Rodolfo González

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

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 González won the British F3 International Series National Class in 2006 for T-Sport. In 2007, he continued to show promise by finishing eleventh in the 2007 British Formula 3 season with T-Sport.

In 2008, González 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.

González replaced Andreas Zuber for the third round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season at Sakhir, and finished sixteenth 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.

González 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. He returned at the final round in Bahrain, replacing Sergio Pérez at Barwa Addax.

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

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.

On 14 March 2013, Marussia F1 announced that González would be the team's reserve driver for the 2013 Formula One season. He drove in the practice sessions at the Hungarian, Italian and Korean Grands Prix for Marussia, notably crashing in the latter.

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. He then ran five more races that year, getting a best finish of ninth at the season ending race at Sonoma Raceway.

Return to racing In 2023, González was announced to drive for Idola Motorsport in the Britcar Prototype Cup in a Praga R1 with Ruben Stanislau. He won the opening race of the season at Silverstone.

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 Formula One Lotus F1 RacingTest driver 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 0 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 2023 Britcar Prototype Cup - Praga Idola Motorsport 3 1 0 0 1 31 5th Sports Prototype Cup - Open Class 4 0 0 0 2 N/A 3rd Prototype Challenge - CN 4 1 1 1 2 59 3rd Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship 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 DC Points 2004 Paston Racing THR1 THR2 BRH11 BRH12 SIL1 SIL2 OUL1 OUL2 THR1 THR2 21st 72 Mark Burdett Motorsport CRO1 CRO2 KNO1 KNO2 BRH21 BRH22 SNE1 SNE2 DON1 DON2 2005 Manor Motorsport DON1 DON2 THR1 THR2 BRH11 BRH12 OUL1 OUL2 CRO1 CRO2 SNE1 SNE2 KNO1 KNO2 DON1 DON2 SIL1 SIL2 BRH21 BRH22 9th 334

Complete British Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2006 T-Sport Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda National OUL1 OUL2 DON1 DON2 PAU1 PAU2 MON1 MON2 SNE1 SNE2 SPA1 SPA2 SIL1 SIL2 BRH1 BRH2 MUG1 MUG2 SIL1 SIL2 THR1 THR2 1st 355 2007 T-Sport Dallara F307 Mugen-Honda Championship OUL1 OUL2 DON1 DON2 BUC1 BUC2 SNE1 SNE2 MNZ1 MNZ2 BRH1 BRH2 SPA1 SPA2 SIL1 SIL2 THR1 THR2 CRO1 CRO2 ROC1 ROC2 11th 77

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 HOC1 HOC2 MUG1 MUG2 PAU1 PAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 CAT1 CAT2 LMS1 LMS2 HOC1 HOC2 24th 0.5

Complete Euroseries 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Asia Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 ESP MON CAN GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN KOR JPN IND ABU USA BRA – –

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 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 ALG1 ALG2 NAV1 NAV2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 ASS1 ASS2 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 IMO RBR LEC EST 14th 20

Complete IndyCar Series results (key) Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points Ref 2015 Dale Coyne Racing 18 Dallara DW12 Honda STP NLA LBH ALA IMS INDY DET DET TXS TOR FON MIL IOW MDO POC SNM 26th 94

Complete NASCAR results Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 (key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained) NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts 2017 Alex Caffi Motorsport 2 Toyota VAL VAL BRH BRH VEN VEN HOC HOC FRA FRA ZOL ZOL 22nd 187