23/07/2009
NEWS STORY
Two weeks after his emotional outburst at the Nurburgring, Rubens Barrichello turned up in the Hungaroring paddock today wearing a 'Mr Happy' T-Shirt declaring all is well.
"I feel sorry for myself and I feel sorry for the team," said Barrichello moments after the German GP. "To be very honest with you, I wish I could get on the plane and go home right now. I don't want to talk to anybody in the team because I don't want to understand, there will be a lot of 'blah blah blah' and I don't want to hear that.
"I am not saying that the team are favouring anyone," he added, "I am just saying that it was a good show of how to lose a race today."
However, it was all smiles in Hungary today the Brazilian telling reporters: "I have no problems".
Asked if there was any fall-out following his Nurburgring outburst - former team owner, turned pundit Eddie Jordan said the Brazilian should be sacked - Barrichello revealed that Ross Brawn phoned him in the early hours of the Tuesday morning after the race.
"He said he had heard things that he hadn't wanted to hear but he also said that he had said things that he shouldn't have," said Barrichello. "It was a nice conversation, he just touched on the thing that, because I didn't have any personal problem, I should send an email to the whole team and I did with all my heart. I just said that I had no problems with the team, as I never had, I just had a frustrating race."
Looking ahead to this weekend's race, in which the Brawns are expected to be more competitive, 'Mr Happy' said: "I'm definitely not putting any of the problems of the last race into this one."
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