Ricardo Rodríguez

Ricardo Rodríguez

Ricardo Valentín Rodríguez de la Vega (14 February 1942 – 1 November 1962) was a Mexican racing driver who competed in the 1961 and 1962 Formula One seasons. He was the first Mexican driver ever to take part in a Formula One Grand Prix, and at the age of 19 years and 208 days, when first racing for Ferrari at the 1961 Italian Grand Prix, he became the youngest Formula One driver to race for the legendary Italian team, a title he held until the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, where his record was broken by Briton Oliver Bearman at 18 years and 305 days old. At this Italian Grand Prix, he also became the youngest driver to start a Formula One race until the 1980 Canadian Grand Prix, and the youngest driver to start from the first row until the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix, and at the 1962 Belgian Grand Prix he also became the youngest driver to score points in Formula One, a record he held until the 2000 Brazilian Grand Prix. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ricardo Rodríguez has received more than 6,001 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ricardo Rodríguez is the 99th most popular racing driver (up from 140th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 115th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Racing Driver.