Roberto González
González in 2021
Nationality Mexican
Born (1976-03-31) 31 March 1976
Monterrey, Mexico
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Current teamUnited Kingdom Jota Sport
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number38
Former teamsCEFC Manor TRS Racing
DragonSpeed
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,2022
TeamsChina CEFC Manor TRS Racing
United States DragonSpeed
United Kingdom Jota Sport
Best finish5th (2022)
Class wins1 LMP2 (2022)

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.

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] González also serves as a board member of EPM,[5] a cannabis-based drug development company, founded by Reshef Swisa,[6] which sought to go public on the Israeli Stock Market, by attempting to raise NIS 44 million (at a pre-money valuation of NIS 381 million) through crowdfunding website Fundit.[7]

EPM's offering to sell securities had been accompanied by an aggressive television campaign in Israel.[8]

It was published that the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) formed the impression that the television campaign advertisements were not formulated with due care and were misleading investors.[9] On June 1, 2022, it was announced that the board of directors of EPM decided to positively consider accepting alternative offers and to cancel the IPO, noting that all funds transferred by potential IPO investors, totaling NIS 26 million, were to be refunded without interest.[10]

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 [11]
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^ [12]
  • ^ 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 China CEFC Manor TRS Racing Russia Vitaly Petrov
Switzerland Simon Trummer		 Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 152 DNF DNF
2018 United States DragonSpeed Venezuela Pastor Maldonado
France Nathanaël Berthon		 Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 360 9th 5th
2019 United States DragonSpeed Venezuela Pastor Maldonado
United Kingdom Anthony Davidson		 Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 245 DNF DNF
2020 United Kingdom Jota Sport Portugal António Félix da Costa
United Kingdom Anthony Davidson		 Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 370 6th 2nd
2021 United Kingdom Jota Sport Portugal António Félix da Costa
United Kingdom Anthony Davidson		 Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 358 13th 8th
2022 United Kingdom Jota Sport Portugal António Félix da Costa
United Kingdom 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. ↑ "| American Le Mans Series". 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. ↑ "About - EPM". epmip.com. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  6. ↑ "About - EPM". epmip.com. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  7. ↑ "Securities Authority halts drug co EPM's offering via television". Globes. 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  8. ↑ "Securities Authority halts drug co EPM's offering via television". Globes. 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  9. ↑ "Securities Authority halts drug co EPM's offering via television". Globes. 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  10. ↑ "EPM Group Inc. on LinkedIn: After having received orders amounting to NIS 26 million in the first two…". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  11. ↑ "Roberto González – 2003 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Roberto González – 2004 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
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