Pedro de la Rosa
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| Pedro Martínez de la Rosa (born February 24 1971) is a Spanish Formula One driver. He was born in Barcelona (Spain). De la Rosa has participated in 64 grands prix, debuting on March 7, 1999, becoming one of very few drivers to score a point at his first race. He scored a total of 6 championship points with the old scoring system, and an additional 4 points in the expanded scoring format in the 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix.
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Early CareerUnlike most drivers, Pedro started his career in European radio controlled off-road cars. He also became the Two-times European radio controlled off-road car Champion during from 1983 to 1987 It was only after that when he started karting in a local Spanish Championship in 1988. He then joined the Spanish Formula Fiat Uno and became champion in 1989.Professional careerIn 1990 Pedro joined the Spanish Formula Ford 1600 and became champion. He also joined the British Formula Renault 1600 and got two podiums out of six races. In 1991,Pedro got fourth in the Spanish Formula Renault Championship with three podium finishes. In 1992 he won both the European and British Formula Renault. However, he slipped down the order in the next two years. In 1995, he was champion of the Japanese Formula 3 series and third in the Macau Grand Prix. In 1996 Pedro was 8th in both the Formula Nippon F3000 and All Japan GT Championship. The next year he was champion of the Formula Nippon F3000. He was also the Japan All GT Champion.To Formula OneIn 1998, Pedro shifted to the Formula One series as a test driver for Jordan. The next year, he joined Arrows and scored only one point in the driver's standings. He picked the point up in the Australian Grand Prix. In 2000, he bettered his performance by one point scoring at both Hockenheim and Nürburgring. For the next two years, he joined Jaguar Racing, having a difficult relationship with the team's lead driver Eddie Irvine. He scored 3 points in 2001 but was pointless in 2002 and was dropped in 2003 (along with Irvine, who retired). He then moved to Team McLaren as a test driver.He became a test driver for McLaren and made a points scoring debut at the 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix when Juan Pablo Montoya injured his shoulder. He got the fastest lap in this race as well.
On July 11th 2006 it was announced that de la Rosa would take over the second McLaren race seat with immediate effect following the departure of Juan Pablo Montoya.
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