Roldán Rodríguez

{{short description|Spanish racing driver (born 1984)}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Roldán Rodríguez | image = Roldan Rodriguez 2008 GP2 Silverstone.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | nationality = {{flagicon|ESP}} Spanish | full_name = Roldán Rodríguez Iglesias | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|11|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Valladolid, Spain | current_series = | first_year = | current_team = | car_number = | former_teams = | starts = | wins = | poles = | fastest_laps = | best_finish = | year = | prev_series = GP2 Asia Series International GT Open GP2 Series Euro/Italian Formula 3000 World Series by Nissan Spanish F3 Championship Formula Junior 1600 Spain Formula Lliure | prev_series_years = 2008–2009–10 2008 2007–09 2006, 2008–09 2004 2003–06 2002–03 2002 | titles = | title_years = | awards = | award_years = }}

'''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.

[[File:Roldan Rodriguez 2008 GP2 Silverstone 2.jpg|thumb|right|Rodríguez driving for FMS International at the Silverstone round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.]]

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.<ref>{{cite news| title =FMS International sign Rodriguez| publisher =autosport.com| url =http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/66762| date = 2008-04-21| accessdate =2008-04-21}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite news| title =Rodriguez returns to Piquet for 2009| publisher =crash.net| url =http://www.crash.net/motorsport/gp2/news/169442-0/rodriguez_returns_to_piquet_for_2009.html| date = 2008-09-24| accessdate =2008-09-26}}</ref> 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 {{f1|2005}} season at the circuit of Vallelunga (Italy).<ref>{{Cite web |last=AS |first=Diario |date=2005-11-22 |title=Roldán Rodríguez se estrenó en un F-1 con Minardi |url=https://as.com/motor/2005/11/22/mas_motor/1132678221_850215.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=AS.com |language=es}}</ref>

Rodríguez was signed by the Spyker Formula One team as a test driver for the winter of {{F1|2007}}–{{F1|2008}}.<ref>{{cite news| title =Spyker test role for Rodriguez| publisher =motorsport.com| url =http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=270001&FS=F1| date =2007-09-20| accessdate =2007-09-20| url-status =dead| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20071011160657/http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=270001&FS=F1| archivedate =2007-10-11}}</ref> Rodriguez had a test with them in the middle of the season at Silverstone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Test de Roldán Rodríguez con Spyker en Silverstone |url=https://www.f1latam.com/noticias/test-de-roldan-rodriguez-con-spyker-en-silverstone-6436 |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=www.f1latam.com}}</ref> During the 2008 pre-season, he was testing with Force India (former Spyker) to become an official driver,<ref>{{Cite web |last=AS |first=Diario |date=2007-09-18 |title=Roldán a punto de fichar por Spyker para 2008 |url=https://as.com/motor/2007/09/18/mas_motor/1190130618_850215.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=AS.com |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Force India probará con 7 pilotos distintos la próxima semana |url=https://www.f1aldia.com/927/force-india-probara-con-7-pilotos-distintos-la-proxima-semana/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=www.f1aldia.com |language=en}}</ref> however Rodríguez was rejected in favor of Giancarlo Fisichella<ref>{{Cite web |last=AS |first=Diario |date=2008-01-10 |title="Han preferido pasado frente a futuro" |url=https://as.com/motor/2008/01/10/mas_motor/1199983821_850215.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=AS.com |language=es}}</ref>

Rodríguez was linked with a race seat at Formula One newcomers Campos Grand Prix for 2010,<ref>{{cite web|title=De la Rosa for Campos?|publisher=grandprix.com|url=http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21612.html|date=2009-07-06|accessdate=2009-07-07}}</ref> but has announced that he would be taking a sabbatical from motorsport instead.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nortecastilla.es/20100112/deportes/motor/roldan-rodriguez-anuncia-competira-201001122139.html|title=Roldán Rodríguez anuncia que no competirá la próxima temporada|date=2010-01-12|language=Spanish|work=El Norte de Castilla|publisher=Vocento|accessdate=2010-01-20}}</ref>

== Racing record ==

=== Complete Spanish Formula Three Championship results === (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! DC ! Points |- |rowspan=2| 2003 !nowrap| Elide Racing |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALB 1 {{small|12}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALB 2 {{small|6}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JAR 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JAR 2 {{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JER 1 {{small|13}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JER 2 {{small|Ret}} |colspan=10| !rowspan=2| 14th !rowspan=2| 59 |- !nowrap| ECA Racing |colspan=6| |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EST 1 {{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EST 2 {{small|6}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL 1 {{small|6}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL 2 {{small|8}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JER {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| CAT 1 {{small|DNS}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT 2 {{small|Ret}} |colspan=3| |- | 2004 !nowrap| Adrián Campos Motorsport |ALB 1 |ALB 2 |JAR 1 |JAR 2 |JER 1 |JER 2 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| EST 1 {{small|11}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EST 1 {{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL 1 {{small|6}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL 2 {{small|4}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JER 1 {{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JER 2 {{small|11}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CAT 1 {{small|11}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT 2 {{small|11}} |colspan=2| ! 11th ! 16 |- | 2005 !nowrap| Campos Racing |style="background:#Efcfff;"| JAR 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JAR 2 {{small|2}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL 1 {{small|4}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL 2 {{small|6}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALB {{small|8}} |style="background:#Efcfff;"| EST 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| EST 2 {{small|17}} |style="background:#Efcfff;"| ALB 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ALB 2 {{small|10}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| VAL 1 {{small|3}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL 2 {{small|5}} |style="background:#Efcfff;"| JER 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JER 2 {{small|4}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT 1 {{small|8}} |style="background:#Efcfff;"| CAT 2 {{small|Ret}} | ! 7th ! 35 |- | 2006 !nowrap| Campos Racing |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| VAL 1 {{small|2}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ''VAL 2'' {{small|11}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAG 1 {{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAG 2 {{small|5}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JAR 1 {{small|5}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| JAR 2 {{small|16}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EST 1 {{small|4}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| EST 2 {{small|1}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''''ALB 1''''' {{small|1}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALB 2 {{small|7}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL 1 {{small|4}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ''VAL 2'' {{small|1}} |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| '''JER 1''' {{small|1}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| JER 2 {{small|7}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAT 1 {{small|4}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT 2 {{small|6}} !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 103 |- |}

=== Complete World Series by Nissan results === (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! DC ! Points |- | 2004 ! nowrap| Porfesa Competicion |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|JAR 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"|JAR 2 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|ZOL 1 {{small|16}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|ZOL 2 {{small|15}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MAG 1 {{small|14}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|MAG 2 {{small|13}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"|VAL 1 {{small|9}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|VAL 2 {{small|11}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"|LAU 1 {{small|13}} |style="background:#FFFFFF;"|LAU 2 {{small|DNS}} |EST 1 |EST 2 |CAT 1 |CAT 2 |VAL 1 |VAL 2 |JER 1 |JER 2 ! 21st ! 2 |- |}

=== Complete Euroseries 3000 results === (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! DC ! Points |- | 2006 ! nowrap| Minardi by GP Racing |ADR 1 |ADR 2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| IMO 1 {{small|4}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| IMO 2 {{small|5}} |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SPA 1 {{small|3}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ''SPA 2'' {{small|6}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| HUN 1 {{small|11}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| HUN 2 {{small|5}} |style="background:#ffffff;"| MUG 1 {{small|DNS}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MUG 2 {{small|9}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| SIL 1 {{small|4}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| SIL 2 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| '''CAT 1''' {{small|1}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CAT 2 {{small|10}} |style="background:#efcfff;"| '''VLL 1''' {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ''VLL 2'' {{small|6}} |MIS 1 |MIS 2 ! 6th ! 38 |- | 2008 ! GP Racing |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| VLL 1 {{small|2}} |style="background:#ffffbf;"| VLL 2 {{small|1}} |SPA 1 |SPA 2 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| VAL 1 {{small|1}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"| VAL 2 {{small|5}} |MUG 1 |MUG 2 |MIS 1 |MIS 2 |JER 1 |JER 2 |CAT 1 |CAT 2 |MAG 1 |MAG 2 |colspan=2| ! 8th ! 26 |- | 2009 ! nowrap| FMS International |style="background:#efcfff;"|ALG 1 {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#dfffdf;"|ALG 2 {{small|6}} |MAG 1 |MAG 2 |DON 1 |DON 2 |ZOL 1 |ZOL 2 |VAL 1 |VAL 2 |VLL 1 |VLL 2 |MNZ 1 |MNZ 2 |colspan=4| ! 17th ! 0 |- |}

=== Complete GP2 Series results === (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! 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 ! nowrap| Minardi Piquet Sports |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BHR FEA {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHR SPR {{small|12}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT FEA {{small|4}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT SPR {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON FEA {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ''MAG FEA'' {{small|16}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAG SPR {{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL FEA {{small|8}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL SPR {{small|11}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR FEA {{small|10}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR SPR {{small|9}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN FEA {{small|6}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HUN SPR {{small|3}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IST FEA {{small|11}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IST SPR {{small|8}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ FEA {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MNZ SPR {{small|8}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA FEA {{small|15}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA SPR {{small|10}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL FEA {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL SPR {{small|17}} ! 17th ! 14 |- | 2008 ! nowrap| Fisichella Motor Sport International |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT FEA {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT SPR {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IST FEA {{small|12}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IST SPR {{small|13}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON FEA {{small|6}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON SPR {{small|4}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAG FEA {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAG SPR {{small|16}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL FEA {{small|11}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL SPR {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC FEA {{small|18}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC SPR {{small|16}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN FEA {{small|19}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN SPR {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL FEA {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL SPR {{small|10}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA FEA {{small|21†}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA SPR {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ FEA {{small|6}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MNZ SPR {{small|2}} | ! 13th ! 14 |- | 2009 ! nowrap| Piquet GP |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT FEA {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT SPR {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON FEA {{small|11}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON SPR {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IST FEA {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| IST SPR {{small|17}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| SIL FEA {{small|12}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| SIL SPR {{small|9}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NÜR FEA {{small|2}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR SPR {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN FEA {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| HUN SPR {{small|13}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| VAL FEA {{small|5}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL SPR {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA FEA {{small|5}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SPA SPR {{small|2}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MNZ FEA {{small|13}} |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MNZ SPR {{small|7}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALG FEA {{small|5}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ALG SPR {{small|Ret}} | ! 11th ! 25 |}

==== Complete GP2 Asia Series results ==== (key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Entrant ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! DC ! Points |- | 2008 ! nowrap| FMS International | DUB1 FEA | DUB1 SPR | SEN FEA | SEN SPR | SEP FEA | SEP SPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DUB2 FEA {{small|15}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DUB2 SPR {{small|Ret}} |colspan=2| ! 29th ! 0 |- | nowrap| 2008–09 ! nowrap| Piquet GP |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| '''SHI FEA''' {{small|1}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SHI SPR {{small|6}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DUB FEA {{small|3}} | DUB SPR {{small|C}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHR1 FEA {{small|6}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHR1 SPR {{small|23}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LSL FEA {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LSL SPR {{small|17}} |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEP FEA {{small|4}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SEP SPR {{small|12}} |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BHR2 FEA {{small|2}} |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BHR2 SPR {{small|Ret}} |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''3rd''' |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| '''35''' |- | nowrap| 2009–10 ! nowrap| Scuderia Coloni |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| YMC1 FEA {{small|10}} |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| YMC1 SPR {{small|14}} | YMC2 FEA | YMC2 SPR | BHR1 FEA | BHR1 SPR | BHR2 FEA | BHR2 SPR |colspan=4| ! 23rd ! 0 |}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == {{commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.roldanrodriguez.com/}} * {{DriverDB driver|roldan-rodriguez}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez, Roldan}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Valladolid Category:Spanish racing drivers Category:Euroformula Open Championship drivers Category:International Formula 3000 drivers Category:World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Category:GP2 Series drivers Category:GP2 Asia Series drivers Category:International GT Open drivers Category:Piquet GP drivers Category:Scuderia Coloni drivers Category:Teo Martín Motorsport drivers Category:Campos Racing drivers

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