Ricardo Gonzalez is a racing driver who last raced in WEC for RGR Sport by Morand. Gonzalez has recorded 4 wins and 18 podiums from 33 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,656 ranks Gonzalez 1476th 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.
| 2016-11-19 | BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT · LMP2 | P2 | +13 |
| 2016-11-06 | SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT · LMP2 | P3 | +9 |
| 2016-10-16 | FUJI SPEEDWAY · LMP2 | P2 | +14 |
| 2016-09-17 | CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS · LMP2 | P2 | +11 |
| 2016-09-03 | AUTODROMO HERMANOS RODRIGUEZ · LMP2 | P1 | +14 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | ▸WEC | RGR Sport by Morand | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +96 | 3,811 |
| 2015 | ▸WEC | G-Drive Racing | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +105 | 3,738 |
| 2014 | ▸WEC | Extreme Speed Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P24 | +10 | 3,686 |
| 2013 | ▸WEC | OAK Racing | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +86 | 3,600 |
| 2012 | ▸WEC | Greaves Motorsport | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +14 | 3,514 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇷🇺 Roman Rusinov | 3,974 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 34% |
| 🏳️ Nicolas Minassian | 3,508 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 64% |
| 🇬🇧 Ryan Dalziel | 3,967 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 71% |
| 🇩🇰 David Heinemeier Hansson | 3,623 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 63% |
| 🇫🇷 Jacques Nicolet | 3,460 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 69% |
| 🇫🇷 Olivier Pla | 4,340 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 27% |
| 🇬🇧 Alex Brundle | 3,832 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 40% |
| 🏳️ John Martin | 3,658 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 47% |
| 🇫🇷 Nelson Panciatici | 3,215 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 67% |
| 🇨🇭 Pierre Kaffer | 3,859 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 36% |
Ricardo Gonzalez is a retired endurance racing driver who competed across five seasons in the World Endurance Championship between 2012 and 2016. He accumulated 33 starts with 4 wins and 18 podiums, posting an average finish of third place; in his final season he scored 2 wins and 7 podiums across 9 rounds to finish fourth in the championship. His most consistent tenure came driving for RGR Sport by Morand, the team through which he claimed the majority of his victories.[1]
Gonzalez operated at a professional level in a field populated by experienced endurance specialists and former single-seater drivers. His typical rivals included Roman Rusinov, a Gold-graded two-time champion against whom Gonzalez held a losing record of 10 wins to 19 losses across 29 shared races, and Ryan Dalziel, a Platinum-graded professional whom Gonzalez beat 15 times in 21 encounters. Against Nicolas Minassian, Gonzalez maintained a winning head-to-head of 14 to 8. His greatest scalps came against much stronger drivers; he finished ahead of Tsugio Matsuda, a Platinum-graded single-seater champion rated significantly higher, once, and defeated René Rast, a three-time Platinum champion, on four occasions. These isolated results against championship-calibre drivers underscored Gonzalez's occasional capability at the upper end of the endurance field, though they formed exceptions rather than patterns in a career otherwise shaped by competition against peers of comparable rating.[2]