Roldán Rodríguez Iglesias (born 9 November 1984 in

Valladolid Valladolid ( ; ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and ''de facto'' capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the pr ...

) is a Spanish former racing driver, who competed in the

GP2 Series The GP2 Series was a form of open wheel motor racing introduced in 2005 following the discontinuation of the long-term Formula One feeder series, Formula 3000. The GP2 format was conceived by Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, while Ecc ...

from 2007 to 2009. Prior to this he competed in Spanish

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and various

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categories.

Career

Formula Three

After competing in Formula Junior 1600 Spain in 2002, Rodríguez graduated to the

Spanish Formula Three Championship The Euroformula Open Championship (formerly the Spanish Formula Three Championship, European F3 Open Championship) is a junior formula racing series based in Spain. It was one of six national and international Formula Three championships in Europe ...

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

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Euroseries 3000 team in 2006 alongside his Spanish F3 campaign.

GP2 Series

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's team-up with Hitech/Piquet Sports for the

2007 GP2 Series season The 2007 GP2 Series season was the forty-first season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also third season under the GP2 Series moniker. The series began on 14 April at Bahrain. Timo Glock was crowned series champion on 30 ...

led to Rodríguez securing the second seat in the team, alongside Alexandre Negrão. He finished the season in 17th place. Roldan Rodriguez 2008 GP2 Silverstone 2

After initially beginning 2008 without a GP2 drive, he replaced the injured Michael Herck at

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for the last round of the

GP2 Asia Series The GP2 Asia Series was a form of open wheel motor racing as a result of a spin-off from the GP2 Series. History The series was officially announced during the weekend of the 2007 Monaco GP2 Series round. GP2 series organiser Bruno Michel com ...

, then kept his seat with the team for the main 2008 GP2 Series season, replacing

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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

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and

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, and the

2009 GP2 Series season The 2009 GP2 Series season was the forty-third season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also fifth season under the GP2 Series moniker. The season consisted of twenty races at ten rounds, beginning on 9 May at the Circui ...

, where he finished eleventh. Rodríguez rejoined

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, 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

during the season at the circuit of Vallelunga (Italy). He was signed by the

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team as a test driver for the winter of –. Rodriguez had a test with them in the middle of the season at

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. During the 2008 pre-season, he was testing with

Force India Force India Formula One Team Limited, commonly known as Force India and later Sahara Force India, was a Formula One racing team and constructor based in Silverstone, United Kingdom, with an Indian licence. The team was formed in October 200 ...

(former Spyker) to become an official driver, however Rodríguez was rejected in favor of

Giancarlo Fisichella Giancarlo "Giano" Fisichella (; born 14 January 1973), also known as Fisico or Fisi, is an Italian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Fisichella won three Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons. Bo ...

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

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

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