Sad news for the Barrichello's - 7th November 21:12pm GMT

Tragedy has struck the family of Formula One driver Rubens Barrichello.

The Ferrari driver revealed on Friday that his wife, Silvana, suffered a miscarriage earlier in the week. She was three months pregnant with their second child.

"We are extremely sorry, because Silvana and I wanted Eduardo to have a brother," Barrichello tells the Italian daily Gazzetta dello Sport.

"Unfortunately, these things can happen, but the important thing is that Silvana is fine."

Barrichello and his wife celebrated the birth of Eduardo last September.

"I now know what real life is, and where my priorities are", he said at the time of his son's birth.

Barrichello, who finished second to Michael Schumacher in the drivers championship this year, says the couple plan to try again in the future to have another child.

theprancinghorse.co.uk would like to extend there deepest sympathy to the Barrichello family.