Timeline

Career year by year

Roldán Rodríguez's sporting and media milestones, from karting to television.

  1. Karting

    1995 · First steps in karting

    Aged 11, I get into a kart for the first time. The start of a sporting career devoted to motorsport.

  2. Karting

    1999 · Spanish Junior Karting Championship

    Racing in the Spanish Junior Karting Championship.

  3. Single-seaters

    2002 · Move to single-seaters in Formula Junior 1600

    Single-seater debut in the Spanish Formula Junior 1600 Championship.

  4. Single-seaters

    2002 — 2006 · Formula Renault and Formula 3

    Progression through Formula Renault and Formula 3, with podiums in the Spanish Formula 3 Championship.

  5. Formula 1

    2007 · Formula 1 test with Spyker at Silverstone

    Official Formula 1 tests driving the Spyker-Ferrari at Silverstone.

  6. F3000 & GP2

    2007 — 2010 · International F3000 and GP2 Series

    Racing one step below F1 at circuits such as Spa-Francorchamps, Monaco, Hungaroring, Silverstone and Zandvoort. Race win in Shanghai in the GP2 Asia Series.

  7. GP2

    2009 · GP2 podium at the Nürburgring and racing in Belgium

    GP2 podium at the Nürburgring and on the grid at the Belgian Grand Prix.

  8. GT racing

    2010+ · International GT Open with BMW and Toyota

    Move to GT racing in GT3 and GT4 with manufacturers such as BMW and Toyota in the International GT Open, at circuits like Spa-Francorchamps, Monza and Barcelona, with a podium at Spa.

  9. Media

    2016 · F1 journalist and TV host at Movistar F1 and Cadena COPE

    From the track to the studio: Formula 1 journalist and TV host at Movistar F1 and Cadena COPE and, since its launch, at DAZN F1, also covering Formula 2, Formula 3, Porsche Supercup and IndyCar.