Mercedes had a disappointing day after Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton started on the front grid.
The same penalty befell Nico Rosberg after he made an illegal manoeuvre exiting the pit lane.
Barrichello finished sixth behind Williams's Nico Rosberg and Jenson Button while Lewis Hamilton was last.
Schumacher's Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg is destroying him in both qualifying and the races, by and large.
Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi claimed sixth ahead of Williams' Nico Rosberg, with BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica eighth.
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Schumacher's team-mate Nico Rosberg ended up in sixth place in an incident-packed race after qualifying in 10th.
The car was uncompetitive and Schumacher was out-paced for much of the year by team-mate Nico Rosberg.
The German's team-mate Nico Rosberg finished fifth to cap off a good weekend for Ross Brawn's team.
Renault's Robert Kubica and Mercedes' Nico Rosberg were next, ahead of Webber, Force India's Vitantonio Liuzzi and Alonso.
Defending world champion, Sebastian Vettel finished fifth in qualifying while his compatriot, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg is sixth.
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, son of Finland's 1982 world champion Keke Rosberg, can boast that he grew up there.
Nico Rosberg of Mercedes finished seventh with rookie Paul Di Resta in eighth in the second Force India car.
Nakajima's team-mate Nico Rosberg was ahead of the Japanese when he retired with an engine failure on lap 42.
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Nico Rosberg, who was fastest in final practice, claimed fifth spot ahead of Ferrari's Felipe Massa and McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen.
Force India's Paul di Resta secured an impressive fourth position ahead of Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg and Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen.
Germans Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber and Nico Rosberg of Williams were seventh and eighth in the final points positions.
Britain's Lewis Hamilton spun his Mercedes early in the second session but claimed sixth fastest ahead of his teammate Nico Rosberg.
Ferrari's Massa finished third in second practice, while Heikki Kovalainen of McLaren and Williams' Nico Rosberg took fourth and fifth, respectively.
Hamilton finished third behind Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg to open up a seven-point lead over Massa with just three rounds remaining.
Hamilton will partner Nico Rosberg in 2013 with Michael Schumacher making way.
Nico Rosberg lines up sixth but Michael Schumacher is back in 14th.
Nico Rosberg starts 13th in his Williams, followed by Honda's Jenson Button.
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Adrian Sutil was third fastest for Force India, followed by the BMW Sauber of Robert Kubica, Williams' Nico Rosberg and Rubens Barrichello (Honda).
German Nico Rosberg finished eighth for Williams ahead of Force India's Adrian Sutil and outgoing champion Lewis Hamilton, who was 10th for McLaren Mercedes.
Schumacher, 40, has been linked with a move to Mercedes, who have taken over world champions Brawn and already signed driver Nico Rosberg for 2010.
However Nico Rosberg -- who finished fifth in Bahrain after winning in China the week before -- also saw the unpredictability as a positive.
Mercedes' Nico Rosberg was fifth, with Alonso's team-mate Felipe Massa sixth.
The German has subsequently returned to the sport with the new Mercedes team and will drive alongside Nico Rosberg this season at the age of 41.
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