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Mexican racing wood (1940–1971)

In this Spanish name, birth first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or motherly family name is go through la Vega.

Pedro Rodríguez assign la Vega
Rodríguez at justness 1968 German Grand Prix
Born	Pedro Rodríguez de la Vega (1940-01-18)18 January 1940 Mexico City, Mexico
Died	11 July 1971(1971-07-11) (aged 31) Norisring, Nuremberg, West Germany
Spouse	Angelina Damy ​ (m. 1961)​
Relatives	Ricardo Rodríguez (brother)
Nationality	Mexican
Active years	1963–1971
Teams	Lotus, Ferrari, Cooper, BRM, Parnell
Entries	55
Championships	0
Wins	2
Podiums	7
Career points	71
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	1
First entry	1963 Merged States Grand Prix
First win	1967 Southernmost African Grand Prix
Last win	1970 European Grand Prix
Last entry	1971 French Eminent Prix
Years	1958–1971
Teams	NART, OSCA, Ferrari, Ford
Best finish	1st (1968)
Class wins	2 (1965, 1968)

Pedro Rodríguez de la Vega (18 Jan 1940 – 11 July 1971) was a Mexican racing practitioner, who competed in Formula Predispose from 1963 to 1971.

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Rodríguez won two Formula Figure out Grands Prix across nine seasons. In endurance racing, Rodríguez won the 24 Hours of Proper Mans in 1968 with Paddle, and was a two-time champion of the 24 Hours confess Daytona with Porsche.

Born prosperous raised in Mexico City, Rodríguez was the older brother presumption racing driver Ricardo Rodríguez, who became the first Mexican conductor to compete in Formula Skin texture in 1961.

Both brothers begun racing at an early arise, first on motorbikes and proof moving to cars. Following sovereignty brother's death in a spine-tingling accident in 1962, Pedro for a short while considered retiring from racing, on the other hand decided to carry on. Lead to sportscar racing his first senior win was with his kinsman in the 1961 Paris 1000km, driving a Ferrari 250 GT.

He began his Formula Skin texture career in 1963, won rank 1967 South African Grand Prix in a Cooper and integrity 1970 Belgian Grand Prix wrench a BRM. He won influence 1968 24 Hours of Full Mans in a Ford GT40 and won eight races bear the Porsche 917 across 1970 and 1971.

In July 1971, Rodríguez was killed at ethics Norisring in West Germany, purposeful a Ferrari 512 M deliver an Interserie sportscar race.

Personal life

Rodríguez was born in Mexico City, Mexico, the second daughter of Pedro Natalio Rodríguez post Concepción De la Vega. Subside had an older sister, Conchita, and three younger brothers: Economist, Federico (died at two months of age) and Alejandro.

At 15, his father sent him to Western Military Academy break through Alton, Illinois, in order display learn English and to get bigger more discipline.^[1]

The Rodríguez brothers raced bicycles and motorcycles, becoming Mexican national motorcycle champions in 1953 and 1954.

Pedro made crown international debut in cars soothe Nassau in 1957 in regular Ferrari.

He married Angelina (née Damy), in Mexico in 1961, although he had a woman in England, Glenda Foreman, carry whom he lived in Emit on Thames in his closest years, but left no children.^{[citation needed]}

Rodríguez always traveled with marvellous Mexican flag and a not to be disclosed of the national anthem by reason of when he won the 1967 South African GP the organizers did not have the Mexican anthem, and instead played picture Mexican hat dance.^[2][3]

Jo Ramírez was a very close friend be acquainted with both Rodríguez as well considerably his younger brother Ricardo.

Career

Rodríguez began racing with bicycles utilize eight years old.^[4] He was a class winner in high-mindedness Mexican Championship by 1950. Recognized started racing a 125 cc (7.6 cu in) Adlermotorcycle, winning Mexico's national assistance in 1952 and 1954.^[5] Dainty 1952, he entered a convocation in a Ford, but accomplished little.^[5] He returned to sward the turf horse-ra full-time in 1955, at 15, entering a Jaguar XK120 admiration Porsche 1600S in local contests.^[5]

At the end of 1957, Rodríguez (who had been driving excellent Chevrolet Corvette in Mexico) skull his brother entered the Nassau Speed Week competition, where interpretation wild-driving elder brother wrecked sovereignty Ferrari500 TR.^[5]

The 18-year-old Rodríguez distributed a 500 TR at Welcoming Mans, entered by U.S.

importer Luigi Chinetti, with José Behra, brother of Jean Behra, rightfully his co-driver; the car sincere not finish, after a radiator hose puncture.^[5] Rodríguez came decline every year to Le Mans, fourteen times in total, take precedence won in 1968, co-driving identify Belgian Lucien Bianchi, sharing calligraphic Ford GT40 for the JW–Gulf team.

At the Reims 12-hours in 1958, Rodríguez and Behra placed second in class (eighth overall) in their Porsche Carrera, while Rodríguez came second change for the better a Ferrari 250 TR hatred Nassau at the end personage the season.^[5]

Rodríguez went to Accumulation to race starting in 1959, sharing a Porsche 1600 Savage with Leo Levine at description Nurbürgring 1000 km, which came in second in class (thirteenth overall).^[5] He shared a 750 cc (46 cu in) O.S.C.A.

with his kin for Le Mans, which broke.^[5]

At Cuba's 1960 Liberty Grand Prix, Rodríguez's 250TR followed Stirling Moss's winning MaseratiTipo 61 home, note second.^[5] At Sebring, his Dino 196 S failed to finish.^[6] Rodríguez claimed seventh at nobleness 1960 Targa Florio, again amplify the 196 S, which exhausted time off the pavement reorganization well as on.^[5] He isolated from that year's Nürburgring 1000 km, and from Le Mans.^[5]

In 1961, Rodríguez entered Formula Junior.^[5] Stylishness returned also to Sebring, allocation a 250TR with his fellow which suffered electrical trouble gleam came third.^[5] The duo likewise failed to finish that year's Targa Florio or Nürburgring 1000 km, but did win the Town 1000 km.^[5] An ongoing duel merge with the works Ferraris at Lofty Mans, which ultimately resulted assume engine failure only two twelve o\'clock noon from the end, attracted justness attention of Enzo Ferrari, who offered them Formula One rides with his team.^[5] Pedro declined, having "a motor business advocate Mexico City to run".^[5]

Despite diadem refusal, Rodríguez kept racing, topmost in 1962 entered at Sebring, the Nürburgring, and Le Mans, but failed to finish all time.^[5] He won at Bridgehampton, in a Ferrari 330 TRI/LM, and shared a 250 GTO with his brother to net the Paris 1000 km, the especially year in a row.^[5]

After Ferrari refused to enter the 1962 Mexican Grand Prix, the extreme to be held in Mexico, Rodríguez and his younger monastic both found rides of their own.

After his brother was killed in a horrific blunder in practice, Rodríguez withdrew.^[5] Pacify considered retiring from racing. Yet, in 1963 he won integrity DaytonaContinental in a 250GTO entered by North American Racing Team.^[5] He came third at Sebring, sharing a 330TR/LM with Evangelist Hill.^[7] He failed to equip at Indianapolis, in an Aston Martin-powered Cooper T54, but took part in his first Distinguished Prix in the works Lotus at Watkins Glen and River Mixhuca.

Rodríguez failed to cut up both times.^[8]

Also in 1963, drive for Kjell Qvale Racing, sand won his second USRRC ( FIA Group 7 cars) promote in the Huffaker chassis#2 Mk8 GENIE/Chevrolet, then went on make ill win again in their chassis#3 Mk8 GENIE/Ford

For 1964, sharptasting again won the Daytona Transcontinental, as well as the diversions car Canadian Grand Prix, was second at the Paris 1000 km, and third in the Country Tourist Trophy.^[8] In single-seater racetrack, he recorded a sixth interior the Ferrari 156 at Mexico.^[8]

In 1965, his Lotus 33-Climax was fourth at the Daily ExpressSilverstone Trophy, fifth at the U.S.

Grand Prix and seventh consider it the Mexican Grand Prix acquire a Ferrari.^[8] He won prestige Reims 12-Hours in a Ferrari 365 P2 he shared sign out Jean Guichet, and scored calligraphic third at the Canadian Amusements Car Grand Prix.^[8]

He drove moreover for Lotus in four dealings in 1966, retiring on at times occasion.^[8] He also deputised take Jim Clark in the Bottom Two event at Rouen.^[8] Soothe the start of the 1967 season, Rodríguez won for ethics first time in only enthrone ninth Grand Prix, at Kyalami.^[9] This was the first bright Grand Prix win for efficient Mexican driver.

Cooper manager Roy Salvadori allowed Rodríguez to impel the practice car, over nobility objections of teammate Jochen Rindt, who had demanded Rodríguez's motor, with strong support from Rindt's close friend Jackie Stewart.^{[citation needed]} Rodríguez's smooth, consistent driving condign him victory after Denny Hulme had had a lengthy mine-shaft stop and local privateerJohn Love's Tasman Cooper needed a futile fuel stop.

Rindt, by correlate, retired the other Cooper-Maserati back 38 laps. Rodríguez drove clean up controlled season in 1967 slightly No. 2 to Rindt. Even though usually slower than his collaborator, he built up experience speedy the older and heavier T81, while Rindt was given influence improved T81B and later position brand new T86.^{[10][clarification needed]} Ingenious mid-season accident in a Protos-Ford, at the Formula Two good thing at Enna, sidelined him be selected for three Grand Prix.^[8] Rodríguez was only marginally slower than Rindt in the Dutch Grand Prix,^[11] also the only other wilt in the season where picture Coopers were competitive.

His track record at Zandvoort earned Rodríguez regular better drive with BRM bother 1968.^[12] Rodríguez proved himself unsurpassed in the wet at Zandvoort and Rouen where he got his only fastest lap wrench F1 during the French GP.^[13] Lack of power meant illegal had to settle for superfluous behind Bruce McLaren during rank Belgian GP at Francorchamps.^[14][15]

The BRM P133 faded through the harvest from lack of testing regarding after the death of Microphone Spence, whom the team's owners favoured.^{[citation needed]} Nevertheless, Rodríguez blunted the Spanish Grand Prix deprive Chris Amon for 28 laps until he made a out of use and spun off.^[16] At goodness end of the year, insult Rodríguez's good performances, BRM band manager Louis Stanley released Rodríguez to the Parnell BRM freebooter team.

The Reg Parnell Animate BRMs proved to have pathetic engines, and after Monaco,^[17] Rodríguez left and signed for Ferrari for the remainder of influence 1969 Grand Prix and balls car series.

Reentering F1 encroach the British Grand Prix,^[18] Rodríguez matched teammate Amon's pace weight practice and led Amon invitation a whisker in the lineage.

The uncompetitive 312s ran midfield until Rodríguez's car broke significant Amon's engine blew for glory second race in a toss.

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Given the hopelessness have a high regard for the 312 V12, the letdown of his drivers, and honesty slow progress with getting justness new flat-12 F1 car shape up, Enzo Ferrari would rather enjoy run two Italian drivers verify the rest of the stretch, but the Brambilla brothers, Vittorio and Ernesto, proved too snoozing.

So, Ferrari ran Rodríguez derive the last four races get into the season, in NART Inhabitant racing colours for the Northward American races, but still, boastfully, as a Ferrari works gang. All in all, Rodríguez managed a fourth place in 1968;^[19] sixth in 1964,^[20] 1967^[21] boss 1970;^[22] and seventh in 1965^[23] and 1969;^[22] while retiring look 1963 and 1966; in her highness eight home races in Mexico, but Ferrari didn't offer him a ride for 1970.

BRM only offered him a travel in 1970 after John Surtees decided to leave to invariable up his own team daring act the last minute. For chief of 1970, Stanley clearly choice Jackie Oliver as number disposed driver, perhaps partly in retort to Stewart's opinion of Rodríguez and possibly because of fillet "old-boys' club" of Englishmen dig the team.^{[citation needed]} At Francorchamps, Rodríguez won with his BRM P153 over the new Hike of Chris Amon by quarrelsome 1.1 seconds and with disentangle average speed of 149.94 steer (241.31 km/h), then the greatest average speed in the wildlife of F1,^[24]Jean-Pierre Beltoise got excellence third place in a Matra.^[25]

The power of the V12 machines was particularly suited to birth fast circuits with few in actuality slow corners, such as Francorchamps, Monza, and to a mainstream Brands Hatch and the Nürburgring, and that was usually rank case with the BRM, Matra, and Weslake engined cars.

Shipshape and bristol fashion strong drive at Circuit Mont-Tremblant saw him finish 4th. Unique the need to pit interleave the last laps for encouragement robbed him of a conquest at Watkins Glen, the upper paying event of the generation at the time (US$50,000).^{[26][clarification needed]}The winner was Emerson Fittipaldi, who won his first race focal F1.^[27]

After many years racing back Ferrari in the World Benefaction of Makes for sports cars, he signed for JW-Gulf-Porsche mess 1970 and over the incoming two years won eight races driving a Porsche 917, contributory to Porsche winning in grandeur World Sportscar Championship.^[28][29]

Rodríguez developed add up to one of the sport's tolerable all-rounders, racing CanAm, NASCAR, rallies and even becoming North Land Ice Racing champion in 1970, invited by the Alaska Exercises Car Club from Anchorage, significance race was in Sand Store.

Rodríguez debuted in NASCAR usage Trenton Speedway in 1959, prejudice 6th. At the 1963 Firework 400 he qualified 9th on the other hand retired after an engine dissect. The Mexican finished 5th ton the 1965 World 600, coronate best result. At the 1971 Daytona 500 he finished Thirteenth. His last NASCAR race was Miller High Life 500, pivot he retired early with inertia issues^[30]

Rodríguez drove a Ferrari 312 P Coupé in the CanAm round of Bridgehampton in 1969, finishing 5th.

In 1970 no problem finished 3rd at Riverside presentday 5th at Laguna Seca Get a wiggle on with a factory BRM P154.

The 1971 Formula One stretch could have seen him bring in a championship contender, with simple BRM P160 being prepared wedge Tony Southgate, and for right away BRM had consistently good machineries. BRM, however, was overextended, grim to run three, and after four, cars.

Rodríguez challenged Jacky Ickx in the rain cloth the Dutch Grand Prix, sports ground only just failed to win.^[31][32]

Death

Rodríguez was killed in an Interserie sports car race at Norisring in Nuremberg, West Germany, certainty 11 July 1971.

Rodríguez was at the wheel of unornamented Ferrari 512 M of Musician Müller Racing, his friend gleam teammate at the Targa Lexicologist in 1971. A contemporary start reported that trackside photographers observe his right front tyre draw away away from the rim go under the surface heavy braking for the not much s-bend as early as justness 10th lap.

On lap 12, the tyre came off heart and soul, sending the car into neat wall before rebounding across nobility track and catching fire.^[33] Of course died shortly after he was extracted from the wreck.^[34]

Legacy

Rodríguez was considered the best driver very last his era in the wet.^[35][36] Along with Jo Siffert, subside was considered the bravest operative in motorsport, an example precision this being the two moving through the then-very narrow be first very dangerous Eau Rouge jelly in the rain in their 917s at the start help the 1970 1000km of Spa-Francorchamps.

In 2016, in an collegiate paper that reported a controlled modeling study that assessed honesty relative influence of driver at an earlier time machine, Rodríguez was ranked nobleness 24th-best Formula One driver rule all time.^[37]

After winning the LMP2 class at the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans, nobleness first class victory for top-notch Mexican driver since Rodríguez, Economist González recognized Rodríguez as coronet hero.^[38][39]

Commemoration

The first hairpin at Daytona International Speedway (the right-hand hairpin) is named the Pedro Rodríguez curve.^{[citation needed]} In 1973 birth Mexico City race track River Mixuhca, where F1, Champ Motor vehicle, NASCAR and other series parentage was renamed for him tube Ricardo: Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Rodríguez Brothers Autodrome).

In July 2006, a bronze plaque was sit at the site of authority crash in Nuremberg, a seam effort by Scuderia Rodríguez (the friends foundation) and the ambience authorities.^[40][41] Its Secretary General, Carlos Jalife, published the Rodríguez brothers' biography in December 2006, look into an English translation^[42][43] which won the Motor Press Guild Album of the Year award bind 2009.^[44]

Sergio Pérez wore a specially-designed crash helmet tributing Pedro Rodríguez for the 2022 Monaco Large Prix in which he went on to claim his gear win in Formula One.

Primacy helmet featured Rodríguez's helmet banner and, on the top, Rodríguez's and Perez's combined wins bid podiums before Perez's victory play a part the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix, as the only two Mexican Formula One drivers to contract race victories. Below the access was written "AND COUNTING" soar the phrase "GRACIAS PEDRO" (thank you Pedro) below that.^[45]

BRM P153

In 2024, the Mexican driver Adrián Fernández acquired the BRM P153 with which Rodríguez won position 1970 Belgian Grand Prix do too much a private collector.

Racing record

Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate copy lap)

• ¹ – Ineligible for Dub One points, because he host with a Formula Two car.

Formula One Non-Championship results

(key) (Races access bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Pedro Rodríguez at Ferrari

Pedro Rodríguez at Porsche

Pedro Rodríguez in decency 24 Hours of Le Mans

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