Ian Rodríguez

Ian Rodríguez
Ian Rodríguez
Nationality	Guatemala
Born	28 July 2000 (age 24); Guatemala City, Guatemala
Formula Regional European Championship career
Debut season	2020
Current team	DR Formula RP Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	45
Starts	3
Wins	1
Podiums	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	13th in 2020
Previous series
2019; 2016-19	Indy Pro 2000 Championship; Italian F4 Championship

Ian Geoffrey Rodríguez Wright (born 28 July 2000) is a Guatemalan racing driver who is currently driving in the Formula Regional Americas Championship for Newman Wachs Racing.

Career

Karting

Born in Guatemala City, Rodríguez started his karting career in 2010. He competed in karts for four years and won the 2012 Easykart International Grand Finals.

Lower formulae

In 2016 Rodríguez made his single-seater racing debut in the Italian F4 Championship with DRZ Benelli. In 2017, the Guatemalan won a race at Vallelunga, and after another podium in the final race of the season at Monza Rodríguez finished seventh in the drivers' standings.^[1] He stayed on with the team for another year of Italian F4. Rodríguez fell back in the championship, with ninth in the standings, however he did finish on the podium thrice that season.

In 2019 Rodríguez made a one-off appearance in the Italian series, finishing in the points in two of the three races he competed in.

Indy Pro 2000 Championship

Rodríguez made his Indy Pro 2000 Championship debut at Indianapolis with RP Motorsport Racing. He raced in four weekends and scored two podiums. The Guatemalan finished 13th in the standings.

Formula Regional European Championship

In 2020 Rodríguez made his debut in the Formula Regional European Championship for DP Formula RP Motorsport in a cameo appearance at Imola.^[2] He managed to surprise everyone, winning the first race of the weekend and getting second place in race two.^[3] At the end of the year Rodríguez had scored 45 points and finished 13th in the championship.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	Italian F4 Championship	DRZ Benelli	3	0	0	0	0	0	28th
2016	Italian F4 Championship	DRZ Benelli	18	0	0	0	1	43	17th
2017	Italian F4 Championship	DRZ Benelli	21	1	0	0	2	115	7th
2018	Italian F4 Championship	DRZ Benelli	14	0	0	0	3	78	9th
2019	Italian F4 Championship	DRZ Benelli	3	0	0	0	0	13	21st
2019	Indy Pro 2000 Championship	RP Motorsport Racing	8	0	0	1	2	132	13th
2020	Formula Regional European Championship	DR Formula RP Motorsport	3	1	0	0	2	45	13th
2021	Formula Regional Americas Championship	Newman Wachs Racing	10	1	0	0	3	92	8th
2022	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	Team Virage	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2022	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Team Virage	3	0	0	0	0	0	29th
2023	European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro/Am	Team Virage	6	0	1	1	0	24	16th
2024	GT Cup Open Europe - Pro-Am	SP Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	27th*
2024	Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT Cup Pro-Am Division 2	SP Racing	4	0	1	0	2	32	NC‡

* Season still in progress.
‡ Not eligible due to championship rules.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Pos	Points
2015	DRZ Benelli	VLL 1	VLL 2	VLL 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	IMO1 1	IMO1 2	IMO1 3	MUG 1	MUG 2	MUG 3	ADR 1	ADR 2	ADR 3	IMO2 1 16	IMO2 2 10	IMO2 3 22	MIS 1	MIS 2	MIS 3			28th	0
2016	DRZ Benelli	MIS 1 22	MIS 2	MIS 3 8	MIS 4 25	ADR 1	ADR 2 6	ADR 3 5	ADR 4 14	IMO1 1 14	IMO1 2 Ret	IMO1 3 22	MUG 1 Ret	MUG 2 Ret	MUG 3 21	VLL 1	VLL 2	VLL 3	IMO2 1 24	IMO2 2 Ret	IMO2 3 12	MNZ 1 8	MNZ 2 6	MNZ 3 3	17th	43
2017	DRZ Benelli	MIS 1 7	MIS 2 18	MIS 3 7	ADR 1 8	ADR 2 10	ADR 3 8	VLL 1 1	VLL 2 8	VLL 3 6	MUG1 1 16	MUG1 2 10	MUG1 3 9	IMO 1 6	IMO 2 8	IMO 3 19	MUG2 1 12	MUG2 2 5	MUG2 3 Ret	MNZ 1 4	MNZ 2 13	MNZ 3 2			7th	115
2018	DRZ Benelli	ADR 1 6	ADR 2 6	ADR 3 Ret	LEC 1 6	LEC 2 7	LEC 3 DNS	MNZ 1 15	MNZ 2 3	MNZ 3 Ret	MIS 1 3	MIS 2 3	MIS 3 Ret	IMO 1 10	IMO 2 9	IMO 3 12	VLL 1 WD	VLL 2 WD	VLL 3 WD	MUG 1	MUG 2	MUG 3			9th	78
2019	DRZ Benelli	VLL 1	VLL 2	VLL 3	MIS 1	MIS 2	MIS 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	IMO 1	IMO 2	IMO 3	IMO 4	MUG 1	MUG 2	MUG 3	MNZ 1 16	MNZ 2 10	MNZ 3 4		21st	13

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2020	DR Formula RP Motorsport	MIS 1	MIS 2	MIS 3	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	MUG 1	MUG 2	MUG 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	CAT 1	CAT 2	CAT 3	IMO 1 1	IMO 2 2	IMO 3 9	VLL 1	VLL 2	VLL 3	13th	45

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2022	Team Virage	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC	IMO	MNZ	CAT 14	SPA 14	ALG NC	29th	0
2023	Team Virage	LMP2 Pro-Am	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 9	LEC NC	ARA 6	SPA 5	ALG 9	ALG 10	16th	24

References

^ "Ian Rodriguez wins Italian F4 race one at Vallelunga". June 24, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
^ "Ian Rodriguez joins DR Formula for FREC round at Imola". November 12, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
^ "Rodriguez wins on FREC debut at Imola after Rasmussen fails to start". November 21, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2021.

External links

Ian Rodríguez career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] "Ian Rodriguez wins Italian F4 race one at Vallelunga". June 24, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2021.

[2] "Ian Rodriguez joins DR Formula for FREC round at Imola". November 12, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2021.

[3] "Rodriguez wins on FREC debut at Imola after Rasmussen fails to start". November 21, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2021.

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