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Adapted from Grand-Am.com
Grand-Am driver Memo Rojas Jr. experienced one of the most meaningful moments of his motorsport career Friday at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez, celebrating the career of Ricardo Rodríguez.
Ricardo Rodríguez was a promising young Mexican driver who killed himself while testing ahead of an unofficial Mexican F1 race, at the age of 20. His brother Pedro also race in F1 and he too killed himself at the wheel.
The pair also raced together in endurance, at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The track where the Mexican F1 Grand Prix was held until 1992 now bears their name in their honour.
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Rodríguez's death, Rojas completed laps of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez aboard a Formula Junior Cooper T56 raced by the departed talent himself.
"Each lap, each turn, I kept thinking what Ricardo Rodríguez would've been thinking while driving this car," Rojas said.
"This has been an awesome experience and one of the best in my career."
Grand-Am driver Memo Rojas Jr. experienced one of the most meaningful moments of his motorsport career Friday at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez, celebrating the career of Ricardo Rodríguez.
Ricardo Rodríguez was a promising young Mexican driver who killed himself while testing ahead of an unofficial Mexican F1 race, at the age of 20. His brother Pedro also race in F1 and he too killed himself at the wheel.
The pair also raced together in endurance, at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The track where the Mexican F1 Grand Prix was held until 1992 now bears their name in their honour.
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Rodríguez's death, Rojas completed laps of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez aboard a Formula Junior Cooper T56 raced by the departed talent himself.
"Each lap, each turn, I kept thinking what Ricardo Rodríguez would've been thinking while driving this car," Rojas said.
"This has been an awesome experience and one of the best in my career."