Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)

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

Rodríguez was born in Mexico City, Mexico, the 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, Rodríguez's father sent him to Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois, in order to learn English and to develop more discipline.

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.

Rodríguez 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.

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.

Jo Ramírez was a very close friend to both Rodríguez and his younger brother, Ricardo.

Career

thumb|right|Rodríguez in his BRM P133 during the [[1968 German Grand Prix.]]

Rodríguez began racing with bicycles at eight years old. He was a class winner in the Mexican Championship by 1950. He started racing a Adler motorcycle, winning Mexico's national championship in 1952 and 1954. In 1952, he entered a rally in a Ford, but achieved little. Rodríguez claimed seventh at the 1960 Targa Florio, again in the 196 S, which spent time off the pavement as well as on. 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.

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, Rodríguez 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. 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. 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. A mid-season accident in a Protos-Ford, at the Formula Two event at Enna, sidelined him for three Grand Prix. also the only other race in the season where the Coopers were competitive.

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

The BRM P133 faded through the year from lack of testing time after the death of Mike Spence, whom the team's owners favoured. Nevertheless, Rodríguez led the Spanish Grand Prix from Chris Amon for 28 laps until he made a mistake and spun off. 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, Rodríguez left and signed for Ferrari for the remainder of the 1969 Grand Prix and sports car series.

thumb|right|250px|Pedro Rodríguez second place, 20 June 1971 [[1971 Dutch Grand Prix|North Holland, Zandvoort. This would be the last podium for Rodríguez who would die 21 days later.]]

Reentering F1 in the British Grand Prix, 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; sixth in 1964, 1967 and 1970; and seventh in 1965 and 1969; Jean-Pierre Beltoise got the third place in a Matra.

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 fourth. 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).The winner was Emerson Fittipaldi, who won his first race in F1.

After many years racing for Ferrari in the World Championship of Makes for sports cars, Rodríguez 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.

Rodríguez competed in multiple motorsport disciplines, including Can-Am, NASCAR, and rallying. In 1970, he also won a North American ice racing championship in an event held at Sand Lake, after being invited by the Alaska Sports Car Club in Anchorage.

Rodríguez debuted in NASCAR at Trenton Speedway in 1959, finishing 6th. At the 1963 Firecracker 400 he qualified ninth but retired after an engine failure. The Mexican finished fifth 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

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

The 1971 Formula One season could have seen Rodríguez 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.

thumb|300px|The [[Ford GT40 in which Rodríguez and Lucien Bianchi won the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans]]

Death

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. He died shortly after he was extracted from the wreck.

Legacy

Rodríguez was considered the best driver of his era in the wet. 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.

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.

Commemoration

thumb|Rodríguez at the [[1971 French Grand Prix|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. 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. Its Secretary General, Carlos Jalife, published the Rodríguez brothers' biography in December 2006, with an English translation which won the Motor Press Guild Book of the Year award in 2009.

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.

BRM P153

right|250px|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

Formula One World Championship results

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! 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

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MEX

| 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

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEX

! 22nd

! 1

| 1965

! North American Racing Team

! Ferrari 1512

! Ferrari 207 1.5 V12

| RSA

| MON

| BEL

| FRA

| GBR

| NED

| GER

| ITA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MEX

! 14th

! 2

|rowspan="3"| 1966

!rowspan="3"| Team Lotus

!rowspan="2"| Lotus 33

! Climax FWMV 2.0 V8

| MON

| BEL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA

| GBR

| NED

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MEX

!rowspan="3"| NC

!rowspan="3"| 0

! BRM P60 2.0 V8

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA

! Lotus 44 (F2)

! Ford Cosworth SCA 1.0 L4

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER 1

| ITA

| 1967

! Cooper Car Company

! Cooper T81

! Maserati 9/F1 3.0 V12

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RSA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEL

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER

| CAN

| ITA

| USA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEX

! 6th

! 15

|rowspan="3"| 1968

!rowspan="3"| Owen Racing Organisation

! BRM P126

!rowspan="3"| BRM P101 3.0 V12

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA

!rowspan="3"| 6th

!rowspan="3"| 18

! BRM P133

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BEL

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NED

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAN

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEX

! BRM P138

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA

|rowspan="3"| 1969

! Reg Parnell Racing

! BRM P126

! BRM P101 3.0 V12

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON

!rowspan="3"| 14th

!rowspan="3"| 3

! Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC

!rowspan="2"| Ferrari 312/69

!rowspan="2"| Ferrari 255C 3.0 V12

| NED DNA

| FRA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR

| GER

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA

! North American Racing Team

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAN

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MEX

|rowspan="2"| 1970

! Owen Racing Organisation

!rowspan="2"| BRM P153

!rowspan="2"| BRM P142 3.0 V12

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RSA

!rowspan="2"| 7th

!rowspan="2"| 23

! Yardley Team BRM

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BEL

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NED

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AUT

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAN

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| USA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MEX

| 1971

! Yardley Team BRM

! BRM P160

! BRM P142 3.0 V12

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NED

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| AUT

| ITA

| CAN

| USA

! 10th

! 9

!colspan="19"|

1 – Ineligible for Formula One points, because he drove with a Formula Two car.

Formula One Non-Championship results

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

| 1965

! Team Lotus

! Lotus 25

! Climax V8

| ROC

| SYR

| SMT

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| INT

| MED

| RAN

| 1967

! Cooper Car Company

! Cooper T81

! Maserati V12

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ROC

| SPC

| INT

| SYR

| OUL

| ESP

|rowspan="2"| 1968

! Owen Racing Organisation

! BRM P133

!rowspan="2"| BRM V12

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ROC

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INT

! Reg Parnell Racing

! BRM P126

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OUL

| 1969

! Reg Parnell Racing

! BRM P126

! BRM V12

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROC

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| INT

| MAD

| OUL

| 1971

! Yardley Team BRM

! BRM P160

! BRM V12

| ARG

| ROC

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| QUE

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SPR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| INT

| RIN

| OUL

| VIC

! colspan="12" | Source:

Complete Tasman Series results

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! Rank

! Pts

|rowspan=2| 1968

!rowspan=2| Owen Racing Organization

! BRM P261

! BRM 2.1 V8

|style="background:#efcfff;"| PUK

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WIG

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WAR

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| LON

!rowspan="2"| 7

!rowspan="2"| 8

! BRM P126

! BRM 2.5 V12

|style="background:#efcfff;"| LEV

|style="background:#efcfff;"| TER

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SUR

|style="background:#efcfff;"| SAN

Pedro Rodríguez at Ferrari

thumb|1962 Le Mans-winning [[Ferrari 330|Ferrari 330 TRI-LM, bought by the Rodríguezes through NART. Rodríguez raced several times in it.]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Race

! Team

! Chassis

! Position

! Co-driver

| rowspan=2|1957

| Nassau Trophy

| rowspan="23" | NART

| 500 TR

| Ret

| Solo

| Governor's Trophy

| 500 TR

| 9

| Solo

| rowspan=4|1958

| 24 Hours of Le Mans

|500 TR

| José Behra

| Governor's Trophy

| TR 58

| 4

| Solo

| Ferrari Classic

|TR58

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|Solo

| Nassau Trophy

|TR 58

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|Solo

| rowspan=7|1959

|II Circuito del Moral

|TR 58

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|Solo

| 12 Hours of Sebring

|TR58

|Ret.

|Paul O'Shea

| 1000 km Daytona

|TR58

|DNS

| VII Circuito Avándaro

|58TR

|Solo

| Kiwanis GP Riverside

|250 TR

|Ret

|Solo

|Governor's Trophy

|TR59

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd

|Solo

| Nassau Trophy

|TR59

|13

|Solo

| rowspan=7|1960

| Cuban GP

|TR59

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|Solo

| 12 Hours of Sebring

|Dino 196 S

|Ret

|Ricardo Rodríguez

|Targa Florio

|Dino 196 S

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 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

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|Ricardo Rodríguez

|rowspan=8|1961

| 12 Hours of Sebring

|TR59/60

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd

|Ricardo Rodríguez

| 1000 km Nürburgring

|TRI/60

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|Ricardo Rodríguez

| 24 Hours of Le Mans

|TRI/61

|Ret

|Ricardo Rodríguez

|I GP Independencia

|250 GT Cal

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Solo

| GP Canada Sport

| rowspan="7" |NART

|TRI/61

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|Solo

| 1000 km Montlhéry

|250 GT SWB

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Ricardo Rodríguez

| Governor's Trophy

|TRI/61

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Solo

| Nassau Trophy

|TRI/61

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd

|Solo

|rowspan=7|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

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|Ricardo Rodríguez

| 24 Hours of Le Mans

|SpA Ferrari SEFAC

|246 SP

|Ret

|Ricardo Rodríguez

|Double 400 Bridgehampton

| rowspan="11" |NART

|330 TRI/LM

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Solo

| GP Canada Sport

|330 TRI/LM

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|Solo

| 1000 km Montlhéry

|250 GTO

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Ricardo Rodríguez

|rowspan=5|1963

| Continental 3 Hours of Daytona

|250 GTO

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Solo

| 12 Hours of Sebring

|330 TRI/LM

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd

|Graham Hill

| 24 Hours of Le Mans

|330 TRI/LM

|Ret

|Roger Penske

| Governor's Trophy

|250 P

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|Solo

| Nassau Trophy

|250 P

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|Solo

|rowspan=14|1964

| CC 250 M Daytona

|250 LM

|Ret

|Solo

| Continental 2000 km Daytona

|250 GTO

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Phil Hill

| 12 Hours of Sebring

|330 P

|Ret lap 40

|John Fulp

| 12 Hours of Sebring

|250 GTO

|David Piper/Mike Gammino

| 24 Hours of Le Mans

| rowspan="41" |NART

|330 P

|Ret

|S. Hudson

| 12 Hours of Reims

|250 GTO

|11

|Nino Vaccarella

| Player's Quebec

|275 P

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Solo

| Double 500 Bridgehampton

|275 P

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|Solo

| GP Canada Sport

|330 P

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Solo

| 1000 km Montlhéry

|250 GTO

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|Jo Schlesser

| GT+22 Oakes Field

|250 GTO

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 7/1 class

|Solo

| Nassau Tourist Trophy

|250 GTO

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 6/1 class

|Solo

| Governor's Trophy

|330 P

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 4/1 class

|align=center|Solo

| Nassau Thophy

|330 GTO

|3/2 class

|Solo

|rowspan=7|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

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 7/1 class

|Nino Vacarella

| 12 Hours of Reims

|365 P2

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Jean Guichet

| Double 500 Bridghampton

|250 GTO

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 2/1 class

|Solo

| GP Canada Sport

|365 P2

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd

|Solo

|rowspan=8|1966

| 24 Hours of Daytona

|365 P2

|Mario Andretti

| 12 Hours of Sebring

|365 P2

|Ret

|Mario Andretti

| 1000 km Nürburgring

|Dino 206 S

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 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

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 7/1 class

|Solo

| Nassau Trophy

|Dino 206 S

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 7/1 class

|Solo

|rowspan=5|1967

| 24 Hours of Daytona

|412 P

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd

|Jean Guichet

| 12 Hours of Sebring

|206 S

|Ret

|Jean Guichet

| 1000 km Monza

|align=center|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

|rowspan=2|1968

| 24 Hours of Daytona

|Dino 206 S

|Ret

|Kold

| Brands Hatch GP

|275 ML

|Pierpoint

|rowspan=7|1969

| 12 Hours of Sebring

|330 P3

|Ret

|Parsons

| 6 Hours of Brands Hatch

|312 P

|Chris Amon

| 1000 km Monza

|312 P

|Ret

|Schetty

| 1000 km Spa

|312 P

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|David Piper

| 1000 km Nürburgring

|312 P

|Chris Amon

| 24 Hours of Le Mans

|312 P

|Ret

|David Piper

| 200 M Bridgehampton

|312 P

|Solo

|rowspan=2|1970

| 200 M Mid Ohio

|512 S

|11

|Solo

| 200 M Elkhart Lake

|512 P

|Solo

|align=center| 1971

| 200 miles of Norisring

|align=center| Private

|align=center| 512 M

|align=center| Died

|align=center| Solo

Pedro Rodríguez at Porsche

300px|thumb|Pedro Rodríguez won eight races in [[1970 World Sportscar Championship season|1970 and 1971 in a similar Porsche 917.]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Race

! Team

! Chassis

! Position

! Co-driver

|rowspan=10|1970

| 24 Hours of Daytona

| rowspan="20" |John Wyer

|917K

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Kinnunen/Redman

| 12 Hours of Sebring

| 917K

|Kinnunen/ Siffert

| 1000km of Brands Hatch

|917K

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Leo Kinnunen

| 1000 km Monza

| 917K

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Leo Kinnunen

| Targa Florio

|908-3

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 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

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Leo Kinnunen

| 1000 km Zeltweg

|917K

|Ret

|Leo Kinnunen

|rowspan=10|1971

| 1000 km of Buenos Aires

|917K

|Ret

|Jackie Oliver

| 24 Hours of Daytona

|917K

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Jackie Oliver

| 12 Hours of Sebring

|917K

|Jackie Oliver

| 1000 km Brands Hatch

|917K

|Ret

|Jackie Oliver

| 1000 km Monza

|917K

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Jackie Oliver

| 1000 km Spa

|917K

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Jackie Oliver

| Targa Florio

|908-3

|Ret

|Herbert Müller

|1000 km Nürburgring

|908-3

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

|Oliver/Siffert

| 24 Hours of Le Mans

|917LH

|align=center|18

|Jackie Oliver

| 1000 km Zeltweg

|917K

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|Richard Attwood

Pedro Rodríguez in the 24 Hours of Le Mans

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!scope=col rowspan="2" style="background:#FFCFB2;"|Year

!scope=col rowspan="2" style="background:#FFCFB2;"|Team

!scope=col rowspan="2" style="background:#FFCFB2;"|Num.

!scope=col style="background:#FFCFB2;"|Car

!scope=col rowspan="2" style="background:#FFCFB2;"|Cat.

!scope=col rowspan="2" style="background:#FFCFB2;"|Co-driver

!scope=col rowspan="2" style="background:#FFCFB2;"|Grid

!scope=col style="background:#FFCFB2;"|Laps

!scope=col rowspan="2" style="background:#FFCFB2;"|Result

!scope=col style="background:#FFCFB2;"|Engine

!scope=col style="background:#FFCFB2;"|Hours

|-align=left

|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"| North American Racing Team||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |25||Ferrari 500 TR58||rowspan="2"|S 2.0||rowspan="2"| José Behra||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |33°||||rowspan="2"|

|-align=left

|Ferrari 2.0 L4||

|-align=left style="background:#EFEFEF;"

|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"| OSCA Automobili||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |51||OSCA Sport 750TN||rowspan="2"|S 750||rowspan="2"| Ricardo Rodríguez||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |11°||||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Retire (Water pump)

|-align=left style="background:#EFEFEF;"

|OSCA 0.7L L4||

|-align=left

|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"| Scuderia Ferrari SpA||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |12||Ferrari 250 TRI/60||rowspan="2"|S 3.0||rowspan="2"| Ludovico Scarfiotti||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |47°||||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Retire (Fuel)

|-align=left

|Ferrari 3.0L V12||

|-align=left style="background:#EFEFEF;"

|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"| North American Racing Team||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |17||Ferrari 250 TRI/61||rowspan="2"|S 3.0||rowspan="2"| Ricardo Rodríguez||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |2°||||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Retire (Engine)

|-align=left style="background:#EFEFEF;"

|Ferrari 3.0L V12||

|-align=left

|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"| SpA Ferrari SEFAC||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |28||Ferrari 246 SP||rowspan="2"|E 3.0||rowspan="2"| Ricardo Rodríguez||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |32°||||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Retire (Gear box)

|-align=left

|Ferrari 2.4L V6||

|-align=left style="background:#EFEFEF;"

|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"| North American Racing Team||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |10||Ferrari 330 TRI/LM||rowspan="2"|P +3.0||rowspan="2"| Roger Penske||rowspan="2"|||||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Retire (Accident)

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|Ferrari 4.0L V12||

|-align=left

|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"| North American Racing Team||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |15||Ferrari 330 P||rowspan="2"|P 5.0||rowspan="2"| Skip Hudson|| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |3°||||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Retire (Engine)

|-align=left

|Ferrari 4.0 L V12||

|-align=left style="background:#EFEFEF;"

|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"| North American Racing Team||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |18||Ferrari 365 P2/P1||rowspan="2"|P 5.0||rowspan="2"| Nino Vaccarella||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |6°||||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |7°

|-align=left style="background:#EFEFEF;"

|Ferrari 4.4 L V12||

|-align=left

|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"| North American Racing Team||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |27||Ferrari 330 P3 Spyder||rowspan="2"|P 5.0||rowspan="2"| Richie Ginther||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |5°||||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Retire (Gear box)

|-align=left

|Ferrari 4.0 L V12||

|-align=left style="background:#EFEFEF;"

|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"| North American Racing Team||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |25||Ferrari 330 P3||rowspan="2"|P 5.0||rowspan="2"| Giancarlo Baghetti||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |8°||||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Retire (Pistons)

|-align=left style="background:#EFEFEF;"

|Ferrari 4.0 L V12||

|-align=left

|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"| John Wyer Automotive Engineering||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |9||Ford GT40 Mk I||rowspan="2"|S 5.0||rowspan="2"| Lucien Bianchi||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |4°||||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Winner

|-align=left

|Ford 4.9 L V8||

|-align=left style="background:#EFEFEF;"

|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"| SpA Ferrari SEFAC||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |18||Ferrari 312 P Coupé||rowspan="2"|P 3.0||rowspan="2"| David Piper||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |9°||||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Retire (Oil leak)

|-align=left style="background:#EFEFEF;"

|Ferrari 3.0 L V12||

|-align=left

|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"| John Wyer Automotive Engineering||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |21||Porsche 917K||rowspan="2"|S 5.0||rowspan="2"| Leo Kinnunen||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |5°||||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Retire (Engine)

|-align=left

|Porsche 4.9 L Flat 12||

|-align=left style="background:#EFEFEF;"

|rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"| John Wyer Automotive Engineering||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |18||Porsche 917L||rowspan="2"|S 5.0||rowspan="2"| Jackie Oliver||rowspan="2"|||||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Retire (Oil leak)

|-align=left style="background:#EFEFEF;"

|Porsche 4.9 L Flat 12||

Notes

Sources

Jalife-Villalón, Carlos Eduardo. The Brothers Rodríguez. Phoenix: David Bull Publishing, 2009. (Translated and enlarged by the author from the 2006 Mexican edition)
Kettlewell, Mike. "Rodriguez: The young lions of Mexico", in Ward, Ian, general editor. The World of Automobiles, Volume 16, pp. 1915–17. London: Orbis, 1974.

External links

History of Norisring races
GrandPrix.com
Fan Page
Career stats, courtesy GrandPrixStats.com