RACING DRIVER

Pedro Rodríguez

1940 - 1971

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Pedro Rodríguez de la Vega (18 January 1940 – 11 July 1971) was a Mexican racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1963 to 1971. Rodríguez won two Formula One Grands Prix across nine seasons. In endurance racing, Rodríguez won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1968 with Ford, and was a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona with Porsche. Born and raised in Mexico City, Rodríguez was the older brother of racing driver Ricardo Rodríguez, who became the first Mexican driver to compete in Formula One in 1961. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Rodríguez is the 119th most popular racing driver (down from 100th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 93rd in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Pedro Rodríguez ranks 119 out of 1,080. Before him are Markku Alén, Jean Behra, Riccardo Paletti, Tommi Mäkinen, Peter Collins, and Nico Hülkenberg. After him are Lucien Bianchi, Paul Frère, Felipe Massa, Danny Sullivan, Paul Belmondo, and Robert Kubica.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Pedro Rodríguez ranks 167. Before him are Adel Emam, Just Jaeckin, Mike Troy, Christoph Eschenbach, Anna Chromý, and Graham Allison. After him are Gloria Leonard, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, Jan Janssen, James Herbert Brennan, and Mohammed Magariaf. Among people deceased in 1971, Pedro Rodríguez ranks 73. Before him are Margaret Bourke-White, Gene Vincent, Nora Stanton Barney, Hermann Ehrhardt, John W. Campbell, and Dita Parlo. After him are József Zakariás, Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Mak Dizdar, August Derleth, Ed Gordon, and Gertrud von Le Fort.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Pedro Rodríguez ranks 98 out of 729. Before him are Rafael Caro Quintero (1952), Yola Ramírez (1935), Henry Eyring (1901), Javier Aguirre (1958), Miguel Miramón (1832), and Laura Harring (1964). After him are Luis Echeverría (1922), Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581), Sara Ramirez (1975), Tizoc (1436), Juan Gabriel (1950), and Manuel Ponce (1886).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Mexico

Among racing drivers born in Mexico, Pedro Rodríguez ranks 1. After him are Ricardo Rodríguez (1942), Sergio Pérez (1990), Moisés Solana (1935), Héctor Rebaque (1956), Esteban Gutiérrez (1991), Pato O'Ward (1999), and Salvador Durán (1985).

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