| Rodolfo González | |
| Nationality: |  Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of |
| Birth Date: | 1986 5, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Racing Licence: | FIA Silver |
| Current Series: | European Le Mans Series |
| First Year: | 2014 |
| Current Team: | Murphy Prototypes |
| Car Number: | 48 |
| Starts: | 3 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Poles: | 1 |
| Fastest Laps: | 0 |
| Best Finish: | 14th |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Prev Series: | GP2 Series GP2 Asia Series Euroseries 3000 Formula 3 Euro Series British Formula 3 FR2.0 Netherlands Formula Renault UK FRUK Winter Series Formula Ford UK Winter Series |
| Prev Series Years: | 2009–2012 2008–09–2011 2008–09 2008 2006–07 2005 2004–05 2003–05 2002 |
| Titles: | British F3 National Class |
| Title Years: | 2006 |
Rodolfo González (born 14 May 1986 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan racing driver.[1]
After previously competing in karting, González raced in the 2003 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series, before racing in the main series in 2004 and 2005 while attending City College Norwich.
He won the British F3 International Series National Class in 2006 for T-Sport. In 2007 he continued to show promise by finishing 11th in the 2007 British Formula 3 season with T-Sport.
In 2008, he moved to Carlin Motorsport and the Formula Three Euroseries and endured a miserable season, amassing just half a point in the rain-shortened sprint race at Le Mans.
He replaced Andreas Zuber[2] for the third round of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season at Sakhir, and finished 16th in his first race. He eventually wound up 23rd in the championship, with a best finish of eighth in the sprint race at Sepang.
González entered the main GP2 Series for the first time as a replacement for Davide Rigon at Trident Racing for the German rounds.[3]
He also competed in Euroseries 3000 in 2009, finishing in fifth position.
González raced for Arden International in the first round of the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season before being replaced by Javier Villa.[4] He returned at the final round in Bahrain, replacing Sergio Pérez at Barwa Addax.[5]
González returned to Arden for the 2010 GP2 Series season alongside Charles Pic. He scored four points and finished 21st in the drivers' championship. For 2011, he moved to Trident Racing, where he competed alongside Stefano Coletti. He finished seventeenth in the Asia series and 26th in the main series. He was then signed by Caterham Racing alongside Giedo van der Garde for the 2012 season, in which he finished 22nd in the championship.
In 2010 González was given a drive in the Lotus T127 at the end-of-season young driver test in Abu Dhabi, alongside Bulgarian Vladimir Arabadzhiev.[6]
On 14 March 2013 Marussia F1 announced that González would be the team's reserve driver for the 2013 Formula One season.[7] He drove in the practice sessions at the Hungarian, Italian and Korean Grands Prix for Marussia, notably crashing in the latter.[8]
González competed in the 2014 ELMS Championship with the Murphy Prototypes Endurance Racing Team in the LMP2 category, and the 2014 Le Mans Classic.
González tested IndyCar Series cars in the 2014–2015 off-season with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and Dale Coyne Racing. He was a surprise addition to the IndyCar Series entry list in the fourth round of the 2015 IndyCar Series season at Barber Motorsports Park in the Dale Coyne No. 18 entry.[9]
González was announced to drive for Idola Motorsport in the Britcar Prototype Cup in a Praga R1 with Ruben Stanislau.[10] He won the opening race of the season at Silverstone.
| Season | Series | Team Name | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | British Formula Ford Winter Series | 4 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| Formula Renault UK Winter Series | Manor Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19th | ||
| 2004 | align=left rowspan=2 | Formula Renault UK | Paston Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 21st |
| align=left rowspan=2 | Mark Burdett Motorsport | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Formula Renault UK Winter Series | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 10th | |||
| 2005 | Formula Renault UK | Manor Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 235 | 9th | |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 18 | 23rd | |||
| Formula Renault UK Winter Series | Mark Burdett Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 13th | ||
| 2006 | British Formula 3 Championship – National Class | T-Sport | 22 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 355 | 1st | |
| 2007 | British Formula 3 Championship | T-Sport | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 11th | |
| 2008 | Formula 3 Euro Series | align=left rowspan=2 | Carlin Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 24th |
| Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th | |||
| Euroseries 3000 | Sighinolfi Autoracing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20th | ||
| 2008–09 | GP2 Asia Series | Fisichella Motor Sport | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23rd | |
| 2009 | GP2 Series | Trident Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | |
| Euroseries 3000 | Fisichella Motor Sport | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 5th | ||
| 2009–10 | align=left rowspan=2 | GP2 Asia Series | Arden International | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th |
| Barwa Addax Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2010 | GP2 Series | Arden International | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21st | |
| Formula One | Lotus F1 Racing | Test driver | ||||||||
| 2011 | GP2 Series | align=left rowspan=2 | Trident Racing | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th |
| GP2 Asia Series | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17th | |||
| 2012 | GP2 Series | Caterham Racing | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22nd | |
| 2013 | Formula One | Marussia F1 Team | Test driver | |||||||
| 2014 | Formula Acceleration 1 | Acceleration Team Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17th | |
| European Le Mans Series | align=left rowspan=2 | Murphy Prototypes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14th | |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | |||
| 2015 | IndyCar Series | Dale Coyne Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 26th | |
| 2017 | NASCAR Whelen Euro Series | Alex Caffi Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 22nd | |
| 2023 | Britcar Prototype Cup - Praga | Idola Motorsport | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 5th | |
| Sports Prototype Cup - Open Class | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | N/A | 3rd | |||
| Prototype Challenge - CN | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 3rd | |||
(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 | DC | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | nowrap | Paston Racing | THR 1 | THR 2 | BRH1 1 | BRH1 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | THR 1 | THR 2 | 21st | 72 | ||||||||||
| nowrap | Mark Burdett Motorsport | CRO 1 | CRO 2 | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | BRH2 1 | BRH2 2 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | nowrap | Manor Motorsport | DON 1 | DON 2 | THR 1 | THR 2 | BRH1 1 | BRH1 2 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | CRO 1 | CRO 2 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | BRH2 1 | BRH2 2 | 9th | 334 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | nowrap | T-Sport | nowrap | Dallara F304 | nowrap | Mugen-Honda | National | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | MON 1 | MON 2 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | THR 1 | THR 2 | 1st | 355 |
| 2007 | nowrap | T-Sport | nowrap | Dallara F307 | nowrap | Mugen-Honda | Championship | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | BUC 1 | BUC 2 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | THR 1 | THR 2 | CRO 1 | CRO 2 | ROC 1 | ROC 2 | 11th | 77 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(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 | DC | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | nowrap | Sighinolfi Autoracing | VLL 1 | VLL 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | MIS 1 | MIS 2 | JER 1 | JER 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | MAG 1 | MAG 2 | 19th | 3 |
| 2009 | nowrap | FMS International | ALG 1 | ALG 2 | MAG 1 | MAG 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | ZOL 1 | ZOL 2 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | VAL 3 | VLL 1 | VLL 2 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | 5th | 44 | |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nowrap | 2008–09 | nowrap | FMS International | SHI FEA | SHI SPR | DUB FEA | DUB SPR | BHR1 FEA | BHR1 SPR | LSL FEA | LSL SPR | SEP FEA | SEP SPR | BHR2 FEA | BHR2 SPR | 23rd | 0 |
| 2009–10 | nowrap | Arden International | YMC1 FEA | YMC1 SPR | YMC2 FEA | YMC2 SPR | BHR1 FEA | BHR1 SPR | 29th | 0 | |||||||
| nowrap | Barwa Addax Team | BHR2 FEA | BHR2 SPR | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | nowrap | Trident Racing | YMC FEA | YMC SPR | IMO FEA | IMO SPR | 17th | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicates fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)