Rubens Barrichello in Montreal insisted that he is not looking to walk away from formula one at the end of the year.
The Brazilian is the most experienced driver on the grid, but he expressed recently that he did not want to challenge Ricardo Patrese’s long standing record of 256 grands prix starts.
But even though Honda’s 2007 car is not competitive, Barrichello – with more than 240 races to his name so far – explained in Canada that he is actually enjoying this year more than last.
The 35-year-old struggled enormously with the handling of the 2006 car, and was undoubtedly unhappy, but in the RA107 ‘Earth car’ he is now generally quicker than his highly rated teammate Jenson Button.
“I am very relaxed,” Rubens, whose two-year contract runs out at the end of 2007, said on Friday.
“I feel that I still have something left to give, so I am not thinking about stopping; not at all.”
