Ricardo Rodríguez (racing driver)
Nation: | Mexico | ||||||||
Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | 1961 Italian Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 1962 Italian Grand Prix | ||||||||
Constructors | |||||||||
1961–1962 Ferrari | |||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
World Cup balance: | WM-13. ( 1962 ) | ||||||||
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World Cup points : | 4th | ||||||||
Podiums : | - | ||||||||
Leadership laps : | - |
Ricardo Rodríguez de la Vega (born February 14, 1942 in Mexico City , † November 1, 1962 ) was a Mexican racing driver .
Career
Ricardo Rodríguez was one of the youngest starters of all time in the automobile world championship . His first race was the 1961 Italian Grand Prix . At the age of 19 years, 6 months and 28 days, he drove for Scuderia Ferrari in a Ferrari 156 . He immediately qualified in second place on the grid and held the record for almost 55 years as the youngest driver to get a place on the front row of the grid in the Formula 1 World Championship. It wasn't until August 27, 2016 that he lost this record to Max Verstappen , who also finished second in qualifying for the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix .
Rodríguez was registered for six races, but started only in five of these Grands Prix. His best result was fourth place in the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix , which earned him three World Championship points. Just one race later at the German Grand Prix , he finished sixth and scored another point, his last.
On November 1, 1962, he had a fatal accident with a Lotus in training for the Mexican Grand Prix , which was not part of the World Championship . In the Peraltada curve, he crashed into the boundary and died from the force of the impact. The cause of the accident remained unclear. His older brother Pedro was also a racing driver. In 1979 the Magdalena Mixhuca racetrack in Mexico City was renamed Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez after the brothers Pedro and Ricardo Rodríguez .
statistics
Statistics in the automobile world championship
These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the World Automobile Championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 World Championship .
general overview
season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
Points | WM-Pos. |
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1961 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 156 | Ferrari 1.5 V6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
1962 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 156 | Ferrari 1.5 V6 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | 13. |
total | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 4th |
Single results
season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 |
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1961 | |||||||||
DNF | |||||||||
1962 | |||||||||
DNF | DNS | 4th | 6th | DNF |
Legend | ||
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colour | abbreviation | meaning |
gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
NC | not classified | |
red | DNQ | did not qualify |
DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
WD | withdrawn | |
Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
TD | Friday test driver | |
without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | excluded | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
C. | Race canceled | |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
other | P / bold | Pole position |
SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
* | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1959 | Automobili Osca | Osca Sport 750TN | Pedro Rodríguez | failure | water pump |
1960 | North American Racing Team | Ferrari 250TR59 | André Pilette | Rank 2 | |
1961 | North American Racing Team | Ferrari 250TRI / 61 | Pedro Rodríguez | failure | Engine failure |
1962 | Ferrari SEFAC Spa | Ferrari Dino 246SP | Pedro Rodríguez | failure | Gearbox damage |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1959 | Alejandro de Tomaso | Osca S750 | Isabelle Haskell | Alejandro de Tomaso | Denise McCluggage | Rank 18 | |
1960 | North American Racing Team | Ferrari Dino 196S | Pedro Rodríguez | failure | Clutch damage | ||
1961 | NART | Ferrari 250TR60 | Pedro Rodríguez | Rank 3 | |||
1962 | North American Racing Team | Ferrari Dino 246SP | Pedro Rodríguez | failure | Engine failure |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th |
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1959 |
Alejandro de Tomaso Osca |
Osca S750 | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | ||||||||||
18th | DNF | ||||||||||||||||
1960 |
NART P. u. R. Rodriguez |
Ferrari Dino 196S Ferrari 250TR |
BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | ||||||||||
DNF | 7th | DNF | 2 | ||||||||||||||
1961 |
NART Ferrari |
Ferrari 250TR Ferrari 250TRI |
SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | PES | ||||||||||
3 | DNF | 2 | DNF | ||||||||||||||
1962 |
NART Ferrari |
Ferrari Dino 246SP Ferrari Dino 268SP Ferrari 250 GTO |
DAY | SEB | SEB | MAY | TAR | BER | ONLY | LEM | TAV | CCA | RTT | ONLY | BRI | BRI | PAR |
2 | DNF | 1 | DNF | DNF | 1 |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dominik Sharaf, Ruben Zimmermann: Next Verstappen record: What is possible from second place? Motorsport-Total.com, August 27, 2016, accessed on August 27, 2016 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rodríguez, Ricardo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rodríguez de la Vega, Ricardo (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico city |
DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1962 |
Place of death | Mexico city |