Roldán Rodríguez Iglesias (born 9 November 1984 in Valladolid) is a Spanish racing driver, who competed in the GP2 Series from 2007 to 2009. Prior to this he competed in Spanish Formula Three and various Formula 3000 categories.
| Roldán Rodríguez | |
|---|---|
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| Nationality |  Spanish |
| Full name | Roldán Rodríguez Iglesias |
| Born | 9 November 1984 Valladolid, Spain |
| Previous series | |
| 2008–2009–10 2008 2007–09 2006, 2008–09 2004 2003–06 2002–03 2002 | GP2 Asia Series International GT Open GP2 Series Euro/Italian Formula 3000 World Series by Nissan Spanish F3 Championship Formula Junior 1600 Spain Formula Lliure |
Career
editFormula Three
editAfter competing in Formula Junior 1600 Spain in 2002, Rodríguez graduated to the Spanish Formula Three Championship in 2003 in remained there for the next four seasons, gradually improving to finish as series runner-up in 2006, behind Ricardo Risatti.
Nissan World Series
editIn 2004, Rodríguez dovetailed part-time campaigns in F3 and the Nissan World Series, in which he scored two points from nine races.
Euroseries 3000
editRodríguez drove for the Minardi Euroseries 3000 team in 2006 alongside his Spanish F3 campaign.
GP2 Series
editGiancarlo Minardi's team-up with Hitech/Piquet Sports for the 2007 GP2 Series season led to Rodríguez securing the second seat in the team, alongside Alexandre Negrão. He finished the season in 17th place.
After initially beginning 2008 without a GP2 drive, he replaced the injured Michael Herck at Fisichella Motor Sport for the last round of the GP2 Asia Series, then kept his seat with the team for the main 2008 GP2 Series season, replacing Andy Soucek who had been expected to fill the seat.[1] He finished thirteenth in the championship, an improvement upon the previous year.
Rodríguez returned to Piquet GP to compete in the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season, where he finished third behind Kamui Kobayashi and Jérôme d'Ambrosio, and the 2009 GP2 Series season,[2] where he finished eleventh.
Rodríguez rejoined Scuderia Coloni, the old Fisichella Motor Sport team, for the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season but was replaced by Alberto Valerio after the first round.
Formula One
editRodríguez tested for Minardi during the 2005 season at the circuit of Vallelunga (Italy).[3]
He was signed by the Spyker Formula One team as a test driver for the winter of 2007–2008.[4] Rodriguez had a test with them in the middle of the season at Silverstone.[5] During the 2008 pre-season, he was testing with Force India (former Spyker) to become an official driver,[6][7] however Rodríguez was rejected in favor of Giancarlo Fisichella[8]
He was linked with a race seat at Formula One newcomers Campos Grand Prix for 2010,[9] but has announced that he will be taking a sabbatical from motorsport instead.[10]
Racing record
editComplete GP2 Series results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Minardi Piquet Sports | BHR FEA Ret |
BHR SPR 12 |
CAT FEA 4 |
CAT SPR Ret |
MON FEA Ret |
MAG FEA 16 |
MAG SPR 9 |
SIL FEA 8 |
SIL SPR 11 |
NÜR FEA 10 |
NÜR SPR 9 |
HUN FEA 6 |
HUN SPR 3 |
IST FEA 11 |
IST SPR 8 |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR 8 |
SPA FEA 15 |
SPA SPR 10 |
VAL FEA Ret |
VAL SPR 17 |
17th | 14 |
| 2008 | Fisichella Motor Sport International | CAT FEA Ret |
CAT SPR Ret |
IST FEA 12 |
IST SPR 13 |
MON FEA 6 |
MON SPR 4 |
MAG FEA Ret |
MAG SPR 16 |
SIL FEA 11 |
SIL SPR Ret |
HOC FEA 18 |
HOC SPR 16 |
HUN FEA 19 |
HUN SPR Ret |
VAL FEA Ret |
VAL SPR 10 |
SPA FEA 21† |
SPA SPR Ret |
MNZ FEA 6 |
MNZ SPR 2 |
13th | 14 | |
| 2009 | Piquet GP | CAT FEA Ret |
CAT SPR Ret |
MON FEA 11 |
MON SPR Ret |
IST FEA Ret |
IST SPR 17 |
SIL FEA 12 |
SIL SPR 9 |
NÜR FEA 2 |
NÜR SPR Ret |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 13 |
VAL FEA 5 |
VAL SPR Ret |
SPA FEA 5 |
SPA SPR 2 |
MNZ FEA 13 |
MNZ SPR 7 |
ALG FEA 5 |
ALG SPR Ret |
11th | 25 |
Complete GP2 Asia Series results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | FMS International | DUB1 FEA |
DUB1 SPR |
SEN FEA |
SEN SPR |
SEP FEA |
SEP SPR |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
DUB2 FEA 15 |
DUB2 SPR Ret |
29th | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Piquet GP | SHI FEA 1 |
SHI SPR 6 |
DUB FEA 3 |
DUB SPR C |
BHR1 FEA 6 |
BHR1 SPR 23 |
LSL FEA Ret |
LSL SPR 17 |
SEP FEA 4 |
SEP SPR 12 |
BHR2 FEA 2 |
BHR2 SPR Ret |
3rd | 35 |
| 2009–10 | Scuderia Coloni | YMC1 FEA 10 |
YMC1 SPR 14 |
YMC2 FEA |
YMC2 SPR |
BHR1 FEA |
BHR1 SPR |
BHR2 FEA |
BHR2 SPR |
23rd | 0 |
References
edit- ^ "FMS International sign Rodriguez". autosport.com. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
- ^ "Rodriguez returns to Piquet for 2009". crash.net. 24 September 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
- ^ AS, Diario (22 November 2005). "Roldán Rodríguez se estrenó en un F-1 con Minardi". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Spyker test role for Rodriguez". motorsport.com. 20 September 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
- ^ "Test de Roldán Rodríguez con Spyker en Silverstone". www.f1latam.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ AS, Diario (18 September 2007). "Roldán a punto de fichar por Spyker para 2008". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Force India probará con 7 pilotos distintos la próxima semana". www.f1aldia.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ AS, Diario (10 January 2008). ""Han preferido pasado frente a futuro"". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "De la Rosa for Campos?". grandprix.com. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- ^ "Roldán Rodríguez anuncia que no competirá la próxima temporada". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Vocento. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
External links
edit
- Official website
- Roldán Rodríguez career summary at DriverDB.com