rumour going around that Renault may offer some sort of deal to get Grosjean in the seat...

[Jabberwocky]

I don't think keeping a driver on so that he can win records like this is a good idea, especially if he is not at the top of his game. What if Schumey decided he was not going to retire until he won 10 WDC

[What's Burning?]

They're sitting in 9th place in the constructors championship. Only ahead of Lotus, HRT and Virgin. What else is needed to put things into perspective?