Rubens Barrichello: I'm smiling, big time!
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Rubens Barrichello: I'm smiling, big time!

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Former Williams driver Rubens Barrichello tells Jonathan Noble that he's not bitter about his 19-year career coming to a close. In fact, he's relishing the future…

That cheeky trademark Rubens Barrichello laugh bounces out of the telephone as he asks, "So, do you miss me...?"

It has been three months since we had last talked, on the night of the Brazilian Grand Prix, but it took only an instant to realise that here was a man just as happy as ever - even though his life had undergone a big change since that weekend at Interlagos.

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