Gonzalo Rodríguez

Gonzalo Rodríguez (born the January 22nd 1972 with Montevideo, Uruguay - deceased the September 11th 1999 on the circuit of Laguna Seca, California, at the time of a test of the championship CART) was a racing driver Uruguay in.

Biography

Gonzalo Rodriguez appeared on the international scene by integrating the rows of the international championship of Formule 3000 in 1997. Third of general classification in 1998 with two victories, it repeats in 1999 while being essential in particular on Monaco, the most prestigious sleeve of the season.

At the end of 1999, in parallel of its season of F3000, it is called by the Penske stable to dispute two tests of the championship CART. With Strait in August, it finishes 12th. But in Laguna Seca in September, it is victim of an accident during the tests: with the approach of the famous turn in descent of Corkscrew , its single-seater draws straight, runs up and passes over a concrete low wall, before being crushed in against-low. The Uruguyan pilot is killed on the blow. Officially ever elucidated, the circumstances of the accident of Rodriguez let suppose a failure mechanical.

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