Guerrero, Roberto

Roberto is married, he and his wife have three children.

Speaking for a long time in American American racing series and living in the USA , in 1989 the Colombian received a passport of a citizen of this country, but at sports competitions he continued to be declared as a Colombian.

Roberto's interest in motorsport first appeared in the early 1970s, when for some time he participated in Colombian karting competitions, later he participated in similar races in the USA . In the second half of the 1970s, Guerrero studied at Jim Russell's racing school, after which he moved to Europe, starting first in Formula Ford , and then in Formula 3 with Formula 2 . On this path, the Colombian not only bought himself a place in one or another cockpit, but also showed good results, often winning races: in 1977, he won eight starts in the British Formula Ford 1600, and three years later became the bronze medalist of the championship the British Formula 3 , ahead of, among others, and the future world champion of Formula 1 Nigel Mansell .

Next, the Colombian tried himself in European Formula 2 ; for several years he started at the Macau Grand Prix for formula technology (where in 1982 he took second place - losing only to Ayrton Senna ); I tried myself in racing sport prototypes. In the same period - in 1982-83 - the name of Guerrero often appeared in applications for the Grand Prix of the Formula 1 World Cup, but the equipment provided by the Ensign and Theodore teams did not always allow him to even qualify for the start, and in the races he managed to come only once in eighth position (at the 1982 German Grand Prix ).

Convinced of the futility of this part of his career, Roberto returned to North America, signing a contract with one of the teams of the local championship CART IndyCar . The choice was very successful: the most equal conditions for the local championship allowed him to regularly fight in the top ten and win the title of the best rookie of the season both in the series and in its main race - 500 miles of Indianapolis , where he finished in second place. The bright start did not have much continuation in the future: Roberto for some time held on to immediately gained positions: he regularly fought in the leading group on the “old brick”, in 1987 he won a couple of races during the season, but before the fight for the title or invitation to one of the team leaders in the series has not matured. In the same 1987, his career almost ended: the Colombian had a serious accident and spent seventeen days in a coma.

Having recovered from his injuries, Guerrero in 1988 returned to the series and continued to regularly participate in races. It was possible to maintain the former speed level from time to time, but the former stability in the races gradually disappeared and the Colombian spent more and more seasons on a limited schedule. In 1992, Guerrero on the eighth attempt won the qualification for the 500th miles of Indianapolis , but having crashed the car in training did not go to the start.

In 1996, Roberto left the CART Indycar series, moving in place with his then team to the newly created rival Indy Racing League . This maneuver extended the Colombian’s career for several more years, but didn’t bring any special results. In 2001, for the second year in a row, having failed to pass the qualifying sieve on the “old brick”, Guerrero ended his career in highway-ring racing.

In recent years, the Colombian has been trying to participate in off-road rallies , taking part in various California competitions.

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Formula Racing

CART

Bold start from the pole position. Italics - the fastest lap in the race.

IRL

Bold start from the pole position. Italics - the fastest lap in the race.

Indy 500 Results

•   Wikimedia Commons has Roberto Guerrero related media files

• Profile (English) on Driver Database
• Profile (English) on the Racing Reference website
• Profile (German) on Speedsport magazine website
• Profile (Russian) on wildsoft.motorsport.com

• Profile (English) on silhouet.com