Compléter Rubens BarrichelloVersion en ligne Complete the text with simple past form of the verbs. This exercise was taken from the series Got it! Level 1 from Oxford University Press. par Orlando Ramón Mass Montes 1 Rubens Barrichello ( be ) born in Sao Paulo in 1972 . His family ( love ) racing . His uncle ( have ) an American Formula 3 racing team and some of his cousins ( ride ) karts . When he was six years old , his grandfather ( give ) him a kart . He ( start ) racing when he was nine and he ( come ) third in his first official race . Two years later , he ( become ) the Brazilian Junior Karting Champion . In 1990 , he ( leave ) Brazil and ( travel ) to Europe . In 1993 , he ( join ) the Jordan Formula 1 racing team and between 1993 and 2005 he ( compete ) for Jordan , Stewart , Ferrari , and Honda . Today , he races for Williams - Cosworth . Barrichello ( win ) his first Grand Prix race in Germany in 2000 and he is now a successful and world famous Formula 1 driver .