spectacled birthday
Regarded as one of the most promising talents of 1960s motorsport, he made his Formula 1 debut with Ferrari at just 19, becoming the first Mexican driver in the championship’s history. He left us in 1962 during practice for the Mexican Grand Prix at only 20 years old. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City was later named in honor of him and his brother Pedro
