110 red roses were sent by Rubens Barrichello and Heinz-Harald Frentzen, while the top teams and the FIA sent wreaths for the occasion.
Rubens Barrichello of the F1 Team Ferrari was quoted by Suzuki to "have considered to purchase one for practicing."
Peter Paul Rubens | Rubens | Paul Rubens (composer) | Paul Rubens | Rubens Barrichello | Rubens Donizete | Bernice Rubens | Alma Rubens | The Three Graces (Rubens) | ''The March of the Silenus'' by Peter Paul Rubens | ''Mucius Scaevola before Porsenna'' (1620s) by Rubens | '''Louis XIII''' in full military regalia by Peter Paul Rubens | Harold Rubens |
Paul di Resta out-qualified Adrian Sutil by placing fourteenth, followed by Rubens Barrichello and Sergio Pérez in the second Williams and Sauber respectively, with Sutil finishing seventeenth overall.
It was a promising partnership that brought some good results - notably, Rubens Barrichello's 3rd place at the 1994 Pacific Grand Prix at Aida, Japan.
Wilson Jr is often referred to as 'Wilsinho' (cf. Rubens Barrichello's occasional nickname of Rubinho or footballer Ronaldinho) or 'Tigrão'.
Toward the end, Michael Schumacher, who was leading the race, eased off the throttle at the last moment, attempting to create a "dead heat" between himself and teammate Rubens Barrichello (partially in atonement for the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix fiasco); Schumacher wound up losing the race by 11 thousandths of a second, the second-closest finish in Speedway history, beating out the historic finish of the 1992 Indianapolis 500 between Al Unser Jr. and Scott Goodyear.