| Pedro Rodríguez | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Active years | 1963 - 1971 |
| Teams | Ferrari, Lotus, Cooper, BRM |
| Races | 54 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Podium finishes | 7 |
| Career points | 71 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| First race | 1963 United States Grand Prix |
| First win | 1967 South African Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1970 Belgian Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1971 French Grand Prix |
Pedro Rodríguez (18 January 1940 – 11 July 1971) was a Mexican Grand Prix motor racing driver. The FIA Super Licence is a qualification allowing the Licence holder to take part in Formula One Grands Prix as a driver The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The 1963 Formula One season featured the fourteenth FIA World Championship of Drivers, the sixth International Cup for F1 Manufacturers and numerous non-championship Formula The 1971 Formula One season included the 22nd FIA Formula One World Championship season which commenced on March 6, 1971, and ended on Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing 1950s Colin Chapman established Lotus Engineering Ltd in 1952 at Hornsey, UK. The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. "BRM" redirects here For other uses please see BRM (disambiguation. The Formula One World Drivers' Championship (WDC is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile ( FIA) to the most successful Formula One The term " pole position " comes from the Horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole In motorsport, the fastest lap is the quickest lap run during a race The 1963 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 6, 1963 at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course The 1967 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Kyalami on January 2, 1967. The 1970 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 7, 1970 Classification The 1971 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at the Circuit Paul Ricard on July 4, 1971. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894 He was born in Mexico City and was the older brother of Ricardo Rodríguez. Mexico City (in Spanish: Ciudad de México, México DF, México or simply Méjico) is the Capital city of Mexico Ricardo Rodríguez ( 14 February 1942, Mexico City - 1 November 1962, Magdalena Mixhuca Circuit, Mexico City The two are sometimes referred to as "The Little Mexicans". The brothers both raced bicycles and motorcycles to become Mexican champions. Pedro was national champion in 1953 and 1954 in motorcycles. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) He made his international debut in cars at Nassau in 1957 in a Ferrari, along with Ricardo in a Porsche. Nassau is the Capital, largest city and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing Porsche SE or Porsche ( German, ˈpɔɹʃə is a German manufacturer of automobiles which is majority-owned by the Porsche and Piëch
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He was just eighteen when US Ferrari importer Luigi Chinetti dispatched them to Le Mans at the wheel of a Ferrari 500 TR Testa Rossa. The 24 Hours of Le Mans ( 24 Heures du Mans) is a sports car endurance race held annually since near the town of Le Mans, Sarthe, A Ferrari Monza is one of a series of cars built by Ferrari. In the early 1950s Ferrari shifted from using the compact Gioacchino Colombo -designed See also the 500 TR and Testarossa models The Ferrari TR, or 250 Testa Rossa, is a race car model built by Ricardo did not drive due to age, so Pedro partnered José Behra, brother of Jean Behra. Jean Marie Behra (born in Nice, France, February 16 1921 - died in Berlin, Germany, August 1 1959 He came back every year to Le Mans, fourteen times in total, where he won in 1968 with Belgian driver Lucien Bianchi in a Ford GT40 of the Wyer–Gulf team. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Lucien Bianchi ( November 10 1934 - March 30 1969) born Luciano Bianchi, was a Belgian Racing driver who raced Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following The Ford GT40 was a high performance Sports car and winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans four times in a row from 1966 to 1969 (in 1967 with a different body though John Wyer (b 11 December 1909, Kidderminster, England - d 1989 Scottsdale Arizona, U Gulf Oil was a major global oil company from the 1900s to the 1980s
In 1962, Ricardo died in a horrific accident while practicing for the Mexican Grand Prix, and Pedro considered retiring from racing. The 1962 Formula One season included the 13th FIA Formula One World Championship season which commenced on May 20, 1962, and ended on December The Mexican Grand Prix (Gran Premio de Mexico was a Formula One auto race held at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. However, in 1963 he won at Daytona International Speedway and took part in his first Grand Prix for Lotus in the USA and Mexico. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daytona International Speedway is a Superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. 1950s Colin Chapman established Lotus Engineering Ltd in 1952 at Hornsey, UK. The United States Grand Prix is a motor race which has been run on and off since 1908 when it was known as the American Grand Prize. He competed in F1 sporadically through 1966 with Ferrari and Lotus. The 1966 Formula One season included the 17th FIA Formula One World Championship season which commenced on May 22, 1966, and ended on October Rodriguez won in only his ninth GP, in South Africa in 1967, and became a permanent fixture in F1, racing for Cooper-Maserati in 1967, BRM in 1968, the private Parnell BRM team and Ferrari in 1969, and BRM in 1970 and 1971, achieving his second victory in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa in 1970. The South African Grand Prix was first run as a Grand Prix motor racing handicap race in 1934 at the Prince George Circuit at East London, Eastern The 1967 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Kyalami on January 2, 1967. The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper. "BRM" redirects here For other uses please see BRM (disambiguation. The 1968 Formula One season included the 19th FIA Formula One World Championship season which commenced on January 1, 1968, and ended on Reginald Harold Haslam Parnell (born July 2, 1911 Derby, Derbyshire, - died January 7, 1964 in Derby) was a Racing The 1969 Formula One season included the 20th FIA Formula One World Championship season which commenced on March 1, 1969, and ended on The 1970 Formula One season included the 21st FIA Formula One World Championship season which commenced on March 7, 1970, and ended on The 1971 Formula One season included the 22nd FIA Formula One World Championship season which commenced on March 6, 1971, and ended on The Belgian Grand Prix is an Automobile race, part of the Formula One World Championship The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is the venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix and the Spa 24 Hours endurance race The 1970 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Spa-Francorchamps on June 7, 1970 Classification
Rodríguez was considered the best driver of his era in the wet, and after many years racing for Ferrari in the World Championship of Makes (Sports Cars), he signed for the Wyer-Gulf-Porsche team in 1970. World Endurance Championship redirects here For the motorcycle endurance He became the two-time world champion driver in the fearsome Porsche 917. The Porsche 917 is a racecar that gave Porsche its first overall wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1970 and 1971. He developed into one of the sport's greatest all-rounders, racing CanAm, NASCAR, rallies and even becoming North American Ice Racing champion in 1970. The Canadian-American Challenge Cup or Can-Am, was an SCCA / CASC Sports car racing series from 1966 to 1974 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. Rallying is a form of motor competition that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars Ice racing is a form of motor racing It utilizes cars, Motorcycles Snowmobiles All-terrain vehicles or other motorized vehicles In his NASCAR career, Rodríguez earned two top tens, including a 5th in the 1965 World 600. The Coca-Cola 600 (formerly the World 600) and also known as the "Coke 600" is a in length Stock car race held annually at Lowe's Motor Speedway
Rodríguez was killed in an Interserie sports car race at Norisring in Nuremberg, Germany, on 11 July 1971, at the wheel of a Ferrari 512M of Herbert Müller Racing, his Swiss friend and partner at the Targa Florio in 1971. The Norisring is a race track in Nuremberg, on the former Nazi party rally grounds (in German: "Reichsparteitagsgelände" site of the NSDAP Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. This article is about the 1969-1971 race car For road cars designated 512 BB / 512 BBi and 512 TR / F512M see Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer and Herbert Müller ( 10 May 1940 – 24 May 1981) was a racing driver from Switzerland. The Targa Florio was an open road Endurance automobile race held near Palermo Sicily.
He always carried Tabasco sauce with him in order to enliven his food. Tabasco sauce is a brand of Hot sauce made from Tabasco peppers ( Capsicum frutescens var He was married to Angelina in Mexico, although he had a girlfriend in England, Glenda, with whom he lived in Bray in his latter years. He left no children.
The first hairpin at Daytona International Speedway (the right-hand hairpin) is named the Pedro Rodriguez curve, and the Mexico City autodrome, where F1, Champ Car and other series race is named for him and Ricardo: Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (" Rodríguez Brothers Racetrack " is a 4
In July 2006, 35 years after his death, a bronze plaque was placed at the site of his crash in Nuremberg, a joint effort by the Scuderia Rodríguez (the family foundation) and the city authorities. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Scuderia keeps alive the memory of the Rodríguez brothers, Pedro and Ricardo, serving as Register for Rodríguez memorabilia and cars, and certifying them. Its Secretary General, Carlos Jalife, has published the Rodríguez brothers' biography in December, 2006.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Team | WDC | Points |
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| 1963 | Lotus | MON | BEL | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA Ret | MEX Ret | RSA | Lotus | NA | 0 | |||
| 1964 | Ferrari | MON | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | USA | MEX 6 | Ferrari | 22nd | 1 | |||
| 1965 | Ferrari | RSA | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | NED | GER | ITA | USA 5 | MEX 7 | Ferrari | 14th | 2 | |||
| 1966 | Lotus | MON | BEL | FRA Ret | GBR | NED | GER | ITA | USA Ret | MEX Ret | Lotus | NA | 0 | ||||
| 1967 | Cooper | RSA 1 | MON 5 | NED Ret | BEL 9 | FRA 6 | GBR 5 | GER 8 | CAN | ITA | USA | MEX 6 | Cooper | 6th | 15 | ||
| 1968 | BRM | RSA Ret | ESP Ret | MON Ret | BEL 2 | NED 3 | FRA NC | GBR Ret | GER 6 | ITA Ret | CAN 3 | USA Ret | MEX 4 | BRM | 6th | 18 | |
| 1969 | BRM | RSA Ret | ESP Ret | MON Ret | NED | FRA | GBR Ret | GER | ITA 6 | CAN Ret | USA 5 | MEX 7 | Ferrari | 14th | 3 | ||
| 1970 | BRM | RSA 9 | ESP WD | MON 6 | BEL 1 | NED 10 | FRA Ret | GBR Ret | GER Ret | AUT 4 | ITA Ret | CAN 4 | USA 2 | MEX 6 | BRM | 7th | 23 |
| 1971 | BRM | RSA Ret | ESP 4 | MON 9 | NED 2 | FRA Ret | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | BRM | 10th | 9 |
| Preceded by Dan Gurney A. J. Foyt | Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1968 Pedro Rodriguez Lucien Bianchi | Succeeded by Jacky Ickx Jackie Oliver |