Pedro de la Rosa
Pedro Martínez de la Rosa (born 24th February, 1971 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish Formula One driver whose Grand Prix career spanned twenty years between 1998 and 2018.
Formula One
1998-1999: Stewart & Arrows
Following an excellent 1997 in Japan, where he'd picked up both the Formula Nippon and All-Japan GT titles, De la Rosa was courted by a number of Formula One teams ahead of the 1998 season. In the end, it would be with Stewart Grand Prix where he'd find his first home in the top flight of motorsport, albeit as a test driver. De la Rosa was close to a debut midway through that year, but an unexpected win for Jan Magnussen secured the Dane's position.
Stewart's signing of Dario Franchitti caused De la Rosa to seek an alternative for 1999 and as such he'd sign for Benetton Arrows, racing alongside Rubens Barrichello. He would take a third place in the third race of the season at Imola, before following this result up two races later with an unexpected win on the streets of Monaco. De la Rosa would finish the season in seventh place, two points more than his more experienced teammate Barrichello.
2000: Ferrari
An unexpected win in Monaco the previous year meant that De la Rosa had offers from the leading teams in Formula One; McLaren and Ferrari, as well as an option to remain with Arrows. In the end, the departure of David Coulthard from Ferrari saw De la Rosa fulfil the dreams of many young drivers and don the famous red of the Scuderia. Although initially results were hard to come by for the Spaniard, De la Rosa would take his first win of the season at the European Grand Prix.
2001: Jaguar
With only a single win the previous year, De la Rosa found himself victim to the Ferrari driver roundabout - being replaced by Arrows refugee Giancarlo Fisichella. De la Rosa would make a return to the same outfit that brought him into F1 by signing with Jaguar.
De la Rosa would fail to score any points with the Jaguar team for one and a half seasons, and would be sacked by the team ahead of the 2002 French Grand Prix - being replaced by André Lotterer.
