Quick Facts
Biography
Roldán Rodríguez Iglesias (born November 9, 1984 in Valladolid) is a Spanish racing driver, who competed in the GP2 Series from 2007 to 2009. Prior to this he competed in Spanish Formula Three and various Formula 3000 categories.
Career
Formula Three
After competing in Formula Junior 1600 Spain in 2002, Rodríguez graduated to the Spanish Formula Three Championship in 2003 in remained there for the next four seasons, gradually improving to finish as series runner-up in 2006, behind Ricardo Risatti.
Nissan World Series
In 2004, Rodríguez dovetailed part-time campaigns in F3 and the Nissan World Series, in which he scored two points from nine races.
Euroseries 3000
Rodríguez drove for the Minardi Euroseries 3000 team in 2006 alongside his Spanish F3 campaign.
GP2 Series
Giancarlo Minardi's team-up with Hitech/Piquet Sports for the 2007 GP2 Series season led to Rodríguez securing the second seat in the team, alongside Alexandre Negrão. He finished the season in 17th place.
After initially beginning 2008 without a GP2 drive, he replaced the injured Michael Herck at Fisichella Motor Sport for the last round of the GP2 Asia Series, then kept his seat with the team for the main 2008 GP2 Series season, replacing Andy Soucek who had been expected to fill the seat. He finished thirteenth in the championship, an improvement upon the previous year.
Rodríguez returned to Piquet GP to compete in the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season, where he finished third behind Kamui Kobayashi and Jérôme d'Ambrosio, and the 2009 GP2 Series season, where he finished eleventh.
Rodríguez rejoined Scuderia Coloni, the old Fisichella Motor Sport team, for the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season but was replaced by Alberto Valerio after the first round.
Formula One
Rodríguez tested for Minardi during the 2005 season. He was signed by the Force India Formula One team as a test driver for the winter of 2007-2008. He was linked with a race seat at Formula One newcomers Campos Grand Prix for 2010, but has announced that he will be taking a sabbatical from motorsport instead.
Racing record
Complete GP2 Series 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 | 21 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Minardi Piquet Sports | BHR FEA Ret | BHR SPR 12 | CAT FEA 4 | CAT SPR Ret | MON FEA Ret | MAG FEA 16 | MAG SPR 9 | SIL FEA 8 | SIL SPR 11 | NÜR FEA 10 | NÜR SPR 9 | HUN FEA 6 | HUN SPR 3 | IST FEA 11 | IST SPR 8 | MNZ FEA Ret | MNZ SPR 8 | SPA FEA 15 | SPA SPR 10 | VAL FEA Ret | VAL SPR 17 | 17th | 14 |
| 2008 | Fisichella Motor Sport | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR Ret | IST FEA 12 | IST SPR 13 | MON FEA 6 | MON SPR 4 | MAG FEA Ret | MAG SPR 16 | SIL FEA 11 | SIL SPR Ret | HOC FEA 18 | HOC SPR 16 | HUN FEA 19 | HUN SPR Ret | VAL FEA Ret | VAL SPR 10 | SPA FEA 21 | SPA SPR Ret | MNZ FEA 6 | MNZ SPR 2 | 13th | 14 | |
| 2009 | Piquet GP | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR Ret | MON FEA 11 | MON SPR Ret | IST FEA Ret | IST SPR 17 | SIL FEA 12 | SIL SPR 9 | NÜR FEA 2 | NÜR SPR Ret | HUN FEA Ret | HUN SPR 13 | VAL FEA 5 | VAL SPR Ret | SPA FEA 5 | SPA SPR 2 | MNZ FEA 13 | MNZ SPR 7 | ALG FEA 5 | ALG SPR Ret | 11th | 25 |
Complete GP2 Asia Series 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | FMS International | DUB1 FEA | DUB1 SPR | SEN FEA | SEN SPR | SEP FEA | SEP SPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | DUB2 FEA 15 | DUB2 SPR Ret | 29th | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Piquet GP | SHI FEA 1 | SHI SPR 6 | DUB FEA 3 | DUB SPR C | BHR1 FEA 6 | BHR1 SPR 23 | LSL FEA Ret | LSL SPR 17 | SEP FEA 4 | SEP SPR 12 | BHR2 FEA 2 | BHR2 SPR Ret | 3rd | 35 |
| 2009–10 | Scuderia Coloni | YMC1 FEA 10 | YMC1 SPR 14 | YMC2 FEA | YMC2 SPR | BHR1 FEA | BHR1 SPR | BHR2 FEA | BHR2 SPR | 23rd | 0 |