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Barrichello lobbied for Mercedes reserve role in Singapore
Rubens Barrichello
Formula 1 veteran Rubens Barrichello offered his services to the sport's dominant Mercedes team at the recent Singapore Grand Prix.
Just before Singapore, the championship leading team announced it had signed teenage DTM star Pascal Wehrlein to be the new Mercedes reserve.
Indeed, the young German was trackside in the Asian city-state, but Auto Motor und Sport reports that he did not have a mandatory Formula 1 super license in his pocket.
Enter Barrichello. He may be 42, retired from Formula 1 and now only at grands prix as a pundit for Brazilian television, but his experience is unsurpassed in Grand Prix history.
So, too, is his enthusiasm. He admits having told Toto...
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