| Roberto González | |||||||||
| Nationality: |  Mexico | ||||||||
| Birth Date: | 31 March 1976 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Monterrey, Mexico | ||||||||
| Related To: | Ricardo González (brother) | ||||||||
| Racing Licence: | FIA Silver | ||||||||
| Current Series: | FIA World Endurance Championship | ||||||||
| Current Team: |  Jota Sport | ||||||||
| Car Number: | 38 | ||||||||
| Former Teams: | CEFC Manor TRS Racing DragonSpeed | ||||||||
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Roberto González Valdés[1] (born March 31, 1976, in Mexico City) is a Mexican racing driver from Monterrey. He competed in Champ Car in the 2003 season and for all of 2004. In 2003, he made his debut in the race at St. Petersburg in Florida for Dale Coyne Racing failing to complete the race. His other appearance in 2003 was at home in Mexico City where he substituted for veteran Roberto Moreno scoring his 1st Champ Car points in 10th spot.
He was given a full-time ride with PKV Racing for the 2004 season complete with backing from the Mexican arm of Nextel. However, he had a disappointing year with a best result of 7th place in Cleveland highlighting a year where he only finished 15th in the points standings. He was not retained for the 2005 season.
In 2012 he drove in three races for RSR Racing in the American Le Mans Series.[2]
In 2013 his younger brother Ricardo won the 81st edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMP2. In 2019, Roberto went on to win the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, both in the LMP2 class.
In the 90th edition of the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans Roberto obtains the first position in the LMP2 class after 6 attempts. González teamed up with Will Stevens and António Félix da Costa.[3] They would all later win the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship for LMP2.
González is also the founder of Mexican investment management company Soliq.[4] González also serves as a board member of EPM,[5] a cannabis-based drug development company, founded by Reshef Swisa,[6] which sought to go public on the Israeli Stock Market, by attempting to raise NIS 44 million (at a pre-money valuation of NIS 381 million) through crowdfunding website Fundit.[7]
EPM's offering to sell securities had been accompanied by an aggressive television campaign in Israel.[8]
It was published that the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) formed the impression that the television campaign advertisements were not formulated with due care and were misleading investors.[9] On June 1, 2022, it was announced that the board of directors of EPM decided to positively consider accepting alternative offers and to cancel the IPO, noting that all funds transferred by potential IPO investors, totaling NIS 26 million, were to be refunded without interest.[10]
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| Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Dale Coyne Racing | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | STP 17 | MTY | LBH | BRH | LAU | MIL | LS | POR | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | MDO | MTL | DEN | MIA | 24th | 3 | [11] | ||||
| Herdez Competition | MXC 10 | SRF | FON | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | PKV Racing | Lola B02/00 | Ford XFE V8t | LBH 14 | MTY 9 | MIL 12 | POR 10 | CLE 7 | TOR 13 | VAN 13 | ROA 16 | DEN 12 | MTL 10 | LS 14 | LVS 10 | SRF 11 | MXC 12 | 15th | 136^ | [12] |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Manor | LMP2 | Oreca 05 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 45th | 6 | |
| 2017 | CEFC Manor TRS Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 18th | 46 | |
| 2018–19 | DragonSpeed | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA | LMS | SIL | FUJ | SHA | SEB | SPA | LMS | 3rd | 117 | ||
| 2019–20 | Jota Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL | FUJ | SHA | BHR | COA | SPA | LMS | BHR | 3rd | 152 | ||
| 2021 | Jota Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA | ALG | MNZ | LMS | BHR | BHR | 3rd | 123 | ||||
| 2022 | Jota Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB | SPA | LMS | MNZ | FUJ | BHR | 1st | 137 |
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 |  CEFC Manor TRS Racing |  Vitaly PetrovSimon Trummer | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 152 | DNF | DNF | |
| 2018 |  DragonSpeed |  Pastor Maldonado Nathanaël Berthon | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 360 | 9th | 5th | |
| 2019 | DragonSpeed | Pastor Maldonado Anthony Davidson | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 245 | DNF | DNF | |
| 2020 | Jota Sport |  António Félix da Costa Anthony Davidson | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 370 | 6th | 2nd | |
| 2021 | Jota Sport | António Félix da Costa Anthony Davidson | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 358 | 13th | 8th | |
| 2022 | Jota Sport | António Félix da Costa Will Stevens | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 369 | 5th | 1st |