Barrichello wins suit over fake profiles

By foxsports
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A judge has ordered Google Brasil to pay $118,000 to Formula One's Rubens Barrichello for failing to remove from the social-networking site fake profiles that mocked the Brazilian driver.

The judge says Google took too long to remove the profiles after being notified by Barrichello. The decision by a tribunal court in Sao Paulo was announced on Monday.

Despite a successful F1 career, Barrichello has always been criticized by some fans in Brazil for the time he was Ferrari's second driver and accepted the team's decision to constantly help then-teammate Michael Schumacher. He now drives for Williams.