Rodolfo Gonzalez
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How is he so slow?! I know he's driving a Marussia, and I know he only ever does FP1 sessions, but as I write this he's 2.5 seconds slower than his teammate, and I don't recall him ever getting closer than that, even when he's up against Chilton.
It does make you wonder what the point of him doing these sessions it - he's so slow he'd never get a race drive, even with budget, and for the team I'm sure they get almost no useful data from him as he drives so far within the limits of the car.
I totally get why someone would want to spend their cash racing, but chucking money at doing FP1 sessions in a back of the grid car seems pointless and he'd be better off in GT racing where he could at least do some actual racing. Most of the other guys who do odd FP1 sessions have a chance of a drive if they can raise the funds, but this guy is so slow that even with a Maldonado-esque budget he still wouldn't be able to find a seat.
It does make you wonder what the point of him doing these sessions it - he's so slow he'd never get a race drive, even with budget, and for the team I'm sure they get almost no useful data from him as he drives so far within the limits of the car.
I totally get why someone would want to spend their cash racing, but chucking money at doing FP1 sessions in a back of the grid car seems pointless and he'd be better off in GT racing where he could at least do some actual racing. Most of the other guys who do odd FP1 sessions have a chance of a drive if they can raise the funds, but this guy is so slow that even with a Maldonado-esque budget he still wouldn't be able to find a seat.
I've just had a look at his record in feeder series, and with a pedigree like this no wonder he thinks he's good enough to have a go in F1...
In GP2 (main and Asia series he has started 80 races, with a total of three top 10 finishes and a best finish of 5th in Monaco, in a race where 14 of the 26 drivers retired, and he was 11 seconds behind the 4th place driver.
He did with the National class of British F3 in 2006, but with only four drivers contesting the full season I'm not convinced about the calibre of opposition. He has won one race outright in his career, which was the 2009 Euroseries 3000 race at Zolder, which was started by six drivers...
In GP2 (main and Asia series he has started 80 races, with a total of three top 10 finishes and a best finish of 5th in Monaco, in a race where 14 of the 26 drivers retired, and he was 11 seconds behind the 4th place driver.
He did with the National class of British F3 in 2006, but with only four drivers contesting the full season I'm not convinced about the calibre of opposition. He has won one race outright in his career, which was the 2009 Euroseries 3000 race at Zolder, which was started by six drivers...
jamiebae said:
I've just had a look at his record in feeder series, and with a pedigree like this no wonder he thinks he's good enough to have a go in F1...
In GP2 (main and Asia series he has started 80 races, with a total of three top 10 finishes and a best finish of 5th in Monaco, in a race where 14 of the 26 drivers retired, and he was 11 seconds behind the 4th place driver.
He did with the National class of British F3 in 2006, but with only four drivers contesting the full season I'm not convinced about the calibre of opposition. He has won one race outright in his career, which was the 2009 Euroseries 3000 race at Zolder, which was started by six drivers...
Think he started off over here in Zetecs. Wasn't particularly on it iirc.In GP2 (main and Asia series he has started 80 races, with a total of three top 10 finishes and a best finish of 5th in Monaco, in a race where 14 of the 26 drivers retired, and he was 11 seconds behind the 4th place driver.
He did with the National class of British F3 in 2006, but with only four drivers contesting the full season I'm not convinced about the calibre of opposition. He has won one race outright in his career, which was the 2009 Euroseries 3000 race at Zolder, which was started by six drivers...
He's OK,here's a picture I took of him in 2007... https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mediarush-o11-l...
mike80 said:
He's OK,here's a picture I took of him in 2007... https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mediarush-o11-l...
I can still save this!mike80 said:
He's OK,here's a picture I took of him in 2007... https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mediarush-o11-l...
Bit unfair. It's no wonder he crashed with all those square LAT things around him.jamiebae said:
I've just had a look at his record in feeder series, and with a pedigree like this no wonder he thinks he's good enough to have a go in F1...
In GP2 (main and Asia series he has started 80 races, with a total of three top 10 finishes and a best finish of 5th in Monaco, in a race where 14 of the 26 drivers retired, and he was 11 seconds behind the 4th place driver.
He did with the National class of British F3 in 2006, but with only four drivers contesting the full season I'm not convinced about the calibre of opposition. He has won one race outright in his career, which was the 2009 Euroseries 3000 race at Zolder, which was started by six drivers...
hahaha, my god them stats are terrible, I love how he won the F3 National class with,only four drivers contesting the full season, how did he get into F1?In GP2 (main and Asia series he has started 80 races, with a total of three top 10 finishes and a best finish of 5th in Monaco, in a race where 14 of the 26 drivers retired, and he was 11 seconds behind the 4th place driver.
He did with the National class of British F3 in 2006, but with only four drivers contesting the full season I'm not convinced about the calibre of opposition. He has won one race outright in his career, which was the 2009 Euroseries 3000 race at Zolder, which was started by six drivers...
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