Roldán Rodríguez Iglesias (born 9 November 1984 in Valladolid) is a Spanish former 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, Rodríguez 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 at the circuit of Vallelunga (Italy).
Rodríguez was signed by the Spyker Formula One team as a test driver for the winter of –. Rodriguez had a test with them in the middle of the season at Silverstone. During the 2008 pre-season, he was testing with Force India (former Spyker) to become an official driver, however Rodríguez was rejected in favor of Giancarlo Fisichella
Rodríguez was linked with a race seat at Formula One newcomers Campos Grand Prix for 2010, but has announced that he would be taking a sabbatical from motorsport instead.
Racing record
Complete Spanish Formula Three Championship 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 DC Points 2003 Elide Racing ALB1 ALB2 JAR1 JAR2 JER1 JER2 14th 59 ECA Racing EST1 EST2 VAL1 VAL2 JER CAT1 CAT2 2004 Adrián Campos MotorsportALB1ALB2JAR1JAR2JER1JER2 EST1 EST1 VAL1 VAL2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 11th 16 2005 Campos Racing JAR1 JAR2 VAL1 VAL2 ALB EST1 EST2 ALB1 ALB2 VAL1 VAL2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 7th 35 2006 Campos Racing VAL1 VAL2 MAG1 MAG2 JAR1 JAR2 EST1 EST2 ALB1 ALB2 VAL1 VAL2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 2nd 103
Complete World Series by Nissan 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 DC Points 2004 Porfesa CompeticionJAR1JAR2ZOL1ZOL2MAG1MAG2VAL1VAL2LAU1LAU2EST1EST2CAT1CAT2VAL1VAL2JER1JER2 21st 2
Complete Euroseries 3000 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 DC Points 2006 Minardi by GP RacingADR1ADR2 IMO1 IMO2 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 MUG1 MUG2 SIL1 SIL2 CAT1 CAT2 VLL1 VLL2MIS1MIS2 6th 38 2008 GP Racing VLL1 VLL2SPA1SPA2 VAL1 VAL2MUG1MUG2MIS1MIS2JER1JER2CAT1CAT2MAG1MAG2 8th 26 2009 FMS InternationalALG1ALG2MAG1MAG2DON1DON2ZOL1ZOL2VAL1VAL2VLL1VLL2MNZ1MNZ2 17th 0
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 BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR VALFEA VALSPR 17th 14 2008 Fisichella Motor Sport International CATFEA CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MONFEA MONSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 13th 14 2009 Piquet GP CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR ALGFEA ALGSPR 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 DUB1FEA DUB1SPR SENFEA SENSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR DUB2FEA DUB2SPR 29th 0 2008–09 Piquet GP SHIFEA SHISPR DUBFEA DUBSPR BHR1FEA BHR1SPR LSLFEA LSLSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR BHR2FEA BHR2SPR 3rd 35 2009–10 Scuderia Coloni YMC1FEA YMC1SPR YMC2FEA YMC2SPR BHR1FEA BHR1SPR BHR2FEA BHR2SPR 23rd 0
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