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Pedro de la Rosa: A career in pics

Wednesday 15 February 2012 09:44, UK

  1. Image: The evergreen Spaniard has taken part in 87 grands prix as he heads into the 2012 season
  2. Image: Pedro de la Rosa won the Japanese Formula 3 title in 1995
  3. Image: He also finished third that year in the Macau F3 race - behind Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli
  4. Image: He moved to Formula Nippon in 1996 and won the title in 1997
  5. Image: Eddie Jordan gave him a test drive for Jordan at Silverstone in 1997
  6. Image: And in 1998 he joined as official test driver, supporting Ralf Schumacher and Damon Hill
  7. Image: Jordan test driver in 1998
  8. Image: And scored his only point of the season on his debut in Australia - only 8 cars were classified as finishers
  9. Image: He moved to Arrows in 1999
  10. Image: He was retained by Arrows for 2000, scoring just two points
  11. Image: De la Rosa moved to the new Jaguar team in 2001 from the Spanish Grand Prix onwards
  12. Image: And had an incident-packed year
  13. Image: Failing to finish 6 of 13 races
  14. Image: Despite this he was retained for 2002
  15. Image: And celebrated his 50th race at the Spanish Grand Prix
  16. Image: But once again he was outpaced by Eddie Irvine
  17. Image: And Jaguar bought de la Rosa out of his contract at the end of the season
  18. Image: He joined McLaren as test driver in 2003
  19. Image: And deputised for Juan Pablo Montoya in Bahrain in 2005
  20. Image: When Montoya quit McLaren in mid-2006, de la Rosa stepped in to complete the season
  21. Image: And took his first podium finish in Hungary
  22. Image: In 2008 Pedro de la Rosa was voted chairman of the Grand Prix drivers' association
  23. Image: He tested for Force India who made their debut that year
  24. Image: In 2010 he joined Sauber to partner Kamui Kobayashi
  25. Image: He finished just half of his 14 races 2010 as was replaced by Nick Heidfeld for the rest of the season
  26. Image: He was dropped for 2011 and returned to McLaren as test driver
  27. Image: De la Rosa stepped in for Sergio Perez at the Canadian Grand Prix after the driver had crashed in Monaco
  28. Image: In 2012 he will race for HRT