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A stellar F1 young talent tragically cut short
Phillip van Osten
01/11/2026 at 12:3001/11/2026 at 11:30 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. The Mexico City Grand Prix is upon us, but today we cast our minds back to perhaps the most tragic moment in the country’s motorsport history. As almost everyone knows, the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez was named after the revered Rodriguez brothers, Pedro and Ricardo. Many decades before soon-to-be F1 world champion Kimi Antonelli's stunning ascent through the ranks, Ricardo Rodriguez enjoyed a mercurial rise of his own, winning his first international event - a sportscar race at Riverside in 1957 - at just 15! His talent in sportscar racing eventually earned him an F1 race debut, with...
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