Rodolfo González

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

For other people named Rodolfo González, see Rodolfo González (disambiguation).
Rodolfo González
NationalityVenezuelan
Born (1986-05-14) 14 May 1986
Caracas (Venezuela)
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season2014
Current teamMurphy Prototypes
Car number48
Starts3
Wins0
Poles1
Fastest laps0
Best finish14th 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
2006British 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 session at the Hungarian Grand Prix, Italian Grand Prix and Korean Grand Prix for Marussia.

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.[8]

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
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

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 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
2015 Dale Coyne Racing Dallara DW12 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

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. 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. DeZinno, Tony. Rodolfo Gonzalez set for IndyCar debut with Coyne at Barber, NBC Sports, 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015
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