Roberto Guerrero

Former F1 driver


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Name = Roberto Guerrero
Nationality = flagicon|Colombia Colombian
Years = F1|1982 - F1|1983
Team(s) = Ensign, Theodore
Races = 29 (21 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Poles = 0
Points = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race = 1982 South African Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race = 1983 European Grand Prix
Infobox racing driver
last series = CART Championship Car
years active = 1984-1995
teams = Bignotti-Cotter Racing
Cotter Racing
Granatelli Racing
Morales Motorsports
Patrick Racing
Euromotorsport
King Motorsports
Pagan Racing
starts = 118
wins = 2
poles = 6
fastest laps =
best finish = 4th
year = 1987
awards = CART Rookie of the year
award years = 1984Infobox racing driver
last series = Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
years active = 1996-2000
teams = Pagan Racing
Cobb Racing
Team Coulson
starts = 25
wins = 0
poles = 0
fastest laps =
best finish = 4th
year = 1996
awards = Scott Brayton Trophy
award years = 1998

Roberto José Guerrero Isaza (born November 16, 1958, in Medellín) is a former racing driver from Colombia. He participated in 29 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on January 23, 1982.

With no championship points in F1 and no prospects to drive for a competitive team, Guerrero left at the end of the 1983 season to race in the United States. He had an auspicious beginning to his Champ Car racing career, winning both CART and Indianapolis 500 rookie of the year honors in 1984. His initial promise was never completely fulfilled, winning only two CART races, both in 1987. Later the same year he had a massive accident which left him in a coma for 17 days.

Of special note were Guerrero's participations in the Indianapolis 500. He came very close to winning outright on two occasions, but bad luck always kept the victory out of his grasp. In 1992 he spun off on the pace lap after having qualified on the pole position. Guerrero finished runner up twice, in the top-five five times, and held the qualifying speed record from 1992 through 1996. Guerrero was also selected to participate in the 1988 International Race of Champions.

Guerrero became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1989. He and his wife have three children and reside in Orange County, California.

In recent years Guerrero has returned to racing, but of a different venue. He began off-road racing at the legendary Baja 2000. He has since continued to race in Baja 1000 events and guide tours of the Baja Peninsula with Wide Open Baja.

Complete Formula One results

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Indy 500 results

Trivia

*Guerrero has the dubious distinction of having the three of the four worst Indianapolis 500 five-year finishing streaks in the 200 mph era.