Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is de la Vega.

Pedro Rodríguez
Formula One World Championship career

Born	(1940-01-18)18 January 1940 Mexico City, Mexico
Died	11 July 1971(1971-07-11) (aged 31) Nuremberg, West Germany
Nationality	Mexican
Active years	1963 – 1971
Teams	Ferrari, Lotus, Cooper, BRM
Entries	54
Championships	0
Wins	2
Podiums	7
Career points	71
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	1
First entry	1963 United States Grand Prix
First win	1967 South African Grand Prix
Last win	1970 Belgian Grand Prix
Last entry	1971 French Grand Prix

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971
Teams	NART OSCA Automobili SpA Ferrari SEFAC John Wyer Automotive
Best finish	1st (1968)
Class wins	1 S 5.0 (1968)

Rodríguez in his BRM P133 during the 1968 German Grand Prix.

Pedro Rodríguez de la Vega (18 January 1940 – 11 July 1971) was a Mexican Grand Prix motor racing driver. He was the older brother of Ricardo Rodríguez.

Personal

Rodríguez was born in Mexico City, Mexico, the first son of the marriage of Pedro Natalio Rodríguez and Concepción "Conchita" Rodríguez (née de la Vega), and had three brothers, Federico, Ricardo and Alejandro, and a younger sister, Conchita.

At 15, his father sent him to Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois in order to learn English and to get more discipline.^[1]

Rodríguez brothers raced bicycles and motorcycles, becoming Mexican national motorcycle champion in 1953 and 1954. He made his international debut in cars at Nassau in 1957 in a Ferrari.

He married Angelina (née Dammy), in Mexico since 1961, although he had a girlfriend in England, Glenda Foreman, with whom he lived in Bray on Thames in his latter 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.^[2] ^[3]

Jo Ramírez was a very close friend to both Rodríguez as well as his younger brother Ricardo.

Career

At 18 Rodríguez shared a Ferrari 500 TR at 24 Hours of Le Mans, entered by U.S. importer Luigi Chinetti, with José Behra, brother of Jean Behra, as his co-driver. Rodríguez came back every year to Le Mans, fourteen times in total, and won in 1968, co-driving with Belgian Lucien Bianchi, sharing a Ford GT40 for the JW–Gulf team.

After his brother was killed in a horrific accident while practicing for the Mexican Grand Prix, Rodríguez considered retiring from racing. However, in 1963 he won at Daytona International Speedway and took part in his first Grands Prix for Lotus at Watkins Glen and Magdalena Mixhuca. He competed in Formula One sporadically through 1966 with Ferrari and Lotus.

At the start of the new season of 1967, Rodríguez won in only his ninth Grand Prix, at Kyalami.^[4] Cooper manager Roy Salvadori allowed Rodríguez to drive the practice car, over the objections from 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^[5] and was also slowed by a mid-season accident. Nevertheless, Rodríguez was only marginally slower than Rindt in the Dutch Grand Prix,^[6] also the only other race in the season where the Coopers were competitive.

Rodríguez at the 1968 Dutch Grand Prix

His performance at Zandvoort earned Rodríguez a better drive with, BRM in 1968.^[7] Rodríguez proved himself excellent in the wet at Zandvoort and Rouen where he got his only fastest lap in F1 during the French GP.^[8] Lack of power meant he had to settle for second behind Bruce McLaren in Belgian GP at Spa.^[9]^[10]

The BRM P133 faded through the year from lack of testing time after the death of Mike Spence, who 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.^[11] At the end of the year, despite Rodríguez's good performances, BRM team manager Sir Louis Stanley released Rodríguez to the Parnell BRM privateer team for.

The Reg Parnell Racing BRMs proved to have hopeless engines, and after Monaco,^[12] Rodríguez left and signed for Ferrari for the remainder of the 1969 Grand Prix and sports car series.

Reentering F1 in the British Grand Prix,^[13] 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. In the underpowered car, Rodríguez managed a fourth in 1968;^[14] sixth in 1964,^[15] 1967^[16] and 1970;^[17] and seventh in 1965^[18] and 1969;^[17] places in his six home races in Mexico, but Ferrari didn't offer him a ride for 1970.

BRM only offered him a ride in 1970 after John Surtees decided to leave to set up his own team at the last minute. For most of 1970, Stanley clearly favoured Jackie Oliver as number one driver, perhaps partly in response to Stewart's opinion of Rodríguez and possibly because of his "old-boys' club" of Englishmen at the team. At Spa, Rodríguez won with his BRM P153 over the new March of Chris Amon by just 1.1 seconds and with an average speed of 149.94 mph (241.31 km/h), then the highest average speed in the history of F1,^[19] Jean-Pierre Beltoise got the third place in Matra.^[20]

The power of the V12 engines was particularly suited to the fast circuits with few really slow corners, such as Spa, Monza, and to a degree Brands and Nürburgring, and that was usually the case with the BRM, Matra, and Weslake engined cars. A strong drive at St Jovite saw him finish 4th. Only the need to pit in the last laps for fuel at Watkins Glen, robbed him of a victory in the United States Grand Prix, the highest paying event of the year at the time, US$50,000.^[21] The winner was a young man named Emerson Fittipaldi (23), who got the first victory of his career in F1, Reine Wisell from Lotus got the third place in the podium.^[22]

The 1971 season could have seen him as a championship contender, with a BRM P160 being prepared by Tony Southgate, and for once BRM did have consistently good engines. The BRM team, however, was overextended, trying to run three, and later four, cars. Pedro challenged Jacky Ickx magnificently in the rain during the Dutch Grand Prix, but just failed to win.^[23]^[24]

Death

Rodríguez was killed in an Interserie sports car race at Norisring in Nuremberg, West Germany, on 11 July 1971. While he was driving for the lead, a slower car driven by Kurt Hild edged him into the wall and his prototype burst into flames. The Mexican died shortly after he was extracted from the wreck.^[25] Rodríguez was at the wheel of a Ferrari 512M of Herbert Müller Racing, his friend and teammate at the Targa Florio in 1971.

Legacy

Pedro Rodríguez was considered the best driver of his era in the wet,^[26]^[27] and after many years racing for Ferrari in the World Championship of Makes for sports cars, he signed for JW-Gulf-Porsche in 1970. He became two-time^[28] world champion driver in the fearsome Porsche 917 together with his co-driver Leo Kinnunen (the sportscars series was run by teams in shifts).^[29]^[30] He developed into one of the sport's great all-rounders, racing CanAm, NASCAR, rallies and even becoming North American Ice Racing champion in 1970, invited by the Alaska Sports Car Club from Anchorage, the race was in Sand Lake. In his NASCAR career, Rodríguez earned two top tens, including a 5th in the 1965 World 600.^[31] 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.

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 Pedro Rodríguez as his hero.^[32]^[33]

Commemoration

Rodríguez at the 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 (Autodrome Brothers Rodríguez).

In July 2006, a bronze plaque was placed at the site of his crash in Nuremberg, a joint effort by Scuderia Rodríguez (the friends and family foundation) and the city authorities.^[34]^[35] The Scuderia keeps alive the memory of both Rodríguez brothers, serving as register for Rodríguez memorabilia and cars, and certifying them. Its Secretary General, Carlos Jalife, published the Rodríguez brothers' biography in December 2006, with an English translation ready for sale ^[36]^[37] in United States, Canada, and England which won the Motor Press Guild Book of the Year award in 2009.^[38]

Racing record

Formula One World Championship 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	WDC	Pts.
1963	Team Lotus	Lotus 25	Climax V8	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA Ret	MEX Ret	RSA				NC	0
1964	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 156 Aero	Ferrari V6	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX 6				22nd	1
1965	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 1512	Ferrari V12	RSA	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA 5	MEX 7				14th	2
1966	Team Lotus	Lotus 33	Climax V8	MON	BEL	FRA Ret	GBR	NED									NC	0
		Lotus 33	BRM V8								USA Ret	MEX Ret
		Lotus F2 44	Cosworth Straight-4						GER Ret	ITA
1967	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T81	Maserati V12	RSA 1	MON 5	NED Ret	BEL 9	FRA 6	GBR 5	GER 11	CAN	ITA	USA	MEX 6			6th	15
1968	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P126	BRM V12	RSA Ret													6th	18
		BRM P133	BRM V12		ESP Ret	MON Ret	BEL 2	NED 3	FRA NC	GBR Ret	GER 6		CAN 3	USA Ret	MEX 4
		BRM P138	BRM V12									ITA Ret
1969	Reg Parnell Racing	BRM P126	BRM V12	RSA Ret	ESP Ret	MON Ret											14th	3
	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 312	Ferrari V12				NED DNA	FRA	GBR Ret	GER	ITA 6
	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 312	Ferrari V12									CAN Ret	USA 5	MEX 7
1970	Yardley Team BRM	BRM P153	BRM V12	RSA 9	ESP Ret	MON 6	BEL 1	NED 10	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT 4	ITA Ret	CAN 4	USA 2	MEX 6	7th	23
1971	Yardley Team BRM	BRM P160	BRM V12	RSA Ret	ESP 4	MON 9	NED 2	FRA Ret	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA			10th	9

Pedro Rodríguez at Ferrari

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

Year	Race	Team	Car	Pos.	Co-driver
1957	Nassau Trophy	NART	500 TR	Ret.	Solo
1957	Governor's Trophy	NART	500 TR	9	Solo
1958	24 Hours of Le Mans	NART	500 TR	5	José Behra
1958	Governor's Trophy	NART	TR 58	4	Solo
1958	Ferrari Classic	NART	TR58	2	Solo
1958	Nassau Trophy	NART	TR 58	2	Solo
1959	II Circuito del Moral	NART	TR 58	2	Solo
1959	12 Hours of Sebring	NART	TR58	Ret.	Paul O'Shea
1959	1000 km Daytona	NART	TR58	No started
1959	VII Circuito Avándaro	NART	58TR	8	Solo
1959	Kiwanis GP Riverside	NART	250 TR	Ret.	Solo
1959	Governor's Trophy	NART	TR59	3	Solo
1959	Nassau Trophy	NART	TR59	13	Solo
1960	Cuban GP	NART	TR59	2	Solo
1960	12 Hours of Sebring	NART	Dino 196S	Ret.	Ricardo Rodríguez
1960	Targa Florio	NART	Dino 196S	7/1 Sport-2	Ricardo Rodríguez
1960	1000 km Nürburgring	NART	Dino 196S	Ret.	Ricardo Rodríguez
1960	24 Hours of Le Mans	NART	TRI60	Ret.	Ludovico Scarfiotti
1960	Governor's Trophy	NART	TR59/60	Ret.	Solo
1960	Nassau Trophy	NART	TR59/60	2	Ricardo Rodríguez
1961	12 Hours of Sebring	NART	TR59/60	3	Ricardo Rodríguez
1961	1000 km Nürburgring	NART	TRI/60	2	Ricardo Rodríguez
1961	24 Hours of Le Mans	NART	TRI/61	Ret.	Ricardo Rodríguez
1961	I GP Independencia		250 GT Cal	1	Solo
1961	GP Canada Sport	NART	TRI/61	2	Solo
1961	1000 km Montlhéry	NART	250 GT SWB	1	Ricardo Rodríguez
1961	Governor's Trophy	NART	TRI/61	1	Solo
1961	Nassau Trophy	NART	TRI/61	3	Solo
1962	12 Hours of Sebring	NART	246 SP	Ret.	Ricardo Rodríguez
1962	12 Hours of Sebring	NART	Dino 246S	Ret.	Grossman x Connell
1962	1000 km Nürburgring	NART	268 SP	2	Ricardo Rodríguez
1962	24 Hours of Le Mans	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	246 SP	Ret.	Ricardo Rodríguez
1962	Double 400 Bridgehampton	NART	330 TRI/LM	1	Solo
1962	GP Canada Sport	NART	330 TRI/LM	2	Solo
1962	1000 km Montlhéry	NART	250 GTO	1	Ricardo Rodríguez
1963	Continental 3 Hours of Daytona	NART	250 GTO	1	Solo
1963	12 Hours of Sebring	NART	330 TRI/LM	3	Graham Hill
1963	24 Hours of Le Mans	NART	330 TRI/LM	Ret.	Roger Penske
1963	Governor's Tophy	NART	250 P	2	Solo
1963	Nassau Trophy	NART	250 P	2	Solo
1964	CC 250 M Daytona	NART	250 LM	Ret.	Solo
1964	Continental 2000 km Daytona	NART	250 GTO	1	Phil Hill
1964	12 Hours of Sebring	NART	330 P	Ret lap 40	John Fulp
	12 Hours of Sebring		250 GTO	7	Piper/xGammino
1964	24 Hours of Le Mans	NART	330 P	Ret	S. Hudson
1964	12 Hours of Reims	NART	250 GTO	11	Nino Vaccarella
1964	Player's Quebec	NART	275 P	1	Solo
1964	Double 500 Bridgehampton	NART	275 P	2	Solo
1964	GP Canada Sport	NART	330 P	1	Solo
1964	1000 km Montlhéry	NART	250 GTO	2	Jo Schlesser
1964	GT+22 Oakes Field	NART	250 GTO	7/1 class	Solo
1964	Nassau Tourist Trophy	NART	250 GTO	6/1 class	Solo
1964	Governor's Trophy	NART	330 P	4/1 class	Solo
1964	Nassau Thophy	NART	330 GTO	3/2 class	Solo
1965	Continental 2000 km Daytona	NART	330 P2	Ret.	John Surtees
	Continental 2000 km Daytona	NART	275 P	Ret.	Hansgen x
1965	12 Hours of Sebring	NART	330 P	Ret.	Graham Hill
1965	24 Hours of Le Mans	NART	365 P2	7/1 class	Nino Vacarella
1965	12 Hours of Reims	NART	365 P2	1	Jean Guichet
1965	Double 500 Bridghampton	NART	250 GTO	2/1 class	Solo
1965	GP Canada Sport	NART	365 P2	3	Solo
1966	24 Hours of Daytona	NART	365 P2	4	Mario Andretti
1966	12 Hours of Sebring	NART	365 P2	Ret.	Mario Andretti
1966	1000 km Nürburgring	NART	Dino 206 S	3	Richie Ginther
1966	24 Hours of Le Mans	NART	330 P3	Ret.	Richie Ginther
1966	200 M Bridgehampton	NART	Dino 206 S	Ret.	Solo
1966	200 M Laguna Seca	NART	Dino 206 S	18	Solo
1966	Governor's Trophy	NART	275 GTB/C	7/1 class	Solo
1966	Nassau Trophy	NART	Dino 206 S	7/1 class	Solo
1967	24 Hours of Daytona	NART	412 P	3	Jean Guichet
1967	12 Hours of Sebring	NART	206 S	Ret.	Jean Guichet
1967	1000 km Monza	NART	412 P	Ret.	Jean Guichet
1967	24 Hours of Le Mans	NART	412 P	Ret.	Giancarlo Baghetti
1967	12 Hours of Reims	NART	Dino 206 S	Ret.	Jean Guichet
1968	24 Hours of Daytona	NART	Dino 206 S	Ret.	Kold
1968	Brands Hatch GP	NART	275 ML	5	Pierpoint
1969	12 Hours of Sebring	NART	330 P3	Ret.	Parsons
1969	6 Hours of Brands Hatch	NART	312 P	4	Chris Amon
1969	1000 km Monza	NART	312 P	Ret.	Schetty
1969	1000 km Spa	NART	312 P	2	David Piper
1969	1000 km Nürburgring	NART	312 P	5	Chris Amon
1969	24 Hours of Le Mans	NART	312 P	Ret.	David Piper
1969	200 M Bridgehampton	NART	312 P	5	Solo
1970	200 M Mid Ohio	NART	512 S	11	Solo
1970	200 M Elkhart Lake	NART	512 P	7	Solo
1971	200 miles of Norisring	Private	512 M	Died	Solo

Pedro Rodríguez in Porsche

Pedro Rodríguez won the World Champion of Makes in 1970 and 1970 World in this Porsche 917

Year	Race	Team	Car	Pos.	Co-driver
1970	24 Hours of Daytona	John Wyer	917K	1	Kinnunen/Redman
1970	12 Hours of Sebring	John Wyer	917K	4	Kinnunen/Siffert
1970	1000km of Brands Hatch	John Wyer	917K	1	Leo Kinnunen
1970	1000 km Monza	John Wyer	917K	1	Leo Kinnunen
1970	Targa Florio	John Wyer	908-3	2	Leo Kinnunen
1970	1000 km Spa	John Wyer	917K	Ret.	Leo Kinnunen
1970	1000 km Nürburgring	John Wyer	908-3	Ret.	Leo Kinnunen
1970	24 Hours of Le Mans	John Wyer	917K	Ret.	Leo Kinnunen
1970	6 Hours of Watkins Glen	John Wyer	917K	1	Leo Kinnunen
1970	1000 km Zeltweg	John Wyer	917K	Ret.	Leo Kinnunen
1971	1000 km of Buenos Aires	John Wyer	917K	Ret.	Jackie Oliver
1971	24 Hours of Daytona	John Wyer	917K	1	Jackie Oliver
1971	12 Hours of Sebring	John Wyer	917K	4	Jackie Oliver
1971	1000 km Brands Hatch	John Wyer	917K	Ret.	Jackie Oliver
1971	1000 km Monza	John Wyer	917K	1	Jackie Oliver
1971	1000 km Spa	John Wyer	917K	1	Jackie Oliver
1971	Targa Florio	John Wyer	908-3	Ret.	Herbert Müller
1971	1000 km Nürburgring	John Wyer	908-3	2	Oliver/Siffert
1971	24 Hours of Le Mans	John Wyer	917LH	18	Jackie Oliver
1971	1000 km Zeltweg	John Wyer	917K	1	Richard Attwood

Pedro Rodríguez in the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Year	Team	Num.	Car	Cat.	Co-driver	Grid	Laps	Result
Year	Team	Num.	Engine	Cat.	Co-driver	Grid	Hours	Result
1958	North American Racing Team	25	Ferrari 500 TR58	S 2.0	José Behra	33°	119	Retire (Cooling)
1958	North American Racing Team	25	Ferrari 2.0 L4	S 2.0	José Behra	33°	12h	Retire (Cooling)
1959	OSCA Automobili	51	OSCA Sport 750TN	S 750	Ricardo Rodríguez	11°	32	Retire (Water pump)
1959	OSCA Automobili	51	OSCA 0.7L L4	S 750	Ricardo Rodríguez	11°	5h	Retire (Water pump)
1960	Scuderia Ferrari SpA	12	Ferrari 250 TRI/60	S 3.0	Ludovico Scarfiotti	47°	22	Retire (Fuel)
1960	Scuderia Ferrari SpA	12	Ferrari 3.0L V12	S 3.0	Ludovico Scarfiotti	47°	3h	Retire (Fuel)
1961	North American Racing Team	17	Ferrari 250 TRI/61	S 3.0	Ricardo Rodríguez	2°	305	Retire (Engine)
1961	North American Racing Team	17	Ferrari 3.0L V12	S 3.0	Ricardo Rodríguez	2°	23h	Retire (Engine)
1962	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	28	Ferrari Dino 246 SP	E 3.0	Ricardo Rodríguez	32°	174	Retire (Gear box)
1962	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	28	Ferrari 2.4L V6	E 3.0	Ricardo Rodríguez	32°	13h	Retire (Gear box)
1963	North American Racing Team	10	Ferrari 330 TRI/LM	P +3.0	Roger Penske	1°	113	Retire (Accident)
1963	North American Racing Team	10	Ferrari 4.0L V12	P +3.0	Roger Penske	1°	9h	Retire (Accident)
1964	North American Racing Team	15	Ferrari 330 P	P 5.0	Skip Hudson	3°	58	Retire (Engine)
1964	North American Racing Team	15	Ferrari 4.0 L V12	P 5.0	Skip Hudson	3°	5h	Retire (Engine)
1965	North American Racing Team	18	Ferrari 365 P2/P1	P 5.0	Nino Vaccarella	6°	320	7°
1965	North American Racing Team	18	Ferrari 4.4 L V12	P 5.0	Nino Vaccarella	6°	24h	7°
1966	North American Racing Team	27	Ferrari 330 P3 Spyder	P 5.0	Richie Ginther	5°	151	Retire (Gear box)
1966	North American Racing Team	27	Ferrari 4.0 L V12	P 5.0	Richie Ginther	5°	10h	Retire (Gear box)
1967	North American Racing Team	25	Ferrari 330 P3	P 5.0	Giancarlo Baghetti	8°	144	Retire (Pistons)
1967	North American Racing Team	25	Ferrari 4.0 L V12	P 5.0	Giancarlo Baghetti	8°	11h	Retire (Pistons)
1968	John Wyer Automotive Engineering	9	Ford GT40 Mk I	S 5.0	Lucien Bianchi	4°	331	Winner
1968	John Wyer Automotive Engineering	9	Ford 4.9 L V8	S 5.0	Lucien Bianchi	4°	24h	Winner
1969	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	18	Ferrari 312 P Coupé	P 3.0	David Piper	9°	223	Retire (Oil leak)
1969	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	18	Ferrari 3.0 L V12	P 3.0	David Piper	9°	16h	Retire (Oil leak)
1970	John Wyer Automotive Engineering	21	Porsche 917K	S 5.0	Leo Kinnunen	5°	22	Retire (Engine)
1970	John Wyer Automotive Engineering	21	Porsche 4.9 L Flat 12	S 5.0	Leo Kinnunen	5°	4h	Retire (Engine)
1971	John Wyer Automotive Engineering	18	Porsche 917L	S 5.0	Jackie Oliver	1°	-	Retire (Oil leak)
1971	John Wyer Automotive Engineering	18	Porsche 4.9 L Flat 12	S 5.0	Jackie Oliver	1°	14h	Retire (Oil leak)

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The Brothers Rodríguez book by Carlos Eduardo Jalife-Villalón, August 2007

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Dan Gurney A. J. Foyt	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1968 with: Lucien Bianchi	Succeeded by Jacky Ickx Jackie Oliver

Winners of the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Nine-time	Tom Kristensen

Six-time	Jacky Ickx

Five-time	Derek Bell Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro

Four-time	Yannick Dalmas Olivier Gendebien Henri Pescarolo

Three-time	Woolf Barnato Rinaldo Capello Luigi Chinetti Marcel Fässler Hurley Haywood Phil Hill Al Holbert André Lotterer Klaus Ludwig Allan McNish Benoît Tréluyer Marco Werner

Two-time	Tim Birkin Ivor Bueb Ron Flockhart Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Gérard Larrousse JJ Lehto Manuel Reuter André Rossignol Raymond Sommer Hans-Joachim Stuck Gijs van Lennep Jean-Pierre Wimille Alexander Wurz

One-time	Aïello Alboreto Amon Ara Attwood Baldi Bamber Bandini Barilla Barth Benjafield Benoist Bernhard Bianchi Bloch Blundell Bouchut D. Brabham G. Brabham Brundle Chaboud Clement Cobb Davis de Courcelles Dickens Duff Dumas Dumfries Duval Étancelin Fontés Foyt Frère Gachot Gené González Gregory Guichet Gurney Hamilton Hawthorn Hélary Herbert Herrmann G. Hill Hindmarsh Howe Hülkenberg Johansson Jones Kidston Krages Lagache Lammers Lang Léonard Marko Martini Mass McLaren Mitchell-Thomson Nielsen Nuvolari Oliver Ortelli Pironi Riess Rindt Rockenfeller Rodríguez Rolt Rondeau J. Rosier L. Rosier Rubin Salvadori Sanderson Scarfiotti Schuppan Sekiya Shelby Smith Tandy Trémoulet Trintignant Vaccarella Veyron Walker Wallace Warwick Weidler Whitehead B. Whittington D. Whittington Winkelhock

Winners of the Daytona Sports Car Classic

run as the Daytona 3 Hour Continental (1962–63) Daytona 2000 (1964–65) 6 Hours of Daytona (1972) 24 Hours of Daytona (1966–71 / 1973 / 1975–present)

Five-time	Hurley Haywood Scott Pruett

Four-time	Peter Gregg Pedro Rodríguez Rolf Stommelen Bob Wollek

Three-time	Derek Bell Butch Leitzinger Juan Pablo Montoya Brian Redman Memo Rojas Andy Wallace

Two-time	Mauro Baldi João Barbosa Terry Borcheller Scott Dixon Christian Fittipaldi Elliott Forbes-Robinson A. J. Foyt Al Holbert Jan Lammers Ken Miles John Paul Jr. Lloyd Ruby Scott Sharp Wayne Taylor Didier Theys Al Unser Jr.

One-time	Allmendinger Amon J. Andretti Ma. Andretti Angelelli Ballot-Léna Bandini Barber Beretta Bergmeister Bernhard Boesel Bouchut Bourdais Boutsen Brown Brundle Buckler Collard Dalziel Derani Dismore D. Donohue M. Donohue Dupuy Durán Duxbury Dyson Elford Fellows Field Fitzpatrick Franchitti Fréon García Garretson Gentilozzi Graves Gurney Hand Hasemi Helmick Henn Herrmann Hezemans Hill Hoshino Ickx Jelinski Joest D. Jones P. J. Jones Kanaan Kimball Kinnunen Kneifel Krages Larson Lässig Lavaggi Law Lienhard Luyendyk Martin McMurray Mears Merl Millen Moran Moretti Neerpasch Negri Nielsen O'Connell Oliver Ongais Pace Papis C. Parsons Paul, Sr. Pescarolo Pew Pilgrim B. Rahal G. Rahal Rice Robinson Rockenfeller Schneider Schrom Siffert Suzuki Unser, Sr. Van der Merwe Van Overbeek Weaver Wendlinger Werner Wheldon Wilson

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 90575528 LCCN: no2009097060

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