Roberto González Valdez
Roberto González Valdez (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.
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.[1]
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.
Motorsports Career Results
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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^ |
- ^ 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* |
* 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 |