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Pedro de la Rosa | Birthdate: | February 24th 1971 | | | | Country: | Spain  | | | | Gender: | M |
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| History: | | 1983 - | 1987 Two times European Champion of Radio-Control Off-Road Cars Runner up at the Radio-Control Off-Road Cars World Champion | | 1988 - | Karting at local Championships (Catalonian Championship) Immediately recruited by the Spanish Automobile Federation to benefit from a Scholarship-type single-seater programme called “Ofensiva Uno”. | | 1989 - | Spanish Formula Fiat Uno Championship – “Ofensiva Uno” (Meycom) with the Spanish Automobile Federation; 7 races, 2 wins and 3 podiums; 1989 champion. | | 1990 - | Spanish Formula Ford 1600 Championship – “Racing for Spain” (Minister Internationl) with the Spanish Automobile Federation 10 races. 8 wins + 1 podium, 1990 champion.Races in the F-Ford 1600 British Championship (RAC, Brands Hatch) – “Racing for Spain” (Minister International) with the Spanish Automobile Federation. 6 races, 2 podium finishes. | | 1991 - | Spanish Formula Renault Championship – “Racing for Spain” (Minister International) with the Spanish Automobile Federation 10 races. 3 podium finishes and 4th in championship. | | 1992 - | British Formula Renault Championship – “Racing for Spain” (Minister International) with the Spanish Automobile Federation 14 races. 3 wins and 4 podium finishes. 1992 champion.European Formula Renault Series - “Racing for Spain” (Minister International) with the Spanish Automobile Federation. 3 races and 2 wins. 1992 champion.Winner Privilege Formula 3 Festival. | | 1993 - | British Formula 3 Championship – “Racing for Spain” (West Surrey Racing) with the Spanish Automobile Federation. Entered 17 races and testing, 3 podium finishes, 6th in championship. | | 1994 - | British Formula 3 Championship – “Racing for Spain” (West Surrey Racing) with the Spanish Automobile Federation Works Renault development programme. Entered 17 races and testing, no results in championship. International Formula 3 Challenge (Donington) West Surrey Racing Team Pole position. | | 1995 - | All-Japan Formula 3 Championship (Formula 3 Japanese Championship) - Toyota Team Tom's. Entered 9 races and testing, 8 wins, one pole position, 1995 Champion (well before the end).Macau G.P. (F.I.A. F-3 World Cup) - Toyota Team Tom's, 3rd overall. | | 1996 - | Formula Nippon Championship (Japanese Championship of F-3000), - Team Shionogi-Nova. Entered 10 races and testing, one 2nd position and 6 top-six finishes, 8th in the championship.All-Japan GT Championship – Toyota Team Tom's. Co-driving with Masanori Sekiya. Entered 6 races and testing, 2 third positions, 8th in the championship.Macau G.P. (F.I.A. F-3 World Cup) – Paul Stewart Racing Team, 7th overall. | | 1997 - | Formula Nippon Championship (Japanese Championship of F-3000) - Team Shionogi-Nova. Entered 10 races and testing, 6 wins, 3 seconds and 1 third place, 4 poles, 3 fastest laps, 1997 Champion (well before the end).All-Japan GT Championship – Toyota Team Tom's. Co-driving with Michael Krumm. Entered 6 races and testing, 2 wins, one second an one third, 2 poles and 1 fastest lap, 1997 Champion. | | 1998 - | Reserve and Test Driver – Benson & Hedges Jordan Grand Prix. More than 4.500 kms of testing at Silverstone, Magny-Cours, Catalunya and Monza circuits. | | 1999 - | Formula One World Championship – Team Arrows Grand Prix. Entered 16 races and testing, one 6th position at first Grand Prix (Australian GP), 17th in the World Championship with 1 point. | | 2000 - | Formula One World Championship – Team Orange Arrows Grand Prix. Entered 17 races and testing, 2 sixth positions (European GP and German GP), 15th in the World Championship with 2 points. | | 2001 - | Offical driver for Jaguar Racing. |
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Pedro De La Rosa has had an on-off Formula 1 career which began in 1999 at Arrows.
Having been chosen ahead of the more experienced Mika Salo, De La Rosa actually scored a point on his Formula 1 debut at Albert Park?. It would be his only point of the year but Arrows kept him for 2000. He scored another two points that year but this wasn't enough for Arrows, who decided to let him go at the end of the season.
Pedro became Prost's official test driver for 2001, but was thrust into a race drive surprisingly quickly. From race five onwards he drove for the Jaguar team, who had lost Luciano Burti to Prost. Pedro didn't score points in his year at Jaguar and was dumped at the end of the season.
De La Rosa has tested for McLaren since then, alongside Alex Wurz?. Pedro made his McLaren debut at Bahrain this year replacing the injured Juan Pablo Montoya. The Spaniard had a spectacular race on the way to fifth, his best ever finish. This season Pedro has also been McLaren's Friday test driver for roughly half the races, sharing the job with Wurz.
Statistics
| Statistic | # | Percentage | First | Last | | Number of Grand Prix | 72 | 100% |  1999 |  2006 | | Number of starts | 71 | 98.61% | 1999 | 2006 | | Number of finishes | 33 | 45.83% | 1999 | 2006 | | Number of finishes on podium | 1 | 1.39% |  2006 | 2006 | | Number of finishes in points | 11 | 15.28% | 1999 | 2006 | | Number of retirements | 38 | 52.78% | 1999 |  2006 | | Number of fastest laps | 1 | 1.39% |  2005 | 2005 |
| Seasons: | 6 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006) | | | | Points: | 29 (Average per start: 0.41) | | | Points per season
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19 | | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2005 | 2006 | | | | | Team: | Arrows Grand Prix (1999), Arrows Supertec (2000), Jaguar Racing Ltd (2001), Jaguar Racing Ltd (2002), West McLaren Mercedes (2005), TBA McLaren Mercedes (2006) | | | | Chassis: | Arrows A20 (1999), Arrows A21 (2000), Jaguar R2B (2001), Jaguar R2 (2001), Jaguar R3 (2002), McLaren MP4/20 (2005), McLaren MP4-21 (2006) | | | | Engine: | Arrows 3.0 V10 (1999), Supertec 3.0 V10 (2000), Ford Cosworth CR-3 3.0 V10 (2001), Ford Cosworth CR-3 3.0 V10 (2002), Mercedes-Benz (2005), Mercedes-Benz FO 108s (2006) |
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last modification: Sunday 06 of November, 2005 [20:09:53 UTC] by Sennaesque
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