Rodolfo González (racing driver)

Rodolfo González (born 14 May 1986 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan racing driver.^[1]

Rodolfo González
González at the 2015 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma
Nationality	Venezuelan
Born	(1986-05-14) 14 May 1986 (age 38) Caracas, Venezuela
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Murphy Prototypes
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	48
Starts	3
Wins	0
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	14th in 2014
Previous series
2009–2012 2008–09–2011 2008–09 2008 2006–07 2005 2004–05 2003–05 2002	GP2 Series GP2 Asia Series Euroseries 3000 Formula 3 Euro Series British Formula 3 FR2.0 Netherlands Formula Renault UK FRUK Winter Series Formula Ford UK Winter Series
Championship titles
2006	British F3 National Class

Career

Formula Renault

After previously competing in karting, González raced in the 2003 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series, before racing in the main series in 2004 and 2005 while attending City College Norwich.

Formula Three

He won the British F3 International Series National Class in 2006 for T-Sport. In 2007 he continued to show promise by finishing 11th in the 2007 British Formula 3 season with T-Sport.

In 2008, he moved to Carlin Motorsport and the Formula Three Euroseries and endured a miserable season, amassing just half a point in the rain-shortened sprint race at Le Mans.

GP2 Series

González driving for Trident at the Monza round of the 2011 GP2 Series season.

He replaced Andreas Zuber^[2] for the third round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season at Sakhir, and finished 16th in his first race. He eventually wound up 23rd in the championship, with a best finish of eighth in the sprint race at Sepang.

González entered the main GP2 Series for the first time as a replacement for Davide Rigon at Trident Racing for the German rounds.^[3]

He also competed in Euroseries 3000 in 2009, finishing in fifth position.

González raced for Arden International in the first round of the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season before being replaced by Javier Villa.^[4] He returned at the final round in Bahrain, replacing Sergio Pérez at Barwa Addax.^[5]

González returned to Arden for the 2010 GP2 Series season alongside Charles Pic. He scored four points and finished 21st in the drivers' championship. For 2011, he moved to Trident Racing, where he competed alongside Stefano Coletti. He finished seventeenth in the Asia series and 26th in the main series. He was then signed by Caterham Racing alongside Giedo van der Garde for the 2012 season, in which he finished 22nd in the championship.

Formula One

González testing at the 2013 Italian Grand Prix.

In 2010 González was given a drive in the Lotus T127 at the end-of-season young driver test in Abu Dhabi, alongside Bulgarian Vladimir Arabadzhiev.^[6]

On 14 March 2013 Marussia F1 announced that González would be the team's reserve driver for the 2013 Formula One season.^[7] He drove in the practice sessions at the Hungarian, Italian and Korean Grands Prix for Marussia, notably crashing in the latter.^[8]

Endurance racing

González competed in the 2014 ELMS Championship with the Murphy Prototypes Endurance Racing Team in the LMP2 category, and the 2014 Le Mans Classic.

IndyCar

González tested IndyCar Series cars in the 2014–2015 off-season with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and Dale Coyne Racing. He was a surprise addition to the IndyCar Series entry list in the fourth round of the 2015 IndyCar Series season at Barber Motorsports Park in the Dale Coyne No. 18 entry.^[9]

Return to racing

González was announced to drive for Idola Motorsport in the Britcar Prototype Cup in a Praga R1 with Ruben Stanislau.^[10] He won the opening race of the season at Silverstone.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2003	British Formula Ford Winter Series		4	0	0	?	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault UK Winter Series	Manor Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	6	19th
2004	Formula Renault UK	Paston Racing	7	0	0	0	0	72	21st
		Mark Burdett Motorsport	8	0	0	0	0
	Formula Renault UK Winter Series		4	0	0	0	0	41	10th
2005	Formula Renault UK	Manor Motorsport	20	0	0	0	1	235	9th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands		4	0	0	?	0	18	23rd
	Formula Renault UK Winter Series	Mark Burdett Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	32	13th
2006	British Formula 3 Championship – National Class	T-Sport	22	13	12	16	18	355	1st
2007	British Formula 3 Championship	T-Sport	22	0	0	1	1	77	11th
2008	Formula 3 Euro Series	Carlin Motorsport	18	0	0	1	0	0.5	24th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
	Euroseries 3000	Sighinolfi Autoracing	2	0	0	0	0	3	20th
2008–09	GP2 Asia Series	Fisichella Motor Sport	8	0	0	0	0	0	23rd
2009	GP2 Series	Trident Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	29th
	Euroseries 3000	Fisichella Motor Sport	13	1	1	1	4	44	5th
2009–10	GP2 Asia Series	Arden International	2	0	0	0	0	0	29th
		Barwa Addax Team	2	0	0	0	0
2010	GP2 Series	Arden International	20	0	0	0	0	4	21st
	Formula One	Lotus F1 Racing	Test driver
2011	GP2 Series	Trident Racing	18	0	0	0	0	0	26th
	GP2 Asia Series		4	0	0	0	0	0	17th
2012	GP2 Series	Caterham Racing	24	0	0	0	0	6	22nd
2013	Formula One	Marussia F1 Team	Test driver
2014	Formula Acceleration 1	Acceleration Team Venezuela	4	0	0	0	0	10	17th
	European Le Mans Series	Murphy Prototypes	3	0	1	0	1	20	14th
	24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2015	IndyCar Series	Dale Coyne Racing	6	0	0	0	0	94	26th
2017	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	Alex Caffi Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	187	22nd
2023	Britcar Prototype Cup - Praga	Idola Motorsport	3	1	0	0	1	31	5th
	Sports Prototype Cup - Open Class		4	0	0	0	2	N/A	3rd
	Prototype Challenge - CN		4	1	1	1	2	59	3rd

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship results

(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	DC	Points
2004	Paston Racing	THR 1 19	THR 2 Ret	BRH1 1 16	BRH1 2 DNS	SIL 1 25	SIL 2 15	OUL 1	OUL 2	THR 1 20	THR 2 19											21st	72
	Mark Burdett Motorsport											CRO 1 16	CRO 2 16	KNO 1 12	KNO 2 14	BRH2 1 DNS	BRH2 2 10	SNE 1 9	SNE 2 14	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 DNS
2005	Manor Motorsport	DON 1 13	DON 2 9	THR 1 5	THR 2 7	BRH1 1 6	BRH1 2 7	OUL 1 3	OUL 2 18	CRO 1 5	CRO 2 8	SNE 1 10	SNE 2 9	KNO 1 9	KNO 2 10	DON 1 DSQ	DON 2 18	SIL 1 10	SIL 2 10	BRH2 1 8	BRH2 2 Ret	9th	334

Complete British Formula Three Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2006	T-Sport	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	National	OUL 1 11	OUL 2 8	DON 1 13	DON 2 7	PAU 1 12	PAU 2 Ret	MON 1 14	MON 2 13	SNE 1 11	SNE 2 14	SPA 1 14	SPA 2 13	SIL 1 19	SIL 2 14	BRH 1 13	BRH 2 16	MUG 1 9	MUG 2 13	SIL 1 18	SIL 2 Ret	THR 1 10	THR 2 Ret	1st	355
2007	T-Sport	Dallara F307	Mugen-Honda	Championship	OUL 1 7	OUL 2 9	DON 1 12	DON 2 6	BUC 1 10	BUC 2 10	SNE 1 5	SNE 2 Ret	MNZ 1 18	MNZ 2 Ret	BRH 1 4	BRH 2 18	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 10	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 7	THR 1 7	THR 2 3	CRO 1 8	CRO 2 9	ROC 1 4	ROC 2 11	11th	77

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(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	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2008	Carlin Motorsport	Dallara F308/074	Mercedes	HOC 1 15	HOC 2 12	MUG 1 18	MUG 2 13	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 21	NOR 1 12	NOR 2 Ret	ZAN 1 24	ZAN 2 20	NÜR 1 21	NÜR 2 25	BRH 1 17	BRH 2 15	CAT 1 20	CAT 2 19	LMS 1 17	LMS 2 6	HOC 1	HOC 2	24th	0.5

Complete Euroseries 3000 results

(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	DC	Points
2008	Sighinolfi Autoracing	VLL 1	VLL 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	JER 1	JER 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 4	19th	3
2009	FMS International	ALG 1 Ret	ALG 2 11	MAG 1 10	MAG 2 6	DON 1 C	DON 2 C	ZOL 1 1	ZOL 2 6	VAL 1 5	VAL 2 4	VAL 3 4	VLL 1 8	VLL 2 2	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 3		5th	44

Complete GP2 Series results

(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	22	23	24	DC	Points
2009	Trident Racing	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	NÜR FEA 15	NÜR SPR 19	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	ALG FEA	ALG SPR					29th	0
2010	Arden International	CAT FEA 15	CAT SPR 14	MON FEA 10	MON SPR Ret	IST FEA 16	IST SPR 16	VAL FEA Ret	VAL SPR Ret	SIL FEA 16	SIL SPR 20	HOC FEA 18	HOC SPR Ret	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 15	SPA FEA 8	SPA SPR 4	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR Ret	YMC FEA 10	YMC SPR 16					21st	4
2011	Trident Racing	IST FEA Ret	IST SPR 22	CAT FEA 20	CAT SPR 10	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 14	VAL FEA 15	VAL SPR Ret	SIL FEA 18	SIL SPR 13	NÜR FEA 9	NÜR SPR 15	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 9	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 17	MNZ FEA 19	MNZ SPR 16							26th	0
2012	Caterham Racing	SEP FEA Ret	SEP SPR 18	BHR1 FEA 15	BHR1 SPR 20	BHR2 FEA 18	BHR2 SPR 15	CAT FEA 15	CAT SPR 14	MON FEA 13	MON SPR 5	VAL FEA 15	VAL SPR 15	SIL FEA 23	SIL SPR Ret	HOC FEA 23	HOC SPR 20	HUN FEA 23	HUN SPR 16	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 14	MNZ FEA 22	MNZ SPR 20	MRN FEA Ret	MRN SPR 18	22nd	6

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(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
2008–09	FMS International	SHI FEA	SHI SPR	DUB FEA	DUB SPR	BHR1 FEA 16	BHR1 SPR Ret	LSL FEA Ret	LSL SPR 19	SEP FEA 10	SEP SPR 8	BHR2 FEA Ret	BHR2 SPR Ret	23rd	0
2009–10	Arden International	YMC1 FEA 14	YMC1 SPR 16	YMC2 FEA	YMC2 SPR	BHR1 FEA	BHR1 SPR							29th	0
Barwa Addax Team							BHR2 FEA Ret	BHR2 SPR Ret
2011	Trident Racing	YMC FEA 11	YMC SPR 9	IMO FEA 10	IMO SPR Ret									17th	0

Complete Formula One participations

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	WDC	Points
2013	Marussia F1 Team	Marussia MR02	Cosworth CA2013 2.4 V8	AUS	MAL	CHN	BHR TD	ESP TD	MON	CAN	GBR	GER TD	HUN TD	BEL	ITA TD	SIN	KOR TD	JPN	IND	ABU TD	USA TD	BRA TD	–	–

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2014	Murphy Prototypes	Nathanaël Berthon Karun Chandhok	Oreca 03R-Nissan	LMP2	73	DNF	DNF

Complete Formula Acceleration 1 results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos	Points
2014	Venezuela	ALG 1 11	ALG 2 11	NAV 1 5	NAV 2 9	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	ASS 1	ASS 2	17th	10

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2014	Murphy Prototypes	LMP2	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 8	IMO Ret	RBR	LEC 3	EST	14th	20

Complete IndyCar Series results

(key)

Year	Team	Chassis	#	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points	Ref
2015	Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara DW12	18	Honda	STP	NLA	LBH	ALA 20	IMS	INDY	DET 21	DET 22	TXS	TOR 18	FON	MIL	IOW	MDO 20	POC	SNM 9	26th	94	[11]

Complete NASCAR results

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	NWES	Pts
2017	Alex Caffi Motorsport	2	Toyota	VAL 11	VAL 8	BRH 15	BRH 11	VEN	VEN	HOC	HOC	FRA	FRA	ZOL	ZOL	22nd	187

References

1. Gonzalez, Rodolfo. "Rodolfo Gonzalez's Instagram page". Instagram.com. Retrieved 22 November 2018. Former racing driver
2. "Gonzalez joins Fisichella for GP2 Asia". Autosport. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
3. "2009 GP2 Series – Round 5". GP2 Series. 7 July 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
4. "2009/2010 GP2 Asia Series: Abu Dhabi Drivers List" (PDF). GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 29 January 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
5. "GP2 Asia Series – Round 4: Bahrain Preview". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 17 March 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
6. "Arabadzhiev, Gonzalez to test for Lotus". Autosport. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
7. "In Reserve". marussiaf1team.com. Marussia F1. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
8. "F1 2013 Korea FP1 González Crashes". "Seba boi Motosport" on YouTube. 16 October 2020.
9. DeZinno, Tony. Rodolfo Gonzalez set for IndyCar debut with Coyne at Barber, NBC Sports, 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015
10. "Rodolfo González and Ruben Stanislaus sign-up for full season with Idola Motorsport". Praga Cup. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
11. "Rodolfo González – 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

External links

• Rodolfo González on Twitter
• Rodolfo González career summary at DriverDB.com