Roldán Rodríguez


Roldán Rodríguez Iglesias 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 [2008 2008 GP2 Asia Series season|GP2 Asia Series season|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.
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 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 World Series by Nissan results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718DCPoints
2004Porfesa CompeticionJAR
1

Ret
JAR
2

Ret
ZOL
1

16
ZOL
2

15
MAG
1

14
MAG
2

13
VAL
1

9
VAL
2

11
LAU
1

13
LAU
2

DNS
EST
1
EST
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
VAL
1
VAL
2
JER
1
JER
2
21st2

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 Sport InternationalCAT
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