Pedro de la Rosa
 De la Rosa at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix | |
| Born |
24 February 1971 Barcelona, Spain |
|---|---|
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 Spanish |
| Active years | 1999–2002, 2005–2006, 2010–2012 |
| Teams | Arrows, Jaguar, McLaren, Sauber, HRT |
| Entries | 107 (104 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 1 |
| Career points | 35 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| First entry | 1999 Australian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix |
Pedro Martínez de la Rosa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo ðe la ˈrosa]; born 24 February 1971) is a Spanish Formula One driver who has participated in 107 Grands Prix for the Arrows, Jaguar, McLaren, Sauber and HRT F1 teams, debuting on 7 March 1999, becoming one of very few drivers to score a point at his first race. He has scored a total of 35 championship points, which includes a podium finish at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix.
On 21 November 2011, De la Rosa signed a two-year contract to drive for the HRT F1 team,[1] but he only remained with the team for one season, after HRT withdrew from the 2013 team list, leaving him without a drive for the 2013 season. On 16 January 2013, De la Rosa was announced as the Ferrari development driver for the 2013 Formula One season. De la Rosa, along with Michael Schumacher was the last F1 driver that had raced in the sport in the 1990s.
Early career
De la Rosa was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and unlike most drivers, he started his career in radio-controlled cars, specialising in 1:8 off-road. He not just won three consecutive domestic championship titles between 1983 to 1985,[2][3] he became the first multiple European radio controlled off-road championship twice in 1983 and 1984[4][5] and was runner up in the world championship in 1986.[6] It was only after that when he started karting in a local Spanish championship in 1988 when he was 17. He then joined the Spanish Formula Fiat Uno and became champion in 1989.
Professional career
In 1990, De la Rosa raced in Spanish Formula Ford 1600 and became champion. He later drove in British Formula Ford 1600 and got two podiums out of six races. In 1991, De la Rosa achieved fourth place in the Spanish Formula Renault Championship with three podium finishes. In 1992 he was both European and British Formula Renault champion. He slipped down the order in the next two years. In 1995, he was champion of the Japanese Formula Three series and third in the Macau Grand Prix. In 1996, he finished 8th in both the Formula Nippon and All Japan GT Championship. The next year he was champion in Formula Nippon. He was also the All Japan GT Champion with Michael Krumm.
Formula One (1999–2012)
Arrows (1999–2000)
In 1998, De la Rosa was a test driver for Jordan. The next year, he joined Arrows and scored one world championship point by finishing sixth in his debut race, the Australian Grand Prix. He regularly out-paced his more experienced team mate Toranosuke Takagi. In 2000 he remained at Arrows alongside Dutchman Jos Verstappen. He scored two points, finishing sixth in the German Grand Prix and the European Grand Prix. Verstappen commented mid-season that he and De la Rosa 'work well together and we have a good partnership'.[7] During the 2000 season, the Arrows team took part in a 13-part TV series named 'Racing Arrows' which followed the team and drivers throughout the year. It was shown on British TV channel ITV in 2001.[8]
Jaguar (2001–2002)
He raced for two years with Jaguar Racing alongside Eddie Irvine, scoring 3 points in 2001 and none in 2002. At the end of the 2002 season Jaguar paid off his contract which was set to expire at the conclusion of 2003.
McLaren (2003–2009)
He became a test driver for McLaren but raced at the 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix when Juan Pablo Montoya injured his shoulder. He finished fifth and set the fastest lap in the race.
On 11 July 2006 it was announced that De la Rosa would take over the second McLaren race seat with immediate effect following Juan Pablo Montoya's departure to NASCAR. It was initially unclear whether he would remain in the seat until the end of the season, but some successful results led to him being retained.
At the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix De la Rosa scored his first ever podium, coming 2nd behind Jenson Button.
After a long period of speculation as to who would be Fernando Alonso's team-mate in 2007, Lewis Hamilton secured the seat. De la Rosa would carry on as the team's test driver.
For the 2005 season he combined his testing duties with providing race commentary for Spanish broadcaster Telecinco. After his absence in 2006 he returned to the microphone in 2007.
Reports in 2007 consistently linked De la Rosa to a return to F1 racing with the new Prodrive team, which was set to make its debut in the 2008 season. Speculation suggested that Prodrive would run with support from the McLaren team, and that De la Rosa, along with fellow tester Gary Paffett would race for them in their maiden season. However, the team failed to make the grid for the new season, and for 2008, De la Rosa remained as a test driver for McLaren.
De la Rosa was also involved in the espionage controversy surrounding his team and rivals Ferrari. With evidence provided by him and team-mate Fernando Alonso, the FIA excluded the team from the 2007 Constructors' Championship, and issued a record fine of $100 million. He was understood to have sent e-mails to Mike Coughlan and Fernando Alonso regarding the Ferrari cars' setup.[9]
Before the Australian Grand Prix of 2008, De la Rosa was elected as the new chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association after a unanimous vote. De la Rosa was the preferred candidate for GPDA directors Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso. He replaced the retired Ralf Schumacher in the role.[10] He remained at McLaren in 2009, and as of January 2010 was the fifth most experienced test driver in history, in terms of test days.[11] He stated that he wished to step down from the role of GPDA chairman, following the completion of his deal to drive for Sauber in 2010, and was duly replaced in the role by Nick Heidfeld at the Australian Grand Prix.[12]
Sauber (2010–2011)
In 2010 De la Rosa drove for the newly resurrected Sauber team.[13] His team-mate at Sauber was Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi who impressed at Toyota during the last two races of the 2009 Formula One season.
De la Rosa finished seven of the thirteen races he started in the 2010 season, and picked up six points from a single points-scoring finish, a seventh place finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix.[14] De la Rosa qualified in the top ten on two occasions, at Silverstone and in Hungary as both he and team-mate Kobayashi struggled with reliability problems for the majority of the season.
He was dropped from his race seat by Sauber in favour of Nick Heidfeld after the Italian Grand Prix.[15] De la Rosa replaced Heidfeld as test driver for Pirelli, in anticipation for their return to Formula One for the 2011 season.[16]
After Sergio Pérez's accident in Monaco, De la Rosa replaced him for Sauber at the Canadian Grand Prix, after Pérez decided after the first free practice session on Friday, to sit out the rest of the weekend.[17] De la Rosa managed to stay out of trouble throughout the first part of the race, affected by heavy rain, running as high as ninth before a red flag suspended the race. He eventually finished 12th after having some contact soon after the restart which required a new wing.
McLaren (2011)
On 9 March 2011, McLaren announced that De la Rosa had returned to the team as their test and reserve driver.[18]
HRT (2012)
On 21 November 2011, it was announced that De la Rosa had signed for HRT F1 on a two-year contract.[1] His teammate was Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan.[19] Both drivers failed to qualify for the first race of the season in Australia, as De la Rosa was only able to complete seven timed laps during the race weekend.[20] At the next race weekend in Malaysia, he was able to qualify and finish 22nd in the race after receiving a drive through penalty after the race was restarted, and he was later promoted to 21st place due to Karthikeyan's 20-second penalty for an incident with Sebastian Vettel.
De la Rosa qualified ahead of Karthikeyan once again in China, and finished 21st, one lap down from the race winner. In Bahrain, he finished 20th after qualifying 22nd, although after the race he admitted that the team still needed "to gain some speed per lap" to fight their rivals on a consistent basis.[21] Following on from this, De la Rosa finished his home race for the first time since 1999 in 19th place, the last of all classified drivers. However, he was unable to complete the Monaco Grand Prix due to a collision with Pastor Maldonado at the beginning of the race.[22]
Ferrari (2013–2014)
On 16 January, Ferrari announced that De la Rosa had been signed in a developmental role for the team, aiding with its simulator resources.[23] On 24 January Ferrari announced that De la Rosa would share testing duties of their 2013 challenger, the F138, with Felipe Massa at the first test of the season, beginning on 5 February in Jerez.[24]
Racing record
Career summary
Complete R/C Racing summary
Bold on results indicates top qualifier
IFMAR World Championship results
| Year | Result | Class | Venue | Entrant | Car | Motor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 2 | 1:8 IC Off-Road | Grenoble | Garbo Espana | Garbo Gepard 3 | Picco |
EFRA European Championship results
| Year | Result | Class | Venue | Entrant | Car | Motor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | 1:8 IC Off-Road | France | Yankee Enduro 84x4 | Picco | |
| 1984 | 1 | 1:8 IC Off-Road | Sweden | Yankee Enduro 84x4 | Picco | |
AECAR Campeonato de España results
| Year | Result | Class | Venue | Entrant | Car | Motor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1 | 1:8 IC Off-Road | Garbo | Picco | ||
| 1984 | 1 | 1:8 IC Off-Road | Garbo | Picco | ||
| 1983 | 1 | 1:8 IC Off-Road | Garbo | Picco | ||
Complete Formula Nippon 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Team Nova | SUZ 5 |
MIN 7 |
FUJ 6 |
TOK 6 |
SUZ Ret |
SUG 11 |
FUJ 6 |
MIN Ret |
SUZ 5 |
FUJ 2 |
8th | 13 |
| 1997 | Team Nova | SUZ 1 |
MIN 1 |
FUJ 2 |
SUZ 3 |
SUG 1 |
FUJ 1 |
MIN 2 |
MOT 1 |
FUJ 2 |
SUZ 1 |
1st | 82 |
Complete Formula One results
(key)
References
- 1 2 "Pedro de la Rosa will drive for HRT F1 Team in 2012". hispaniaracing.com (HRT F1). 21 November 2011. Archived from the original on November 25, 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ↑ "Modellbilens historie". Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ↑ "Spanish Champions". neobuggy. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ↑ "TALK IT UP TUESDAY: Defending champion Robert Batlle". LiveRC. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ↑ "30+ Years of EFRA Race History" (PDF). EFRA. European Federation of Radio-Operated Model Automobiles. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ↑ Dauriac, Ch. (September 1986). "Grenoble 86 championnat du monde TT 1/8e" [Grenoble 86 Off-Road World Championship]. Auto8 (in French). No. 15. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ↑ "Verstappen – "I want to stay at Arrows"". GrandPrix.com (Inside F1, Inc.). 25 August 2000. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ↑ "Television". Martin Sharp. Sheil Land Associates Ltd. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ↑ "Letter confirms drivers had new evidence". autosport.com. 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- ↑ "De la Rosa elected GPDA chairman". autosport.com. 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- ↑ Elizalde, Pablo (2010-01-19). "Ten facts about Pedro de la Rosa". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2010-01-19.
- ↑ Noble, Jonathan (2010-03-26). "Heidfeld appointed GPDA chairman". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 2010-03-26.
- ↑ "Sauber confirm De la Rosa for 2010". Sporting Life (365 Media Group Ltd.). 2010-01-19. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
- ↑ "Hungarian GP – Sunday – Team Quotes". GrandPrix.com (Inside F1, Inc.). 1 August 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
- ↑ "Heidfeld replaces De la Rosa at Sauber". GPUpdate.net (GPUpdate.net). 2010-09-14. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
- ↑ "De la Rosa takes Pirelli role". Sky Sports (British Sky Broadcasting). 28 September 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
- ↑ Benson, Andrew (10 June 2011). "Sergio Perez to miss rest of Canadian Grand Prix". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ Elizalde, Pablo (9 March 2011). "De la Rosa returns to McLaren". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ↑ "Narain Karthikeyan completes HRTs lineup for 2012". HRT F1 Team (HRT F1). 3 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ↑ ESPNF1.com (ESPN). 19 March 2012 http://en.espnf1.com/malaysia/motorsport/story/73544.html. Retrieved 30 May 2012. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Bahrain Grand Prix". HRTF1Team.com (HRT F1). 22 April 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ↑ "De la Rosa: Maldonado error was a terrible shame". GPUpdate.net (GPUpdate.net). 28 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ↑ Noble, Jonathan; Elizalde, Pablo (16 January 2013). "Pedro de la Rosa gets Ferrari Formula 1 development role". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ↑ "Alonso to miss first pre-season test". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 24 January 2013. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
Massa will be behind the wheel for the first three days of the opening four-day session, with newly-signed test driver Pedro de la Rosa making his first appearance in red on the final day.
External links
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- The official website for Pedro de la Rosa
- Pedro de la Rosa career summary at DriverDB.com
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Bobby Verdon-Roe |
British Formula Renault UK series champion 1992 |
Succeeded by Ivan Arias |
| Preceded by Jason Plato |
Eurocup Formula Renault champion 1992 |
Succeeded by Olivier Couvreur |
| Preceded by Michael Krumm |
All-Japan Formula Three Champion 1995 |
Succeeded by Juichi Wakisaka |
| Preceded by Ralf Schumacher |
Formula Nippon Champion 1997 |
Succeeded by Satoshi Motoyama |
| Preceded by David Brabham John Nielsen |
All-Japan Grand Touring Car Champion (GT500) 1997 with: Michael Krumm |
Succeeded by Érik Comas Masami Kageyama |
| Trade union offices | ||
| Preceded by Ralf Schumacher |
GPDA Chairman 2008–2010 |
Succeeded by Nick Heidfeld |
| Preceded by Rubens Barrichello |
GPDA Chairman 2012–2014 |
Succeeded by Alexander Wurz |
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