Pedro Rodriguez (racing driver)
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| Born |
18 January 1940 Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Died | 11 July 1971 (aged 31) Nuremberg, West Germany |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| 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 | |
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| 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) |
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.
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.
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.
Jo Ramírez was a very close friend to both Rodríguez as well as his younger brother Ricardo.
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.
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