Eduardo Barrichello has reflected upon a ‘great’ rookie season in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2025, after being named the series’ official ‘Revelation Of The Year’ – and he has described his pole-sitting, podium-finishing campaign in LMGT3 as just the start...
Barrichello joined FIA WEC off the back of a successful, race-winning stint in Brazil’s Stock Car Pro Series that yielded third in the standings in 2024. Notwithstanding his relative lack of experience on the international scene, the Brazilian immediately impressed with his raw pace and racecraft in the Qatar 1812km curtain-raiser – and two rounds later, he put Racing Spirit of Léman’s Aston Martin Vantage AMR on the front row of the grid at Spa-Francorchamps.
Better still was to come. Over the final four events, Barrichello twice qualified on pole position – on home soil in São Paulo and then again for the championship’s milestone 100th outing at Fuji – and his performance in the race at Interlagos sent the passionate local crowd into rapture. Digging deep in the closing laps, he determinedly battled his way past both Finn Gehrsitz and Michelle Gatting to popularly reach the rostrum.
That inspired effort deservedly earned the young Paulista the Goodyear Wingfoot ‘Driver of the Day’ accolade, which has now been complemented by FIA WEC’s ‘Revelation Of The Year’ trophy, presented to him during the annual end-of-season prize-giving ceremony in Bahrain earlier this month.
“This award will have a very special place on my wall,” acknowledged the driver affectionately known as ‘Dudu’ to his fans. “To be recognised on one of the world’s biggest stages is beyond anything I could’ve dreamt of when I was a kid. It’s been a dream come true just to be here, and I’m super-grateful for that – I need to say a special thank you to my partners for believing in me and for offering me this opportunity of a lifetime.
“It’s been a great year, and I think I did a decent job. It was my first time driving in LMGT3, so there was a lot of learning to do but I’ve had a great team behind me and we scored some good results. I met some great people and I think I really got a lot better both as a driver and especially as a person.
“The key in endurance racing is finding a chemistry in the team between the drivers, the mechanics and the engineers, and it’s been a real honour to share all of these moments with my RSL team-mates.
“Every single race has been special, but putting the car on pole in São Paulo in front of my family, my friends and the whole Brazilian crowd was probably the most special day of my life, and a memory that I will cherish forever. I just hope to have the opportunity to do it again sometime soon.
“Now, it’s time to recharge the batteries and start prepping for next year. Few people know how hard I’ve worked to be standing here, and we are far from being over. Bring on 2026!”
He may have entered FIA WEC as the ‘son of two-time Formula 1 World Championship runner-up Rubens Barrichello’, but nine months on, 24-year-old ‘Dudu’ has unquestionably stepped out of his father’s shadow and is fast making his own name in the sport. Watch this space...
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