Pedro Rodríguez is a racing driver from Mexico who last raced in Formula 1 for BRM. Rodríguez has recorded 2 wins and 7 podiums from 54 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,220 ranks Rodríguez 241th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1971-07-04 | Circuit Paul Ricard | DNF | −104 |
| 1971-06-20 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | P2 | +118 |
| 1971-05-23 | Circuit de Monaco | P9 | −4 |
| 1971-04-18 | Montjuïc | P4 | +93 |
| 1971-03-06 | Kyalami | DNF | −83 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | ▸Formula 1 | BRM | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | P9 | +20 | 5,639 |
| 1970 | ▸Formula 1 | BRM | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 23 | P7 | +131 | 5,620 |
| 1969 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | P13 | −57 | 5,489 |
| 1968 | ▸Formula 1 | BRM | 12 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 18 | P6 | +205 | 5,546 |
| 1967 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Maserati | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | P6 | +407 | 5,341 |
| 1966 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-BRM | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −84 | 4,934 |
| 1965 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | P14 | +166 | 5,018 |
| 1964 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | P19 | +89 | 4,851 |
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Climax | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −38 | 4,762 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇳🇿 Denny Hulme | 5,522 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 35% |
| 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham | 5,211 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 33% |
| 🇬🇧 Jackie Stewart | 5,923 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 29% |
| 🇨🇭 Jo Siffert | 5,058 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 79% |
| 🇧🇪 Jacky Ickx | 4,915 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 36% |
| 🇫🇷 Jean-Pierre Beltoise | 4,768 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% |
| 🇬🇧 John Surtees | 4,899 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50% |
| 🇳🇿 Chris Amon | 4,788 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42% |
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 5,097 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% |
| 🇫🇷 Henri Pescarolo | 4,475 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% |
Pedro Rodríguez was a Mexican single-seater driver who spent nine seasons in Formula 1 between 1963 and 1971, all with BRM. Across 54 starts he scored 2 wins and 7 podiums, finishing on average in fifth place. His Racer Rating of 5,220 placed him among the stronger drivers of that era, yet his head-to-head records against the championship-winning elite tell a sobering story. Against the three-time champions Jackie Stewart and Jack Brabham, Rodríguez finished ahead only 4 and 5 times respectively in a combined 29 shared races; against the champion Denny Hulme he was ahead 6 times but behind 11 times across 17 encounters. He did dominate lesser opponents: he finished ahead of Jo Siffert in 11 of their 14 shared races, a clear measure of his standing over peers at his own level.[1]
Rodríguez's professional success was not confined to single-seaters. His parallel career in endurance racing yielded victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1968 and two wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona, achievements that underscore his versatility and racecraft across different disciplines. By the end of his Formula 1 career, in the 1971 season, he managed only one podium from five rounds and finished ninth in the final standings before retiring from the sport. His legacy endures in Mexican motorsport history as one of the country's first Formula 1 competitors and an accomplished driver in both single-seater and endurance racing.[2]