Pedro de la Rosa

Date: 8th February 2010 at 10:35 am | Filed under: BMW Sauber,Drivers | Author: Tom Jones | Tags: Pedro de la Rosa | image © Action Images

Team: Sauber
First F1 Race: 1999
F1 Races: 72
Best Championship Finish: 11th (2006)
Best Race Finish: 2nd (2006)

Sauber’s mix of youth and experience in 2010 sees the 37 year old de la Rosa take up the role of the wise head on the team. De la Rosa hasn’t competed in a full Formula 1 season since driving for Jaguar in 2002, but the Spaniard has been involved in F1 for over a decade. He started as a test driver for Jordan in 1998 before competing for Arrows in the 1999 F1 season. Then after 2 seasons with Jordan, de la Rosa spent an extended period of time with the McLaren F1 team, where he was mainly a test driver. However, in his 8 races in 2006 he managed to secure a podium finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix and will need to show that hunger in 2010 after 3 years without an F1 race.