Roberto González (racing driver)

For the Puerto Rican Roman Catholic archbishop, see Roberto González Nieves.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Valdés.

Roberto González Valdés^[1] (born March 31, 1976, in Mexico City) is a Mexican racing driver from Monterrey. He competed in Champ Car in the 2003 season and for all of 2004. In 2003, he made his debut in the race at St. Petersburg in Florida for Dale Coyne Racing failing to complete the race. His other appearance in 2003 was at home in Mexico City where he substituted for veteran Roberto Moreno scoring his 1st Champ Car points in 10th spot.

Roberto González
González in 2021
Nationality	Mexican
Born	(1976-03-31) 31 March 1976 (age 47) Monterrey, Mexico
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Current team	Jota Sport
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	38
Former teams	CEFC Manor TRS Racing DragonSpeed
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,2022 Teams CEFC Manor TRS Racing DragonSpeed Jota Sport Best finish 5th (2022) Class wins 1 LMP2 (2022)

He was given a full-time ride with PKV Racing for the 2004 season complete with backing from the Mexican arm of Nextel. However, he had a disappointing year with a best result of 7th place in Cleveland highlighting a year where he only finished 15th in the points standings. He was not retained for the 2005 season.

In 2012 he drove in three races for RSR Racing in the American Le Mans Series.^[2]

In 2013 his younger brother Ricardo won the 81st edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMP2. In 2019, Roberto went on to win the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, both in the LMP2 class.

In the 90th edition of the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans Roberto obtains the first position in the LMP2 class after 6 attempts. González teamed up with Will Stevens and António Félix da Costa.^[3] They would all later win the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship for LMP2.

González is also the founder of Mexican investment management company Soliq.^[4]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1995	Formula 3 Mexico	Acero Solar	?	?	?	?	?	0	?
1998	Indy Lights Panamericana	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	10	16th
2001	Formula Chrysler Euroseries	Alpie Motorsport	7	2	1	0	6	106	2nd
2002	World Series by Nissan	GD Racing	17	0	0	0	0	7	22nd
2003	Champ Car World Series	Dale Coyne Racing	1	0	0	0	0	3	24th
		Herdez Competition	1	0	0	0	0
2004	Champ Car World Series	PKV Racing	14	0	0	0	0	136	15th
2012	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Greaves Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	American Le Mans Series - LMPC	RSR Racing	3	0	0	0	1	38	13th
2016	FIA World Endurance Championship	Manor	2	0	0	0	0	6	45th
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	CEFC Manor TRS Racing	9	0	0	0	0	46	18th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2018	IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi	AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	2	0	0	0	0	39	43rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	DragonSpeed	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	DragonSpeed	8	1	1	0	3	117	3rd
2019	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	DragonSpeed	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2		1	1	0	0	1	35	8th
2019–20	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Jota Sport	8	1	0	0	5	152	3rd
2020	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Jota Sport	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	European Le Mans Series - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Jota Sport	6	1	0	0	4	79	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Jota	6	1	0	0	5	137	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st

† As González was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete American Open-Wheel Racing results

(key)

CART/Champ Car World Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points	Ref
2003	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t	STP 17	MTY	LBH	BRH	LAU	MIL	LS	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	MDO	MTL	DEN	MIA				24th	3	^[5]
	Herdez Competition																			MXC 10	SRF	FON
2004	PKV Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t	LBH 14	MTY 9	MIL 12	POR 10	CLE 7	TOR 13	VAN 13	ROA 16	DEN 12	MTL 10	LS 14	LVS 10	SRF 11	MXC 12						15th	136^	^[6]

• ^ New points system implemented in 2004

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2016	Manor	LMP2	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA Ret	BHR 7	45th	6
2017	CEFC Manor TRS Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL 7	SPA 8	LMS Ret	NÜR 7	MEX 8	COA Ret	FUJ 7	SHA 5	BHR 5	18th	46
2018–19	DragonSpeed	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA 5	LMS 3	SIL 4	FUJ 6	SHA 2	SEB 3	SPA 1	LMS Ret		3rd	117
2019–20	Jota Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL 5	FUJ DSQ	SHA 1	BHR 2	COA 3	SPA 4	LMS 2	BHR 2		3rd	152
2021	Jota Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA 2	ALG 1	MNZ Ret	LMS 4	BHR 3	BHR 2				3rd	123
2022	Jota Sport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB 6	SPA 3	LMS 1	MNZ 2	FUJ 2	BHR 3				1st	137

^* Season still in progress.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	CEFC Manor TRS Racing	Vitaly Petrov   Simon Trummer	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	152	DNF	DNF
2018	DragonSpeed	Pastor Maldonado   Nathanaël Berthon	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	360	9th	5th
2019	DragonSpeed	Pastor Maldonado   Anthony Davidson	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	245	DNF	DNF
2020	Jota Sport	António Félix da Costa   Anthony Davidson	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	370	6th	2nd
2021	Jota Sport	António Félix da Costa   Anthony Davidson	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	358	13th	8th
2022	Jota Sport	António Félix da Costa   Will Stevens	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	369	5th	1st

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2018	AFS/PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports	P	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 12	SEB 11	LBH	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET	43rd	39

References

1. "GONZÁLEZ VALDÉS Tan bueno para los negocios como para evadir a sus acreedores". Scribd. 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
2. . www.alms.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14.
3. "24 Hours of le Mans live results, class winners, standings for 2022 race".
4. "The Firm – Soliq". Retrieved 2022-11-18.
5. "Roberto González – 2003 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
6. "Roberto González – 2004 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

External links

• Roberto Gonzalez Driver Bio from the Champ Car World Series official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Robin Frijns Ferdinand Habsburg Charles Milesi	FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers 2022 With: António Félix da Costa & Will Stevens	Succeeded by Incumbent