Pedro Rodríguez

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Pedro Rodrón de la Vega (18 January 1940 – 11 July 1971) was a Mexican Grand Prix motor racing driver.

He was Ricardo Rodrez's older brother.

Personal life

Rodrez was born in Mexico City, Mexico, the second son of Pedro Natalio Rodrez and Concepción De la Vega. Conchita's older sister, as well as three younger brothers, Ricardo Federico (died at the age of two months) and Alejandro.

In order to learn English and to develop more discipline, his father sent him to Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois, at age 15.

In 1953 and 1954, the Rodrez brothers rode bicycles and motorcycles, becoming Mexican national motorcycle champions. Pedro made his international debut in automobiles at Nassau in 1957, a Ferrari.

He married Angelina (née Dammy), a Mexican woman who lived in Bray on Thames in his later years, but left no children, although he had a wife in England, Glenda Foreman, who lived in Bray on Thames.

Rodr travelled with a Mexican flag and a record of the national anthem because, during his 1967 South African GP, the organizers did not have the Mexican anthem and instead performed the Mexican hat dance.

Jo Ramrez was a close friend of both Rodr and his younger brother Ricardo.

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Career

Rodro began riding bicycles at eight years old. By 1950, he was a class champion in the Mexican Championships. He started racing a 125 cc (7.6 cu in) Adler motorcycle, winning Mexico's national championship in 1952 and 1954. He began a rally in a Ford in 1952 but failed to make it happen. In 1955, he returned to racing full time, most recently in local competitions with the Jaguar XK120 or Porsche 1600S.

Rodro — who had been driving a Chevrolet Corvette in Mexico — and his brother, Carlos, were competing in the Nassau Speed Week competition, where the wild-driving elder brother crashed his Ferrari 500 TR at the age of 1957.

Rodro, an 18-year-old Rodro, won a 500 TR at Le Mans by Luigi Chinetti, his brother of Jean Behra, as his co-driver; the car did not finish after a radiator hose puncture. Rodrn won in 1968 and 1968, co-driving with Belgian Lucien Bianchi, and sharing a Ford GT40 for the JW-Gulf team.

Rodrez and Behra finished second in class (eighth overall) in their Porsche Carrera, while Rodrch came in second, second in a Ferrari 250 TR at Nassau at the end of the season.

Rodrón came from Europe to compete in 1959, teaming a Porsche 1600 S with Leo Levine at the Nurbürgring 1000 km, the second in class (thirteenth overall). He used to be a 750 cc (46 cu in) O.S.C.A. Le Mans was his brother's, but it fell apart.

Rodrs 250TR came second in second at the 1960 Liberty Grand Prix in Cuba, closely followed Stirling Moss' winning Maserati Tipo 61 home. His Dino 196 S failed to finish at Sebring. Rodro finished seventh at the 1960 Targa Florio, a time when the 196 S, which included time on the pavement as well as on, was the most popular model. He retired from the Nürburgring 1000 km and Le Mans last year.

Rodrez began Formula Junior in 1961. He returned to Sebring along with his brother, who was experiencing electrical trouble and came third. The pair also failed to finish the Targa Florio or Nur 1000 km in that year, but they did win the Paris 1000 km. Enzo Ferrari, who lost an engine only two hours after the end, attracted the attention of Enzo Ferrari, who gave them Formula One rides with his team. Pedro declined after being told that "a motor company in Mexico City would be able to operate."

Despite his refusal, Rodr continued racing, winning and placing Sebring, the Nurb, and Le Mans in 1962, but not finishing either time. He won the Paris 1000 km with his brother, who won the second year in a row, after winning the Ferrari 330 TRI/LM.

Rodrigue and his younger brother became the first to be held in Mexico after Ferrari refused to enter the 1962 Mexican Grand Prix, the first to be held in Mexico. Rodre drew after his brother was killed in a horrific crash in practice. He considered quitting racing altogether. However, the Daytona Continental was won by the North American Racing Team in 1963 in a 250GTO. He came in third at Sebring, sharing a 330TR/LM with Graham Hill. He didn't qualify in a Mercedes-powered Cooper T54 in Indianapolis, but he took part in his first Grand Prix in the works Lotus at Watkins Glen and Magdalena Mixhuca. Both Rodrs and the others failed to finish.

He also won the Daytona Continental and the sports car Canadian Grand Prix in 1964, and third in the Bahamas Tourist Trophy. He finished sixth in the Ferrari 156 at Mexico in single-seater competition.

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

He drove again for Lotus in four events in 1966, but he resigned on every occasion. In the Formula Two event at Rouen, Jim Clark deputised for him.

Rodrez claimed in only his ninth Grand Prix at Kyalami at the start of the 1967 season. Rodrez was allowed to drive the practice car despite teammate Jochen Rindt's indignation of Rodrez's defiance of his vehicle, assassinated with heavy assistance from Rindt's close friend Jackie Stewart. After Denny Hulme's lengthy pit stop, Rodrs smooth, consistent driving earned him victory, and local privateer John Love's Tasman Cooper needed a late fuel stop. Rindt, on the other hand, retired the older Cooper-Maserati after 38 laps. Rodrez was the No. 2 in a controlled season in 1967. Rindt is the second in the series. He gained his experience in the older, heavier T81, though Rindt was given the new T81B and later the brand new T86. At the Formula Two event in Enna, a mid-season crash in a Protos-Ford sidelined him for three Grand Prix. In the Dutch Grand Prix, Rodrez was marginally slower than Rindt, but it was also the only other sport in the season in which the Coopers were competitive.

Rodrez received a better ride with, BRM, in 1968, thanks to his Zandvoort work. In the wet at Zandvoort and Rouen, Rodrez demonstrated his best lap in F1 during the French Grand Prix. In the Belgian GP at Spa, he had to settle for second due to a lack of energy.

The BRM P133 faded through the year due to a lack of testing time after Mike Spence's death, who was among the team's owners' favorites. Rodrnel, on the other hand, led the Spanish Grand Prix from Chris Amon for 28 laps until he made a mistake and spun off. Despite Rodrs good results, BRM team leader Louis Stanley promoted Rodrez to the Parnell BRM privateer team at the end of the year.

The Reg Parnell Racing BRMs had hopedless engines, and after Monaco, Rodrez and Ferrari were left and signed for Ferrari for the remainder of the 1969 Grand Prix and sports car series, he retired.

Rodro matched Amon's pace in training and led Amon by a whisker in the championship. The uncompetitive 312s ran midfield until Rodrez's car broke and Amon's engine blew for the second time in a row. Given the hopelessness of the 312 V12, the drivers' annoyance, and the slowing development of the new flat-12 F1 car, Enzo Ferrari may have continued to run two Italian drivers for the remainder of the season, but the Brambilla brothers, Vittorio and Ernesto, were too slow. Well, Ferrari ran Rodrez in the season's last four races, but it wasn't really as a Ferrari works team. Rodrez claimed fourth in 1968, 1967, 1969, and 1970; and seventh in 1965 and 1969; but Ferrari did not give him a ride in 1970.

After John Surtees' decision to leave to form his own team at the last minute, BRM only gave him a ride in 1970. Stanley Oliver was clearly favoured as the number one driver for the majority of 1970, perhaps in reaction to Stewart's view of Rodr's on the team's "old-boys' club" of Englishmen. Rodré won with his BRM P153 over the new March of Chris Amon by just 1.1 seconds and an average speed of 149.31 km/h), then the third fastest average speed in F1, after Jean-Pierre Beltoise claimed third place in Matra.

The V12 engines were especially suited to the fast circuits with no really slow corners, such as Spa, Monza, and to a degree Brands and Nürburgring, as the BRM, Matra, and Weslake engined cars were typically suited. St. Jovite's strong push saw him finish fourth. Only the desire to pit in the last laps for fuel robbed him of his victory at Watkins Glen, the year's highest paying event at the time, US$50,000. Emerson Fittipaldi, who won his first match of his career in Formula 1, was the winner.

After many years racing for Ferrari in the World Championship of Makes for Sport, he joined JW-Porsche in 1970 and over the next two years, driving a Porsche 917, contributing to Porsche's victory in the World Sportscar Championship.

Rodrez turned into one of the sport's best all-rounders, racing CanAm, NASCAR, rallies, and even becoming the first American Ice Racing champion in 1970, after being invited by Anchorage's Alaska Sports Car Club.

Rodrez debuted in NASCAR at Trenton Speedway in 1959, finishing 6th. He finished 9th at the 1963 Firecracker 400, but he was forced to withdraw due to an engine failure. The Mexican finished fifth in the 1965 World 600, his highest result. He came in 13th at the 1971 Daytona 500. Miller High Life 500, his last NASCAR race, where he retired early due to electrical problems.

Rodrn finished 5th in the CanAm round of Bridgehampton in 1969 and rode a Ferrari 312 P Coupé. With a BRM P154, he finished 3rd at Riverside and 5th at Laguna Seca Raceway in 1970.

With a BRM P160 being crafted by Tony Southgate, and BRM with consistently good engines, the 1971 Formula One season may have positioned him as a championship contender. However, BRM was overextended, attempting to run three, and later four, cars. During the Dutch Grand Prix, Rodrez challenged Jacky Ickx brilliantly in the rain, and only recently lost out on the title.

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