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Roldán Rodríguez

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Roldán Rodríguez
NationalitySpain Spanish
Full nameRoldán Rodríguez Iglesias
Born (1984-11-09) 9 November 1984 (age 39)
Valladolid, Spain
Previous series
20082009–10
2008
200709
2006, 200809
2004
200306
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

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.

Career

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Formula Three

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After 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

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In 2004, Rodríguez dovetailed part-time campaigns in F3 and the Nissan World Series, in which he scored two points from nine races.

Euroseries 3000

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Rodríguez drove for the Minardi Euroseries 3000 team in 2006 alongside his Spanish F3 campaign.

GP2 Series

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Giancarlo 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.

Rodríguez driving for FMS International at the Silverstone round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.

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

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Rodríguez 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 20072008.[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

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Complete GP2 Series results

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(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

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(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

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  1. ^ "FMS International sign Rodriguez". autosport.com. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Rodriguez returns to Piquet for 2009". crash.net. 24 September 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
  3. ^ AS, Diario (22 November 2005). "Roldán Rodríguez se estrenó en un F-1 con Minardi". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Spyker test role for Rodriguez". motorsport.com. 20 September 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
  5. ^ "Test de Roldán Rodríguez con Spyker en Silverstone". www.f1latam.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  6. ^ AS, Diario (18 September 2007). "Roldán a punto de fichar por Spyker para 2008". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Force India probará con 7 pilotos distintos la próxima semana". www.f1aldia.com. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  8. ^ AS, Diario (10 January 2008). ""Han preferido pasado frente a futuro"". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  9. ^ "De la Rosa for Campos?". grandprix.com. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  10. ^ "Roldán Rodríguez anuncia que no competirá la próxima temporada". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Vocento. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
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