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Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is de la Vega.

Pedro Rodríguez de la Vega
Rodríguez at the 1968 German Grand Prix
Born
Pedro Rodríguez de la Vega

(1940-01-18)18 January 1940
Mexico City, Mexico
Died11 July 1971(1971-07-11) (aged 31)
Norisring, Nuremberg, West Germany
Spouse
Angelina Damy
​
(m. 1961)​
RelativesRicardo Rodríguez (brother)
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityMexico Mexican
Active years1963–1971
TeamsLotus, Ferrari, Cooper, BRM, Parnell
Entries55
Championships0
Wins2
Podiums7
Career points71
Pole positions0
Fastest laps1
First entry1963 United States Grand Prix
First win1967 South African Grand Prix
Last win1970 Belgian Grand Prix
Last entry1971 French Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1958–1971
TeamsNART, OSCA, Ferrari, Ford
Best finish1st (1968)
Class wins2 (1965, 1968)

Pedro Rodríguez de la Vega (18 January 1940 – 11 July 1971) was a Mexican racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1963 to 1971. Rodríguez won two Formula One Grands Prix across nine seasons. In endurance racing, Rodríguez won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1968 with Ford, and was a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona with Porsche.

Born and raised in Mexico City, Rodríguez was the older brother of racing driver Ricardo Rodríguez, who became the first Mexican driver to compete in Formula One in 1961. Both brothers started racing at an early age, first on motorbikes and then moving to cars. Following his brother's death in a racing accident in 1962, Pedro briefly considered retiring from racing, but decided to carry on. In sportscar racing his first major win was with his brother in the 1961 Paris 1000km, driving a Ferrari 250 GT. He began his Formula One career in 1963, won the 1967 South African Grand Prix in a Cooper and the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix in a BRM. He won the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Ford GT40 and won eight races in the Porsche 917 across 1970 and 1971.

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

Personal life

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

At 15, his father sent him to Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois, in order to learn English and to develop more discipline.[1]

The Rodríguez brothers raced bicycles and motorcycles, becoming Mexican national motorcycle champions in 1953 and 1954. Pedro made his international debut in cars at Nassau in 1957 in a Ferrari.

He married Angelina (née Damy), in Mexico in 1961, although he had a girlfriend in England, Glenda Foreman, with whom he lived in Bray on Thames in his later years, but left no children.[citation needed]

Rodríguez always traveled with a Mexican flag and a record of the national anthem because when he won the 1967 South African GP the organizers did not have the Mexican anthem, and instead played the Mexican hat dance.[2][3]

Jo Ramírez was a very close friend to both Rodríguez as well as his younger brother Ricardo.

Career

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Rodríguez in his BRM P133 during the 1968 German Grand Prix.

Rodríguez began racing with bicycles at eight years old.[4] He was a class winner in the Mexican Championship by 1950. He started racing a 125 cc (7.6 cu in) Adler motorcycle, winning Mexico's national championship in 1952 and 1954.[5] In 1952, he entered a rally in a Ford, but achieved little.[5] He returned to racing full-time in 1955, at 15, entering a Jaguar XK120 or Porsche 1600S in local contests.[5]

At the end of 1957, Rodríguez (who had been driving a Chevrolet Corvette in Mexico) and his brother entered the Nassau Speed Week competition, where the wild-driving elder brother wrecked his Ferrari 500 TR.[5]

The 18-year-old Rodríguez shared a 500 TR at Le Mans, entered by U.S. importer Luigi Chinetti, with José Behra, brother of Jean Behra, as his co-driver; the car did not finish, after a radiator hose puncture.[5] Rodríguez came back every year to Le Mans, fourteen times in total, and won in 1968, co-driving with Belgian Lucien Bianchi, sharing a 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 in a Ferrari 250 TR at Nassau at the end of the season.[5]

Rodríguez went to Europe to race starting in 1959, sharing a Porsche 1600 S with Leo Levine at the 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 brother for Le Mans, which broke.[5]

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

In 1961, Rodríguez entered Formula Junior.[5] He returned also to Sebring, sharing a 250TR with his brother which suffered electrical trouble and came third.[5] The duo also failed to finish that year's Targa Florio or Nürburgring 1000 km, but did win the Paris 1000 km.[5] An ongoing duel with the works Ferraris at Le Mans, which ultimately resulted in engine failure only two hours from the end, attracted the attention of Enzo Ferrari, who offered them Formula One rides with his team.[5] Pedro declined, having "a motor business in Mexico City to run".[5]

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

After Ferrari refused to enter the 1962 Mexican Grand Prix, the first to be held in Mexico, Rodríguez and his younger brother both found rides of their own. After his brother was killed in a horrific accident in practice, Rodríguez withdrew.[5] He considered retiring from racing. However, in 1963 he won the Daytona Continental in a 250GTO entered by North American Racing Team.[5] He came third at Sebring, sharing a 330TR/LM with Graham Hill.[7] He failed to qualify at Indianapolis, in an Aston Martin-powered Cooper T54, but took part in his first Grand Prix in the works Lotus at Watkins Glen and Magdalena Mixhuca. Rodríguez failed to finish both times.[8]

Also in 1963, driving for Kjell Qvale Racing, he won his second USRRC ( FIA Group 7 cars) event in the Huffaker chassis#2 Mk8 GENIE/Chevrolet, then went on to win again in their chassis#3 Mk8 GENIE/Ford

For 1964, he again won the Daytona Continental, as well as the sports car Canadian Grand Prix, was second at the Paris 1000 km, and third in the Bahamas Tourist Trophy.[8] In single-seater racing, he recorded a sixth in the Ferrari 156 at Mexico.[8]

In 1965, his Lotus 33-Climax was fourth at the Daily Express Silverstone Trophy, fifth at the U.S. Grand Prix and seventh in the Mexican Grand Prix in a Ferrari.[8] He won the Rheims 12-Hours in a Ferrari 365 P2 he shared with Jean Guichet, and scored a third at the Canadian Sports Car Grand Prix.[8]

He drove again for Lotus in four events in 1966, retiring on every occasion.[8] He also deputised for Jim Clark in the Formula Two event at Rouen.[8] At the start of the 1967 season, Rodríguez won for the first time in only his ninth Grand Prix, at Kyalami.[9] This was the first ever Grand Prix win for a Mexican driver. Cooper manager Roy Salvadori allowed Rodríguez to drive the practice car, over the objections of teammate Jochen Rindt, who had demanded Rodríguez's car, with strong support from Rindt's close friend Jackie Stewart.[citation needed] Rodríguez's smooth, consistent driving earned him victory after Denny Hulme had had a lengthy pit stop and local privateer John Love's Tasman Cooper needed a late fuel stop. Rindt, by contrast, retired the other Cooper-Maserati after 38 laps. Rodríguez drove a controlled season in 1967 as No. 2 to Rindt. Though usually slower than his teammate, he built up experience in the older and heavier T81, while Rindt was given the improved T81B and later the brand new T86.[10][clarification needed] A mid-season accident in a Protos-Ford, at the Formula Two event at Enna, sidelined him for three Grand Prix.[8] Rodríguez was only marginally slower than Rindt in the Dutch Grand Prix,[11] also the only other race in the season where the Coopers were competitive.

His performance at Zandvoort earned Rodríguez a better drive with BRM in 1968.[12] Rodríguez proved himself excellent in the wet at Zandvoort and Rouen where he got his only fastest lap in F1 during the French GP.[13] Lack of power meant he had to settle for second behind Bruce McLaren during the Belgian GP at Francorchamps.[14][15]

The BRM P133 faded through the year from lack of testing time after the death of Mike Spence, whom the team's owners favoured.[citation needed] Nevertheless, Rodríguez led the Spanish Grand Prix from Chris Amon for 28 laps until he made a mistake and spun off.[16] At the end of the year, despite Rodríguez's good performances, BRM team manager Louis Stanley released Rodríguez to the Parnell BRM privateer team.

The Reg Parnell Racing BRMs proved to have hopeless engines, and after Monaco,[17] Rodríguez left and signed for Ferrari for the remainder of the 1969 Grand Prix and sports car series.

Pedro Rodríguez second place, 20 June 1971 North Holland, Zandvoort. This would be the last podium for Rodríguez who would die 21 days later.

Reentering F1 in the British Grand Prix,[18] Rodríguez matched teammate Amon's pace in practice and led Amon by a whisker in the race. The uncompetitive 312s ran midfield until Rodríguez's car broke and Amon's engine blew for the second race in a row. Given the hopelessness of the 312 V12, the frustration of his drivers, and the slow progress with getting the new flat-12 F1 car ready, Enzo Ferrari would rather have run two Italian drivers for the rest of the season, but the Brambilla brothers, Vittorio and Ernesto, proved too slow. So, Ferrari ran Rodríguez in the last four races of the season, in NART American racing colours for the North American races, but still, effectively, as a Ferrari works team. All in all, Rodríguez managed a fourth place in 1968;[19] sixth in 1964,[20] 1967[21] and 1970;[22] and seventh in 1965[23] and 1969;[22] while retiring in 1963 and 1966; in his eight home races in Mexico, but Ferrari didn't offer him a ride for 1970.

BRM only offered him a ride in 1970 after John Surtees decided to leave to set up his own team at the last minute. For most of 1970, Stanley clearly favoured Jackie Oliver as number one driver, perhaps partly in response to Stewart's opinion of Rodríguez and possibly because of his "old-boys' club" of Englishmen at the team.[citation needed] At Francorchamps, Rodríguez won with his BRM P153 over the new March of Chris Amon by just 1.1 seconds and with an average speed of 149.94 mph (241.31 km/h), then the highest average speed in the history of F1,[24] Jean-Pierre Beltoise got the third place in a Matra.[25]

The power of the V12 engines was particularly suited to the fast circuits with few really slow corners, such as Francorchamps, Monza, and to a degree Brands Hatch and the Nürburgring, and that was usually the case with the BRM, Matra, and Weslake engined cars. A strong drive at Circuit Mont-Tremblant saw him finish 4th. Only the need to pit in the last laps for fuel robbed him of a victory at Watkins Glen, the highest paying event of the year at the time (US$50,000).[26][clarification needed]The winner was Emerson Fittipaldi, who won his first race in F1.[27]

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

Rodríguez developed into one of the sport's great all-rounders, racing CanAm, NASCAR, rallies and even becoming North American Ice Racing champion in 1970, invited by the Alaska Sports Car Club from Anchorage, the race was in Sand Lake.

Rodríguez debuted in NASCAR at Trenton Speedway in 1959, finishing 6th. At the 1963 Firecracker 400 he qualified 9th but retired after an engine failure. The Mexican finished 5th in the 1965 World 600, his best result. At the 1971 Daytona 500 he finished 13th. His last NASCAR race was Miller High Life 500, where he retired early with electrical issues[30]

Rodríguez drove a Ferrari 312 P Coupé in the CanAm round of Bridgehampton in 1969, finishing 5th. In 1970 he finished 3rd at Riverside and 5th at Laguna Seca Raceway with a factory BRM P154.

The 1971 Formula One season could have seen him as a championship contender, with a BRM P160 being prepared by Tony Southgate, and for once BRM had consistently good engines. BRM, however, was overextended, trying to run three, and later four, cars. Rodríguez challenged Jacky Ickx in the rain during the Dutch Grand Prix, and only just failed to win.[31][32]

The Ford GT40 in which Rodríguez and Lucien Bianchi won the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans

Death

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Rodríguez was killed in an Interserie sports car race at Norisring in Nuremberg, West Germany, on 11 July 1971. Rodríguez was at the wheel of a Ferrari 512 M of Herbert Müller Racing, his friend and teammate at the Targa Florio in 1971. A contemporary source reported that trackside photographers noticed his right front tyre coming away from the rim under heavy braking for the sharp s-bend as early as the 10th lap. On lap 12, the tyre came off completely, sending the car into a wall before rebounding across the track and catching fire.[33] He died shortly after he was extracted from the wreck.[34]

Legacy

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Rodríguez was considered the best driver of his era in the wet.[35][36] Along with Jo Siffert, he was considered the bravest driver in motorsport, an example of this being the two touching through the then-very narrow and very dangerous Eau Rouge corner in the rain in their 917s at the start of the 1970 1000km of Spa-Francorchamps.

In 2016, in an academic paper that reported a mathematical modeling study that assessed the relative influence of driver and machine, Rodríguez was ranked the 24th-best Formula One driver of all time.[37]

After winning the LMP2 class at the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans, the first class victory for a Mexican driver since Rodríguez, Ricardo González recognized Rodríguez as his hero.[38][39]

Commemoration

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Rodríguez at the 1971 French GP (photograph taken seven days before his death)

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

In July 2006, a bronze plaque was placed at the site of his crash in Nuremberg, a joint effort by Scuderia Rodríguez (the friends foundation) and the city authorities.[40][41] Its Secretary General, Carlos Jalife, published the Rodríguez brothers' biography in December 2006, with an English translation[42][43] which won the Motor Press Guild Book of the Year award in 2009.[44]

Sergio Pérez wore a specially-designed crash helmet tributing Pedro Rodríguez for the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix in which he went on to claim his third win in Formula One. The helmet featured Rodríguez's helmet colours and, on the top, Rodríguez's and Perez's combined wins and podiums before Perez's victory in the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix, as the only two Mexican Formula One drivers to achieve race victories. Below the statistics was written "AND COUNTING" and the phrase "GRACIAS PEDRO" (thank you Pedro) below that.[45]

BRM P153

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BRM P153
BRM P153

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

Racing record

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Formula One World Championship results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Pts.
1963 Team Lotus Lotus 25 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA USA
Ret 		MEX
Ret 		RSA NC 0
1964 North American Racing Team Ferrari 156 Aero Ferrari 178 1.5 V6 MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER AUT ITA USA MEX
6 		22nd 1
1965 North American Racing Team Ferrari 1512 Ferrari 207 1.5 V12 RSA MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA USA
5 		MEX
7 		14th 2
1966 Team Lotus Lotus 33 Climax FWMV 2.0 V8 MON BEL FRA
Ret 		GBR NED MEX
Ret 		NC 0
BRM P60 2.0 V8 USA
Ret
Lotus 44 (F2) Ford Cosworth SCA 1.0 L4 GER
Ret1 		ITA
1967 Cooper Car Company Cooper T81 Maserati 9/F1 3.0 V12 RSA
1 		MON
5 		NED
Ret 		BEL
9 		FRA
6 		GBR
5 		GER
8 		CAN ITA USA MEX
6 		6th 15
1968 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P126 BRM P101 3.0 V12 RSA
Ret 		6th 18
BRM P133 ESP
Ret 		MON
Ret 		BEL
2 		NED
3 		FRA
NC 		GBR
Ret 		GER
6 		CAN
3 		USA
Ret 		MEX
4
BRM P138 ITA
Ret
1969 Reg Parnell Racing BRM P126 BRM P101 3.0 V12 RSA
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		MON
Ret 		14th 3
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312/69 Ferrari 255C 3.0 V12 NED
DNA 		FRA GBR
Ret 		GER ITA
6
North American Racing Team CAN
Ret 		USA
5 		MEX
7
1970 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P153 BRM P142 3.0 V12 RSA
9 		7th 23
Yardley Team BRM ESP
Ret 		MON
6 		BEL
1 		NED
10 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER
Ret 		AUT
4 		ITA
Ret 		CAN
4 		USA
2 		MEX
6
1971 Yardley Team BRM BRM P160 BRM P142 3.0 V12 RSA
Ret 		ESP
4 		MON
9 		NED
2 		FRA
Ret 		GBR GER AUT ITA CAN USA 10th 9
Source:[46]
  • 1 – Ineligible for Formula One points, because he drove with a Formula Two car.

Formula One Non-Championship results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1965 Team Lotus Lotus 25 Climax V8 ROC SYR SMT INT
4 		MED RAN
1967 Cooper Car Company Cooper T81 Maserati V12 ROC
4 		SPC INT SYR OUL ESP
1968 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P133 BRM V12 ROC
2 		INT
Ret
Reg Parnell Racing BRM P126 OUL
4
1969 Reg Parnell Racing BRM P126 BRM V12 ROC
Ret 		INT
8 		MAD OUL
1971 Yardley Team BRM BRM P160 BRM V12 ARG ROC QUE
10 		SPR
1 		INT
4 		RIN OUL VIC
Source:[47]

Pedro Rodríguez at Ferrari

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1962 Le Mans-winning Ferrari 330 TRI-LM, bought by the Rodríguezes through NART. Rodríguez raced several times in it.
Year Race Team Chassis Position Co-driver
1957 Nassau Trophy NART 500 TR Ret Solo
Governor's Trophy 500 TR 9 Solo
1958 24 Hours of Le Mans 500 TR 5 José Behra
Governor's Trophy TR 58 4 Solo
Ferrari Classic TR58 2nd Solo
Nassau Trophy TR 58 2nd Solo
1959 II Circuito del Moral TR 58 2nd Solo
12 Hours of Sebring TR58 Ret. Paul O'Shea
1000 km Daytona TR58 DNS
VII Circuito Avándaro 58TR 8 Solo
Kiwanis GP Riverside 250 TR Ret Solo
Governor's Trophy TR59 3rd Solo
Nassau Trophy TR59 13 Solo
1960 Cuban GP TR59 2nd Solo
12 Hours of Sebring Dino 196 S Ret Ricardo Rodríguez
Targa Florio Dino 196 S 7/3 Sport-2 Ricardo Rodríguez
1000 km Nürburgring Dino 196 S Ret Ricardo Rodríguez
24 Hours of Le Mans TRI60 Ret Ludovico Scarfiotti
Governor's Trophy TR59/60 Ret Solo
Nassau Trophy TR59/60 2nd Ricardo Rodríguez
1961 12 Hours of Sebring TR59/60 3rd Ricardo Rodríguez
1000 km Nürburgring TRI/60 2nd Ricardo Rodríguez
24 Hours of Le Mans TRI/61 Ret Ricardo Rodríguez
I GP Independencia 250 GT Cal 1st Solo
GP Canada Sport NART TRI/61 2nd Solo
1000 km Montlhéry 250 GT SWB 1st Ricardo Rodríguez
Governor's Trophy TRI/61 1st Solo
Nassau Trophy TRI/61 3rd Solo
1962 12 Hours of Sebring 246 SP Ret Ricardo Rodríguez
12 Hours of Sebring Dino 246 S Ret Grossman x Connell
1000 km Nürburgring 268 SP 2nd Ricardo Rodríguez
24 Hours of Le Mans SpA Ferrari SEFAC 246 SP Ret Ricardo Rodríguez
Double 400 Bridgehampton NART 330 TRI/LM 1st Solo
GP Canada Sport 330 TRI/LM 2nd Solo
1000 km Montlhéry 250 GTO 1st Ricardo Rodríguez
1963 Continental 3 Hours of Daytona 250 GTO 1st Solo
12 Hours of Sebring 330 TRI/LM 3rd Graham Hill
24 Hours of Le Mans 330 TRI/LM Ret Roger Penske
Governor's Trophy 250 P 2nd Solo
Nassau Trophy 250 P 2nd Solo
1964 CC 250 M Daytona 250 LM Ret Solo
Continental 2000 km Daytona 250 GTO 1st Phil Hill
12 Hours of Sebring 330 P Ret lap 40 John Fulp
12 Hours of Sebring 250 GTO 7 David Piper/Mike Gammino
24 Hours of Le Mans NART 330 P Ret S. Hudson
12 Hours of Reims 250 GTO 11 Nino Vaccarella
Player's Quebec 275 P 1st Solo
Double 500 Bridgehampton 275 P 2nd Solo
GP Canada Sport 330 P 1st Solo
1000 km Montlhéry 250 GTO 2nd Jo Schlesser
GT+22 Oakes Field 250 GTO 7/1 class Solo
Nassau Tourist Trophy 250 GTO 6/1 class Solo
Governor's Trophy 330 P 4/1 class Solo
Nassau Thophy 330 GTO 3/2 class Solo
1965 Continental 2000 km Daytona 330 P2 Ret John Surtees
Continental 2000 km Daytona 275 P Ret Hansgen
12 Hours of Sebring 330 P Ret Graham Hill
24 Hours of Le Mans 365 P2 7/1 class Nino Vacarella
12 Hours of Reims 365 P2 1st Jean Guichet
Double 500 Bridghampton 250 GTO 2/1 class Solo
GP Canada Sport 365 P2 3rd Solo
1966 24 Hours of Daytona 365 P2 4 Mario Andretti
12 Hours of Sebring 365 P2 Ret Mario Andretti
1000 km Nürburgring Dino 206 S 3rd Richie Ginther
24 Hours of Le Mans 330 P3 Ret Richie Ginther
200 M Bridgehampton Dino 206 S Ret Solo
200 M Laguna Seca Dino 206 S 18 Solo
Governor's Trophy 275 GTB/C 7/1 class Solo
Nassau Trophy Dino 206 S 7/1 class Solo
1967 24 Hours of Daytona 412 P 3rd Jean Guichet
12 Hours of Sebring 206 S Ret Jean Guichet
1000 km Monza 412 P Ret Jean Guichet
24 Hours of Le Mans 412 P Ret Giancarlo Baghetti
12 Hours of Reims Dino 206 S Ret Jean Guichet
1968 24 Hours of Daytona Dino 206 S Ret Kold
Brands Hatch GP 275 ML 5 Pierpoint
1969 12 Hours of Sebring 330 P3 Ret Parsons
6 Hours of Brands Hatch 312 P 4 Chris Amon
1000 km Monza 312 P Ret Schetty
1000 km Spa 312 P 2nd David Piper
1000 km Nürburgring 312 P 5 Chris Amon
24 Hours of Le Mans 312 P Ret David Piper
200 M Bridgehampton 312 P 5 Solo
1970 200 M Mid Ohio 512 S 11 Solo
200 M Elkhart Lake 512 P 7 Solo
1971 200 miles of Norisring Private 512 M Died Solo

Pedro Rodríguez at Porsche

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Pedro Rodríguez won eight races in 1970 and 1971 in a similar Porsche 917.
Year Race Team Chassis Position Co-driver
1970 24 Hours of Daytona John Wyer 917K 1st Kinnunen/Redman
12 Hours of Sebring 917K 4 Kinnunen/ Siffert
1000km of Brands Hatch 917K 1st Leo Kinnunen
1000 km Monza 917K 1st Leo Kinnunen
Targa Florio 908-3 2nd Leo Kinnunen
1000 km Spa 917K Ret Leo Kinnunen
1000 km Nürburgring 908-3 Ret Leo Kinnunen
24 Hours of Le Mans 917K Ret Leo Kinnunen
6 Hours of Watkins Glen 917K 1st Leo Kinnunen
1000 km Zeltweg 917K Ret Leo Kinnunen
1971 1000 km of Buenos Aires 917K Ret Jackie Oliver
24 Hours of Daytona 917K 1st Jackie Oliver
12 Hours of Sebring 917K 4 Jackie Oliver
1000 km Brands Hatch 917K Ret Jackie Oliver
1000 km Monza 917K 1st Jackie Oliver
1000 km Spa 917K 1st Jackie Oliver
Targa Florio 908-3 Ret Herbert Müller
1000 km Nürburgring 908-3 2nd Oliver/Siffert
24 Hours of Le Mans 917LH 18 Jackie Oliver
1000 km Zeltweg 917K 1st Richard Attwood

Pedro Rodríguez in the 24 Hours of Le Mans

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Year Team Num. Car Cat. Co-driver Grid Laps Result
Engine Hours
1958
 United States North American Racing Team 25 Ferrari 500 TR58 S 2.0 France José Behra 33°
119
Retire
(Cooling)
Ferrari 2.0 L4
12h
1959
 Italy OSCA Automobili 51 OSCA Sport 750TN S 750 Mexico Ricardo Rodríguez 11°
32
 Retire
(Water pump)
OSCA 0.7L L4
5h
1960
 Italy Scuderia Ferrari SpA 12 Ferrari 250 TRI/60 S 3.0 Italy Ludovico Scarfiotti 47°
22
 Retire
(Fuel)
Ferrari 3.0L V12
3h
1961
 United States North American Racing Team 17 Ferrari 250 TRI/61 S 3.0 Mexico Ricardo Rodríguez 2°
305
 Retire
(Engine)
Ferrari 3.0L V12
23h
1962
 Italy SpA Ferrari SEFAC 28 Ferrari 246 SP E 3.0 Mexico Ricardo Rodríguez 32°
174
 Retire
(Gear box)
Ferrari 2.4L V6
13h
1963
 United States North American Racing Team 10 Ferrari 330 TRI/LM P +3.0 United States Roger Penske
1°
113
 Retire
(Accident)
Ferrari 4.0L V12
9h
1964
 United States North American Racing Team 15 Ferrari 330 P P 5.0 United States Skip Hudson 3°
58
 Retire
(Engine)
Ferrari 4.0 L V12
5h
1965
 United States North American Racing Team 18 Ferrari 365 P2/P1 P 5.0 Italy Nino Vaccarella 6°
320
 7°
Ferrari 4.4 L V12
24h
1966
 United States North American Racing Team 27 Ferrari 330 P3 Spyder P 5.0 United States Richie Ginther 5°
151
 Retire
(Gear box)
Ferrari 4.0 L V12
10h
1967
 United States North American Racing Team 25 Ferrari 330 P3 P 5.0 Italy Giancarlo Baghetti 8°
144
 Retire
(Pistons)
Ferrari 4.0 L V12
11h
1968
 United Kingdom John Wyer Automotive Engineering 9 Ford GT40 Mk I S 5.0 Belgium Lucien Bianchi 4°
331
 Winner
Ford 4.9 L V8
24h
1969
 Italy SpA Ferrari SEFAC 18 Ferrari 312 P Coupé P 3.0 United Kingdom David Piper 9°
223
 Retire
(Oil leak)
Ferrari 3.0 L V12
16h
1970
 United Kingdom John Wyer Automotive Engineering 21 Porsche 917K S 5.0 Finland Leo Kinnunen 5°
22
 Retire
(Engine)
Porsche 4.9 L Flat 12
4h
1971
 United Kingdom John Wyer Automotive Engineering 18 Porsche 917L S 5.0 United Kingdom Jackie Oliver
1°
-
 Retire
(Oil leak)
Porsche 4.9 L Flat 12
14h

Notes

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  1. ^ Carlos Eduardo Jalife Villalón (2006). Los Hermanos Rodríguez [The Rodríguez Brothers] (in Spanish). México: Sanborns. pp. 45–46.
  2. ^ Los Hermanos Rodríguez book, p. 381
  3. ^ "DOWNFORCE RADIO PITBORED – 30/7/15 (skip to 40min 17sec in)". Downforce Radio. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  4. ^ Kettlewell, Mike. "Rodriguez: The young lions of Mexico", in Ward, Ian, general editor. The World of Automobiles (London: Orbis, 1974), Volume 16, p. 1915.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Kettlewell, p. 1915.
  6. ^ Kettlewell, p. 1915, calls it a Dino 196S.
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