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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Rodríguez has received more than 43,133 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Pedro Rodríguez is the 100th most popular racing driver (down from 70th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 70th in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Pedro Rodríguez ranks 100 out of 1,080. Before him are Piero Taruffi, Ken Block, Guy Ligier, Eugenio Castellotti, Thierry Sabine, and Roger Williamson. After him are Jean Behra, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Henri Toivonen, Jarno Saarinen, David Purley, and Max Verstappen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Pedro Rodríguez ranks 145. Before him are Petru Lucinschi, Wilma Rudolph, Christoph Eschenbach, Jan Janssen, Abbas El Fassi, and Ruth Dreifuss. After him are Louis Pilot, James L. Brooks, Enrico Bombieri, Jack Nicklaus, John Grinder, and Linda Gray. Among people deceased in 1971, Pedro Rodríguez ranks 60. Before him are J. D. Bernal, Viktor Patsayev, Dean Acheson, Royal Rife, Broncho Billy Anderson, and Dita Parlo. After him are Philo Farnsworth, Princess Maria Bona of Savoy-Genoa, Princess Anna of Montenegro, Van Heflin, Paul Lukas, and Yrjö Väisälä.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Pedro Rodríguez ranks 93 out of 729. Before him are Adolfo López Mateos (1909), Adolfo de la Huerta (1881), Kiki Camarena (1947), Chimalpopoca (1397), José Sánchez del Río (1913), and Manuel Ponce (1886). After him are Juan Gabriel (1950), Ce Acatl Topiltzin (947), El Santo (1917), Miguel Alemán Valdés (1900), Rosie Reyes (1939), and Marcial Maciel (1920).

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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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