Ricardo Londoño

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Ricardo Londoño-Bridge
Nationality	Colombian
World Championship Career
Active years	1981
Team(s)	Ensign
Races	1
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1981 Brazilian Grand Prix


Last race	1981 Brazilian Grand Prix

Ricardo Londoño-Bridge (born August 8, 1949 in Medellín) is a former racing driver from Colombia. He had an unremarkable career apart from his one attempt at Formula One in the 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix with Ensign-Ford.

Brought into the little team for financial reasons, Londoño took part in the special acclimatisation practice session held before the Grand Prix weekend. This session was held because the Jacarepaguá circuit had not been used in F1 for some time. He performed reasonably well in the session, but it became irrelevant when the FIA elected not to grant Londoño the necessary licence to take part in the proper practice sessions and the race, due to his lack of experience. Ensign replaced him with Marc Surer, who qualified for the race and finished 4th, amazingly putting in the fastest lap of the race.

Even though he did not take part in the official practice sessions, he was entered for the race, so Londoño is officially Colombia's first Formula One driver. He retired in 1985.