Ricardo González (racing driver)
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Ricardo Benjamín González Valdés
For the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, González shall participate as owner and pilot of the rookie Mexican team RGR Sport by Morand in the LMP2 class and confirms its participation in 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans.[4][5]
Personal life
Ricardo comes from a family of drivers; his father Roberto González Sr. finished in third place in the
He is the president of the foundation ASUCQ which was formed to create Arkansas State University-Campus Querétaro, a campus of the Arkansas State University System in Querétaro, Mexico.[6] The campus opened with its first class of students on 4 September 2017.[7]
Racing career
1994 - 95
In 1994-1995 Ricardo was the youngest driver to participate in the
1999 - 2000
2001
In 2001, González took part in the
2010
In 2010 he returned from a seven-year break from racing to contest the American Le Mans Series. After starting four races in the GTC class, he and teammate Luis Díaz switched to the LMPC class for the final four rounds of the season.
2011
In 2011 season González drove for
2012
In
In
2013
For
The 2013 season started at the
On the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, González, Baguette and Plowman finished in third position (for cars registered for points in the FIA World Endurance Championship), of LMP2 class (eleventh overall).[11]
In
The
In the fifth round of 2013 season were the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on 20–22 September. González, Baguette and Plowman obtained the seventh place of LMP2 category (eleventh overall).[16]
On 18–20 October, in the 6 hours of Fuji, following a two-hour delay the race was restarted once more under the safety car, lapping another eight circuits before officials stopped the race again and eventually called an end to the event. The No. 35 OAK Morgan-Nissan (Baguette, González and Plowman), started in the pole position and was declared the race winner of LMP2 class (fourth overall), in the same position they started. Due to difficult weather conditions half points will be awarded for all the teams and drivers in the event.[17][18]
During the 6 Hours of Shanghai on 8–9 November, the No. 35 OAK Morgan-Nissan trio (Baguette, González and Plowman), qualified in fourth position and finished in third place (7th overall). With this new podium the French team extend their lead on 15 points to the final race of the championship.[19][20][21]
On the last race of the season the 6 Hours of Bahrain on 29–30 November, González, Baguette and Plowman qualified in sixth place and finished in fourth position (sixth overall). Therefore, the Mexican Ricardo González won the 2013 FIA WEC World Championship for drivers and teams in LMP2 class.[3][21][22]
2014
2015
In
2016
In
In the 6 Hours of Silverstone the Mexican rookie team won the race in the LMP2 Class (fifth overall), incredible result in their debut as a team.[10]
Second podium for González and the Mexican team in the
On the fifth race of the season, the
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2012 | Greaves Motorsport | Christian Zugel Elton Julian |
Zytek Z11SN-Nissan | LMP2 | 348 | 12th | 5th |
2013 | OAK Racing | Bertrand Baguette Martin Plowman |
Morgan LMP2-Nissan
|
LMP2 | 329 | 7th | 1st |
2015 | G-Drive Racing | Gustavo Yacamán Pipo Derani |
Ligier JS P2-Nissan | LMP2 | 354 | 12th | 4th |
2016 | RGR Sport by Morand | Filipe Albuquerque Bruno Senna |
Ligier JS P2-Nissan | LMP2 | 344 | 14th | 10th |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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2012
|
Greaves Motorsport | LMP2 | Zytek Z11SN | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SEB 4 |
SPA 6 |
LMS 5 |
SIL 12 |
SÃO DNP |
BHR 7 |
FUJ 7 |
SHA 8 |
5th | 56 | |
2013
|
OAK Racing | LMP2 | Morgan LMP2
|
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 4 |
SPA 3 |
LMS 1 |
SÃO 2 |
COA 7 |
FUJ 1 |
SHA 3 |
BHR 4 |
1st | 141.5 | |
2015
|
G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 2 |
SPA 1 |
LMS 3 |
NÜR 3 |
COA 3 |
FUJ 3 |
SHA Ret |
BHR 3 |
3rd | 134 | |
2016
|
RGR Sport by Morand | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 |
SPA 4 |
LMS 6 |
NÜR 2 |
MEX 1 |
COA 2 |
FUJ 2 |
SHA 3 |
BHR 2 |
2nd | 166 |
* Season in progress.
European Le Mans Series results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Engine | Class | Tyres | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Points | Rank |
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2014
|
ART Grand Prix | Alex Brundle Karim Ajlani |
McLaren MP4-12C GT3
|
McLaren 3.8L V8 | GTC | M | UK 5 |
ITA 4 |
AUS 8 |
FRA 8 |
POR Ret |
38 | 14th |
* Season still in progress.[21]
References
- ^ "GONZÁLEZ VALDÉS Tan bueno para los negocios como para evadir a sus acreedores". Scribd. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Race - Final Classification" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 23 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Toyota wins WEC finale in Bahrain with Buemi, Davidson, Sarrazin". Autosport. 30 November 2013. Archived from the original on 30 November 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ a b "RGR Sport by Morand Launched; Albuquerque, Senna Confirmed – Sportscar365". 3 February 2016.
- ^ "RGR Sport by Morand Announces Plans to Compete in the WEC | FIA World Endurance Championship". www.fiawec.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2016.
- ^ "US university is first to open campus in MX."Mexico News Daily, 27 October 2016. http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/us-university-is-first-to-open-campus-in-mx/.
- ^ Celis, Fernanda. "Conoce el primer campus de una universidad de EU en Mexico." Forbes Mexico, 1 Agosto 2017. https://www.forbes.com.mx/conoce-la-primera-universidad-eu-mexico/.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Dagys, John (6 January 2012). "LE MANS: Greaves Confirms WEC Driver Lineup". SpeedTV.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "WEC 6 Hours of Spa−Francorchamps > Results and chrono". www.fiawec.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012.
- ^ "Statistiques 24ème Heure / 24th Hour Statistics" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 23 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ "Le Mans 24 Hours: Kristensen, McNish, Duval clinch Audi victory". Autosport. 23 June 2013.
- ^ "Error404". 20 August 2015.
- ^ "Results and chrono WEC 6 hours of Sao Paulo". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
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- ^ "6 Hours of Fuji > Results and chrono". www.fiawec.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012.
- ^ "6 Hours of Shanghai > Results and chrono". www.fiawec.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012.
- ^ "Shanghai WEC: Audi's McNish, Kristensen, Duval claim 2013 title". Autosport. 9 November 2013.
- ^ a b c "Classification | FIA World Endurance Championship". Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ^ "Results and chrono WEC 6 hours of Bahrain". www.fiawec.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012.
- ^ "Ricardo Gonzalez Signs with Art Grand Prix for the 2014 European le Mans Series".
- ^ DiZinno, Tony (5 February 2015). "G-Drive Confirms Two Cars, Engine, Lineups". John Dagys Media. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "Nürburgring Post-Race Notebook – Sportscar365". 31 August 2015.
- ^ "6 Hours of Nurburgring > Results". www.fiawec.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2015.
- ^ "6 Hours of Mexico > Results". www.fiawec.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Mexico City Post-Race Notebook – Sportscar365". 4 September 2016.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)
- Ricardo González career summary at DriverDB.com