Pedro de la Rosa
Born | Barcelona, Spain | 24 February 1971
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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 former Formula One driver who has participated in 107 Grands Prix for the Arrows, Jaguar, McLaren, Sauber and HRT teams. He made his Formula One debut on 7 March 1999, becoming one of 79 drivers to score a point in his first race. He has scored a total of 35 championship points, which includes a podium finish at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix.
He won the Japanese Super Formula Championship (formerly Formula Nippon Championship) and the Super GT (formerly JGTC) in 1997. He is currently a brand ambassador for the Aston Martin Formula 1 Team.
Early career
De la Rosa was born in
Professional career
In 1990, De la Rosa raced in Spanish
Formula One (1999–2014)
Arrows (1999–2000)
In
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, replacing him with Antônio Pizzonia.[8]
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 a lap record which he still holds as of February 2024[update].
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 and only Formula One podium, finishing in second place behind Jenson Button.
After a long period of speculation as to who would be Fernando Alonso's teammate 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 De la Rosa instead remained as a test driver for McLaren.
De la Rosa was also involved in the
Before the
Sauber (2010–2011)
In 2010 De la Rosa drove for the newly resurrected Sauber team.
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] These points would be the last of his Formula One career. De la Rosa qualified in the top ten on two occasions, at Silverstone and in Hungary as both he and teammate 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
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
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.[22] 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.[23]
De la Rosa had a contract to compete in the 2013 season with HRT and was due to become team principal for 2014.[24] The team folded at the end of the 2012 season, meaning de la Rosa was unable to take either position.
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.[25] 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.[26]
After Formula 1 (2015–)
De la Rosa is now the technical and sporting advisor to the
He has also worked as color analyst for Formula One broadcasts on La Sexta, Telecinco, Movistar and currently DAZN.
Aston Martin ambassador (2022–)
In October 2022, De la Rosa was appointed ambassador for Aston Martin Formula One Team.[28]
Personal life
De la Rosa has one daughter. His nephew Bruno del Pino is also a racing driver, who previously drove for his Drivex team.[29]
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position | |
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1989 | Spanish Formula Fiat | Ofensiva Uno – Meycom | 7 | 2 | ? | ? | 5 | ? | 1st | |
1990 | Spanish Formula Ford | Racing for Spain | 10 | 8 | ? | ? | 9 | ? | 1st | |
British Formula Ford | 6 | 0 | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | NC | |||
Formula Ford Festival | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 12th | ||
1991 | Spanish Formula Renault Championship | Racing for Spain | 10 | 0 | ? | ? | 3 | 46 | 4th | |
1992 | Formula Renault UK | Racing for Spain | 12 | 3 | 0 | ? | 7 | 153 | 1st | |
Rencontres Internationales de Formule Renault
|
3 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st | |||
1993 | British Formula 3 Championship | West Surrey Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6th | |
Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | |||
Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th | |||
1994 | British Formula 3 Championship | Racing for Spain | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19th | |
1995 | All-Japan Formula 3 Championship
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TOM'S | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 54 | 1st | |
Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd | |||
1996 | Formula Nippon
|
Team Nova | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8th | |
All-Japan GT Championship | TOM'S | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 13th | ||
Macau Grand Prix | Paul Stewart Racing
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | ||
1997 | Formula Nippon
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Team Nova | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 82 | 1st | |
All-Japan GT Championship | TOM'S | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 64 | 1st | ||
1998 | Formula One
|
Benson & Hedges Jordan | Test driver | |||||||
1999 | Formula One
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18th | ||
2000 | Formula One
|
Arrows Grand Prix International | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16th | |
2001 | Formula One
|
Acer
|
Test driver | |||||||
Jaguar Racing F1 Team | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16th | |||
2002 | Formula One
|
Jaguar Racing F1 Team | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21st | |
2003 | Formula One
|
West McLaren Mercedes | Test driver | |||||||
2004 | Formula One
|
West McLaren Mercedes | Test driver | |||||||
2005 | Formula One
|
West McLaren Mercedes | Test driver | |||||||
Formula One
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West McLaren Mercedes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20th | ||
2006 | Formula One
|
Team McLaren Mercedes | Test driver | |||||||
Formula One
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Team McLaren Mercedes | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11th | ||
2007 | Formula One
|
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | Test driver | |||||||
2008 | Formula One
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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | Test driver | |||||||
2009 | Formula One
|
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | Test driver | |||||||
2010 | Formula One
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BMW Sauber F1 Team | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17th | |
Pirelli | Test driver | |||||||||
2011 | Formula One
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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | Test driver | |||||||
Sauber F1 Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20th | |||
2012 | Formula One
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HRT Formula 1 Team | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | |
2013 | Formula One
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Scuderia Ferrari | Test driver | |||||||
2014 | Formula One
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Scuderia Ferrari | Test driver | |||||||
2015–16 | Formula E
|
Team Aguri | Pre Season test driver |
Complete RC racing results
(Races in bold indicate top qualifier)
IFMAR World Championship results
Year | Result | Class | Venue | Entrant | Car | Motor |
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1986 | 2 | 1:8 IC Off-Road | Grenoble | Garbo España | 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 British Formula 3 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | West Surrey Racing | Mugen-Honda | A | SIL 5 |
THR 3 |
BRH DNS |
DON 3 |
BRH 4 |
SIL 4 |
OUL 5 |
DON Ret |
SIL 7 |
DON Ret |
SNE NC |
PEM 8 |
SIL Ret |
SIL Ret |
THR 7 |
7th | 18 | |||
1994 | Racing for Spain | Renault | A | SIL 16 |
DON 11 |
BRH 1 16 |
BRH 2 9 |
SIL 1 14 |
SIL 2 Ret |
BRH Ret |
THR 15 |
OUL 16 |
DON Ret |
SIL 11 |
SNE 11 |
PEM 1 16 |
PEM 2 13 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 DNS |
THR 16 |
SIL 8 |
19th | 6 |
Complete Japanese Formula 3 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | TOM's | Toyota | SUZ 1 |
FUJ C |
TSU 2 |
MIN 1 |
SUZ 1 |
TAI 1 |
SUG 1 |
FUJ 1 |
SUZ 1 |
SEN 1 |
1st | 54 |
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 JGTC results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | DC | Pts |
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1996
|
Toyota Castrol Team | Toyota Supra | GT500 | SUZ 5 |
FUJ 2 |
SEN 3 |
FUJ Ret |
SUG 9 |
MIN Ret |
8th | 38 | |
1997
|
Toyota Castrol Team | Toyota Supra | GT500 | SUZ 14 |
FUJ 3 |
SEN 1 |
FUJ 2 |
MIN 1 |
SUG 15 |
1st | 67 | |
1998
|
NISMO
|
Nissan Skyline GT-R | GT500 | SUZ
|
FUJ C |
SEN | FUJ | MOT | MIN | SUG
|
NC | 0 |
Complete Formula One results
(key)
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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.
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External links
- The official website for Pedro de la Rosa
- Pedro de la Rosa career summary at DriverDB.com