Roldán Rodríguez


Roldán Rodríguez Iglesias 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

'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.
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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 season. He was signed by the Force India Formula One team as a test driver for the winter of -. 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

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021DCPoints
2007Minardi Piquet SportsBHR
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
17th14
2008Fisichella Motor SportCAT
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
13th14
2009Piquet GPCAT
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
11th25

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112DCPoints
2008FMS InternationalDUB1
FEA
DUB1
SPR
SEN
FEA
SEN
SPR
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
DUB2
FEA
15
DUB2
SPR
Ret
29th0
2008–09Piquet GPSHI
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
3rd35
2009–10Scuderia ColoniYMC1
FEA
10
YMC1
SPR
14
YMC2
FEA
YMC2
SPR
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
23rd0