Rodriguez Accident

[Zoomer30]

Looks like a stuck throttle. He has one of the fronts locked up, not helping.

[SoNofMakavelli]

He says: 116 miles per hour or 160 mph?

186 KM/h or 257 KM/h. A brutal difference!

Brazilian Stock Car Fatal Accidents. Search: "Rafael Sperafico morre em prova" from 2007 and "Veja acidente que matou piloto Gustavo Sonderman da Copa Montana em INTERLAGOS" from  2011. Both died at the same curve in Interlagos. RIP ALL.

[929roger]

Thanks for the video mate. R.I.P. Gonchi

[dfsauruguaya]

RIP! we all love you Gonchi! Thanks for bringing the uruguayan flag everywhere! :)

[NickPatrick2]

Rodriguez should not be allowed to race on that week-end, Laguna Seca is a track that needs much more training than he actually did.

[javierhejtmanek]

it was a throttle and brake problem more than a driver's lack of experience (he had race in all kind of categories in motorsports)..and win..he was used to go 200+ miles/hr...such an unfortunate event..rip gonchi

[edugringvar]

fuck you ,laguna seca

[hboss1983]

el famoso gonzo rodriguez. que dios lo tenga en su gloria

[NickPatrick2]

Grat racer robbed by a sadistic fate.

[RammsteinUruguay]

gracias gonchi

descansa en paz campeon

[dalinaSUD]

¡¡Salú, campeón!!

[edugringvar]

gonchi,gracias por todo,aun odiamos ese maldito infortunio,tenias un potencial deportivo brutal y fiste un un tipo sencillo que siempre fue a mas..Jamas olvidare tu G.P de Monaco ahi tu solo ganando...que grande, y de las matines de la F3000 internacional....gracias ,descansa en paz.

[elenzo1986]

que increible una década de la muerte del gonchi ya. Pensar que ahora podría estar corriendo en la formula 1.

[delyelmusico]

este piloto es uruguayo, se llamaba gonzalo rodriguez, aca le dicen gonchi

[kariboobins]

yo vi esa carrera, era durante practicas de la cart en laguna seca. el piloto era sur amerciano no mexicano.

[matiasdigital]

Callense mexicanos hijos de los gringos, vamos gonchiiii

[lupescarese1]

no conosco el piloto ma honor e respecto para rodriguez. la mi bronca que se podia salvar no solamente el con el despositivo hans devise que pusieron obgligatorio dal 2001 ma mientra tanto quanto pilotos murieron hijos de puta.un saludo da un arjentino que vive en italia

[ciscotie]

Garkel´s right. This video is not of Mexican driver Pedro Rodríguez. Pedro was killed in an Interserie sports car race at Norisring in Nuremberg, Germany, on 11 July 1971, at the wheel of a Ferrari 512M of Herbert Müller Racing, his Swiss friend and partner at the Targa Florio in 1971. He wasn´t supposed to race, but due to his speed passion, he accepted the invitation just for the fun of it. He died at the young age of 31.

[375GTB]

Pedro Rodriguez died in a Ferrari 512S, at a minor race.

NOT in a F-1 car.

Jesse Carroll

[garkell]

The Video shows Gonzalo Rodriguez, not Pedro Rodriguez, For your Information.

Thank's for collaborating.

[zxcv1234vcxz]

Gonzalo Rodriguez was Uruguayan, not Mexican.

[mini4life92]

@375GTB Also...These aren't F1 cars........

[darkstarlg]

@375GTB that was in Formula cart..i still remember that day...

[mfve]

GRANDE GONCHI, THE BEST FOR EVER

[lcolo]

gonzalo grande y querido por todos

arribaa y aselera gonchi no pares ,siempre te recordaremos

[STUSTUSTU525]

It wasnt driver error, the brakes failed due to overheating, this too was not gonchi's fault.

He will never be forgotten. x

[astroandyborgloh]

Right, brother!

[kakanutto2]

Lástima q se haya matado, podría haber tenido un futuro promisorio.

[grodvil]

VAMOS GONCHI¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[reypasco818]

...no, it wasn't a post. It was a wall at the Fontana circuit, and it was Greg Moore, another Cart driver.

[Brainman94]

that was yet another fatal Indicar accident. You are thinking of Jeff Krossnoff hitting the post at Toronto Canada - a great street circuit - but unfortunately that accident was fatal.

[slaaaMMM]

this is laguna seca

[reypasco818]

I think the cause of the accident is the corkscrew turn. It gave the car air time. Does this ever happen to present day F1 tracks? I don't think so. I must say, the safety features of the car are there, but the circuits didn't. I heard about this other Cart driver who hit a post at a street circuit, I think in the same year or sometime close to Rodriguez's fatal accident.

[Rivelution]

Umm no. His brakes failed and I heard that his throttle jammed too, and if your brakes fail, F1 track or not, you're pretty much a passenger in your own car. Besides your comment about stuff like this not happening at modern F1 tracks is totally inaccurate. In fact an accident like this happened in 08 at Barcelona when Kovalinen went straight into the wall at 120 mph, and this also happened in 07 at montreal when Kubica hit a bump and had that massive crash.

[92NB]

Kubica crashed because hes front wing broke into million peaces, Kovalainen because of tire failure. And btw this is indy cars not F1, Indy cars are way harder to drive.

[BallTongue1984]

Well i think that a professional driver must know that it's can happen, but if it does not happen is better! They must increase safety disposal(sorry for my bad english, but i've been two years without writing in english)

[astroandyborgloh]

I can´t watch this, its so sad. Well I could never believe it was a drivers error, Gonchi was very good! He was a hell of a nice guy, having a friendly word for everyone. What a loss!

[moroz23]

I never feeled anything nationalistic before, but hearing this commentor's voice speaking about the circumstances of a human being death in such a stupid schoolboy's stock-exchange-news manner I must say: STUPID AMERICANS.

[dariogirl]

i saw him race in spa only a few weeks before this happened, he would have gone on to be a great driver, very sad

[pejtupickumatertnu]

The cause of the accident was overheated brakes. Due to heat, the brake wire burned and snapped causing the car to be unstoppable.

[laincdelser]

that day was a tragic day for uruguayan people... everyone was sad.... i remember that even the radio change their program to remember "gonchi"... and F1 is a very nice sport.. and in fact you could die any day for any cause! so ...a little respect!

[oddba11]

guys, id ignore the disrespectful fuckers, your reaction just spurs them on.

[venserie82]

jijijiji

[victorcolladosg]

gonzalo rodriguez drove a formul ford in the spanish championship as well as my father. They were not really friends, but they know each other..I saw this accident in the TV, with my father...I remember  that that day he started crying..It was a horrible accident, Im sure I would have been a great formula 1 driver, what a shame..(sorry for my english)

[Altamonteric]

The car didn't look that bad but i ain't suprised he died that was a terfying crash

[Funky777]

Wow.

[ThatOneDude88]

Still dead, though.

[danielhanlon19]

Sick. According to wikipedia, he deid from a basilar skull fracture, and the cause of the crash remains a mystery, whether it was mechanical failure or driver error.

[CoopersVintage]

LOL - No shit cockhead. He was a D grade driver; anyway the positive is he can't procreate and leave more retards in this world like him.

[ballsthatclank]

"anyway the positive is he can't procreate and leave more retards in this world like him. "

Too bad we still have the retards like you to deal with. : (

[daniFone]

what kind of f...ing bastard you are? I see shit around here but nothing like you. I hope that you can procreate to let know your son what king of retard you are!!!!

[satxboi30]

Cause of death: Driving too fuckin' fast!!

[franarg]

you are all a bunch of idiots, this poor guy Rodriguez was very talented, also, don't the other drivers go fast in that zone? yes they do, because they drive racing cars, they don't run toy cars....

I heard the throttle was stuck and Rodriguez couldn't do anything

[GuruLarry]

Reflections of Ayrton Senna there...

[satxboi30]

Hey!! Brooney has explained it all. And I quote: "all of u are a bunch of idiots, he's brake's got over heated, wich cause'd he's brake wire to burn of, wich caused the accident..." Brilliant explanation, seeing as people should be going this fast riding the brakes...lol! Next!

[zero2x]

una verdadera lastima

[Brooney1]

all of u are a bunch of idiots, he's brake's got over heated, wich cause'd he's brake wire to burn of, wich caused the accident

[jonaolin]

Actually, the cause of his crash was because he was doing what we call "heel & toe" downshift, and his foot got stuck beetween the pedals. I was there on that weekend. very sad. and then at the end of the year, we had Greg Moore's crash. awfull...

[satxboi30]

aww, someone's pussy hurts. why would someone bother going that fast? because he was a dumb ass and you are too for getting rock hard on this 'sport'. go get a job or something. dismissed.

[mayziemayzie]

ooooooooooo u sooooooooooo angry, has your dealer gone away on holidays

[jonaolin]

Well, actually, we have a job, in this "Sport", bothering to drive this fast, because we get paid much more than you do, you f...ing little moron.

[satxboi30]

awwww, i'll try to cope. loser. :p

[kprotary]

satxboi30 u stupid son of a bitch! did u hear how fast he was going... now if u cant understand why he died at that speed THEN YOU MUST BE SUM FUCKING "UNTALENTED" STUPID MUTHAFUCKA!! boi i hope u fucking die! no one will care

[satxboi30]

i think anyone who can't miss a concrete wall is quite untalented. They should become a salesman or something. Stupid sport.

[Troubledmindz]

I hope satxboi dies horrible. And im not joking.

[satxboi30]

The guy couldn't have been that talented. He hit a concrete wall. lol

[OWfan]

Not cool.

[idiotbox06]

Senna hit a concrete wall. Does that make him not talented ? I think not ;)

[svcxac]

That was the most unfunny comment i've ever read.

[satxboi30]

No, it could have been more unfunny. =x

[McTiasR]

Gonzalo Rodriguez or "Gonchi" was from uruguay not argentina, he was a real talent and i'm sure he was gonna make it into Formula 1 if it wasn't because of this tragedy, it really breaks my heart.... RIP

[idiotbox06]

didnt think it was that fast either... RIP

[holicman]

I didnt realize how bloody fast he was going.

Thats the first time Ive seen the accident at full speed...... WOAH !

[franarg]

Rodriguez was from Uruguay, not from Argentina!

[kaseysean9]

hat was Laguna Seca, and fact: every penske driver in CART or F1 was injured in there first full season, dead or alive

[raymundoirvan]

Was that Laguan Seca?

[OttoBonn75]

Yes on the approach to the "Corkscrew".

[kapenrobu]

mala cuea

[monkeypoo1]

Yes, what a shame. I never watched him in CART, but saw him in F3000 and was able to see straight away how talented he was. RIP Gonzalo

[sdasports]

Was that Gonzalo Rodriguez, the talented Argentinea.

[AguilaSolitaria24]

Gonzalo Rodriguez no era absolutamente nada Argentino, el odiaba a los argentinos igual que yo...Gonchi Rodriguez era un URUGUAYO HONRADO....SALUDOS

[javierhejtmanek]

el nunca dijo que odiaba a "ningun" argentino, eso lo decis vos, el no odiaba a nadie porque era un amor de persona, el tenia muchos grandes amigos argentinos corredores a los cuales queria y admiraba mucho, yo tambien soy uruguayo pero no INVENTES NI PONGAS PALABRAS EN LA BOCA DE GONCHI EL NUNCA ODIO A LOS ARGENTINOS

[lupescarese]

@javierhejtmanek perdoname mi espanol ma vivo da mucho anos en italia aci que me olvide un poco en todo sentido soi deaquerdo con vos soi arjentino i nunca senti que los uruguallos odiavan los arjentino seve que m i compaisano se confundio con los chilenos esos si que son hijo de puta,en todo sentido onor i respeto para gonzalo i a todo uruguai.un saludo da un arjentino

[javierhejtmanek]

esto es un deporte no una cuestion de "paises' "razas" o "descendencias"