{"id":677,"date":"2012-08-13T17:35:10","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T17:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/?p=677"},"modified":"2012-08-13T17:35:10","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T17:35:10","slug":"rodolfo-speedy-gonzalez-and-zele-racing-rock-the-streets-of-caracas-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/?p=677","title":{"rendered":"Rodolfo &#8222;Speedy&#8220; Gonzalez and Zele-Racing rock the streets of Caracas \/ Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-678\" title=\"Unbenannt\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-300x231.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Unbenannt.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Almost 50.000 enthusiastic spectators turned up at Los Proceres \/ Caracas to see the roadshow of Pastor Maldonado in his Williams F1 and local hero Rodolfo &#8222;Speedy&#8220; Gonzalez in\u00a0his Zele-Racing GP2, who grew up 2km from the historic Los Proceres monument in the Venezuela capital Caracas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1783.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-679\" title=\"IMG_1783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1783-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1783-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1783.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Surrounded by numerous TV crews and being interviewd all day long, all Venezuelan drivers turned up for the PDVSA organised event. Pastor Maldonado, Ernesto Viso, Johnny Cecotto, Giancarlo Serenelli, Milka Duno\u00a0and of course Rodolfo Gonzalez were taken on a parade-lap on the 4km circuit to greet the cheering crowd.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1847.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-681\" title=\"IMG_1847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1847-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1847-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1847.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Pastor Maldonado took the wheel first but bad luck struck on lap two, when he lost control of his Williams F1 car on the extremely dusty and bumpy track, only to slide the back end into a walkway\u00a0curb, which severely damaged the rear suspension of his car and\u00a0brought\u00a0the show to an end. Both Frank Williams and Toto Woff were shocked by the fact that Pastor\u00b4s\u00a0run ended in such a dramatic way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1859.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-683\" title=\"IMG_1859\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1859-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1859-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1859.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1863.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-684\" title=\"IMG_1863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1863-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1863-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1863.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was then Rodolfo, who saved the show, completing a 20 minute run around the Los Proceres parc and through the historic monument in the Zele-Racing GP2 car. He completed a total of 8 laps, reaching topspeeds\u00a0over 230 kph and crwoned his show with numerous doughnuts in front of the presidential grandstand, where Venezuela\u00b4s vice-president and the president of PDVSA followed the show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200675_3408778370547_1559768800_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-685\" title=\"200675_3408778370547_1559768800_n\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200675_3408778370547_1559768800_n-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200675_3408778370547_1559768800_n-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/200675_3408778370547_1559768800_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2_df2dadd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-687\" title=\"x2_df2dadd\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2_df2dadd-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2_df2dadd-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zele-racing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/x2_df2dadd.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 50.000 enthusiastic spectators turned up at Los Proceres \/ Caracas to see the roadshow of Pastor Maldonado in his Williams F1 and local hero Rodolfo &#8222;Speedy&#8220; Gonzalez in\u00a0his Zele-Racing GP2, who grew up 2km from the historic Los Proceres monument in the Venezuela capital Caracas. 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