Pedro de la Rosa

Pedro de la Rosa fascinates me precisely because his Formula One numbers never told the whole story. The detail I keep returning to is his 1997 double in Japan, winning both Formula Nippon and the All-Japan GT Championship in a single season. That is the mark of a driver who could adapt to anything, on any continent. His long F1 tenure from 1999 to 2012 made him a respected technical voice rather than a headline-grabber, and his move into broadcasting feels natural for someone who clearly understands the machinery so deeply. I have a soft spot for racers who win through intelligence and persistence rather than spectacle.

Name (English)

Pedro de la Rosa

Name (Japanese)

ペドロ・デ・ラ・ロサ

Reading

ぺどろ・で・ら・ろさ

Born

February 24, 1971 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Boar

Origin

Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Spain

Occupation

racing automobile driver / sports commentator / Formula One driver

• Official sitehttps://www.pedrodelarosa.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/pedrodelarosa_official/
• Xhttps://x.com/PedrodelaRosa1
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro%20de%20la%20Rosa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B5
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82924

Tags

• Barcelona Province
• racing automobile driver
• sports commentator
• Formula One driver

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.