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Pedro de la Rosa

  • 1999–2012
  • DLR
  • Born 24 February 1971 in Barcelona
  • Pedro Martínez de la Rosa

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position16.3
  • Avg finish12.3
  • Retirement rate46%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+226
  • Points scored35
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak1
  • Longest points-scoring streak2
  • TeamsArrows (1999–2000) · Jaguar (2001–2002) · McLaren (2005–2006) · Sauber (2010–2011) · HRT (2012)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

The career at a glance

19 1999: 16 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P17 2000: 16 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P16 2001: 13 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P16 2002: 17 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P21 2005: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P20 2006: 8 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins , championship P11 2010: 13 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P17 2011: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P20 2012: 19 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P25 1999200120052011201219 1999: 16 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P17 2000: 16 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P16 2001: 13 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P16 2002: 17 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P21 2005: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P20 2006: 8 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins , championship P11 2010: 13 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P17 2011: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P20 2012: 19 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins , championship P25 199920112012
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1999Arrows161P17
2000Arrows162P16
2001Jaguar133P16
2002Jaguar170P21
2005McLaren14P20
2006McLaren8119P11
2010Sauber136P17
2011Sauber10P20
2012HRT190P25

Every race

107 entries, 104 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 107 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1999Australian Grand PrixArrows18P61
Brazilian Grand PrixArrows18DNF
San Marino Grand PrixArrows18DNF
Monaco Grand PrixArrows21DNF
Spanish Grand PrixArrows19P11
Canadian Grand PrixArrows20DNF
French Grand PrixArrows19P11
British Grand PrixArrows20DNF
Austrian Grand PrixArrows21DNF
German Grand PrixArrows20DNF
Hungarian Grand PrixArrows20P15
Belgian Grand PrixArrows22DNF
Italian Grand PrixArrows21DNF
European Grand PrixArrows22DNF
Malaysian Grand PrixArrows20DNF
Japanese Grand PrixArrows21P13
2000Australian Grand PrixArrows12DNF
Brazilian Grand PrixArrows16P8
San Marino Grand PrixArrows13DNF
British Grand PrixArrows19DNF
Spanish Grand PrixArrows22DNF
European Grand PrixArrows12P61
Monaco Grand PrixArrows16DNS
Canadian Grand PrixArrows9DNF
French Grand PrixArrows13DNF
Austrian Grand PrixArrows12DNF
German Grand PrixArrows5P61
Hungarian Grand PrixArrows15P16
Belgian Grand PrixArrows16P16
Italian Grand PrixArrows10DNF
United States Grand PrixArrows18DNF
Japanese Grand PrixArrows13P12
Malaysian Grand PrixArrows14DNF
2001Spanish Grand PrixJaguar20DNF
Austrian Grand PrixJaguar14DNF
Monaco Grand PrixJaguar14DNF
Canadian Grand PrixJaguar14P61
European Grand PrixJaguar16P8
French Grand PrixJaguar–P14
British Grand PrixJaguar13P12
German Grand PrixJaguar9DNF
Hungarian Grand PrixJaguar13P11
Belgian Grand PrixJaguar10DNF
Italian Grand PrixJaguar10P52
United States Grand PrixJaguar16P12
Japanese Grand PrixJaguar16DNF
2002Australian Grand PrixJaguar20P8
Malaysian Grand PrixJaguar17P10
Brazilian Grand PrixJaguar11P8
San Marino Grand PrixJaguar21DNF
Spanish Grand PrixJaguar16DNF
Austrian Grand PrixJaguar19DNF
Monaco Grand PrixJaguar20P10
Canadian Grand PrixJaguar16DNF
European Grand PrixJaguar16P11
British Grand PrixJaguar21P11
French Grand PrixJaguar15P9
German Grand PrixJaguar20DNF
Hungarian Grand PrixJaguar15P13
Belgian Grand PrixJaguar11DNF
Italian Grand PrixJaguar8DNF
United States Grand PrixJaguar17DNF
Japanese Grand PrixJaguar17DNF
2005Bahrain Grand Prixfastest lapMcLaren8P54
2006French Grand PrixMcLaren8P72
German Grand PrixMcLaren9DNF
Hungarian Grand PrixMcLaren4P28
Turkish Grand PrixMcLaren11P54
Italian Grand PrixMcLaren7DNF
Chinese Grand PrixMcLaren7P54
Japanese Grand PrixMcLaren13P11
Brazilian Grand PrixMcLaren12P81
2010Bahrain Grand PrixSauber14DNF
Australian Grand PrixSauber14P12
Malaysian Grand PrixSauber12DNS
Chinese Grand PrixSauber17DNF
Spanish Grand PrixSauber12DNF
Monaco Grand PrixSauber15DNF
Turkish Grand PrixSauber13P11
Canadian Grand PrixSauber17DNF
European Grand PrixSauber16P12
British Grand PrixSauber9DNF
German Grand PrixSauber14P14
Hungarian Grand PrixSauber9P76
Belgian Grand PrixSauber24P11
Italian Grand PrixSauber16P14
2011Canadian Grand PrixSauber17P12
2012Australian Grand PrixHRT–DNQ
Malaysian Grand PrixHRT22P21
Chinese Grand PrixHRT22P21
Bahrain Grand PrixHRT20P20
Spanish Grand PrixHRT22P19
Monaco Grand PrixHRT20DNF
Canadian Grand PrixHRT20DNF
European Grand PrixHRT21P17
British Grand PrixHRT21P20
German Grand PrixHRT23P21
Hungarian Grand PrixHRT23P22
Belgian Grand PrixHRT21P18
Italian Grand PrixHRT23P18
Singapore Grand PrixHRT24P17
Japanese Grand PrixHRT20P18
Korean Grand PrixHRT22DNF
Indian Grand PrixHRT22DNF
Abu Dhabi Grand PrixHRT–P17
United States Grand PrixHRT23P21
Brazilian Grand PrixHRT24P17

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Eddie Irvine2001–20020:612:17+0.17%3 : 14Compare
Narain Karthikeyan20129:014:3−0.44%0 : 0Compare
Kamui Kobayashi2010–20111:57:7+0.37%6 : 27Compare
Jos Verstappen20000:312:4−0.17%2 : 5Compare
Toranosuke Takagi19992:07:8+0.02%1 : 0Compare
Kimi Räikkönen2005–20060:41:8+0.47%23 : 32Compare

Green: Pedro de la Rosa came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.

Strongest circuits

Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.