Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Rodríguez ya ba da motar baƙo ta Ferrari don Babban Prix na Italiya na 1961, ya cancanci zama na biyu mai ban mamaki kuma ya zama matashi mafi ƙanƙanta a tarihi don farawa daga jere na gaba (shekaru 19 da kwanaki 208), rikodin da ba za a doke shi ba har zuwa Grand Prix na Belgium na 2016 ta Max Verstappen. A cikin tseren ya yi musayar jagora tare da Phil Hill da Richie Ginther sau da yawa, har sai gazawar famfon mai ya kawo karshen tserensa. 1962 ya ga cikakken aikin motsa jiki tare da Ferrari, wanda ya yi amfani da shi sosai la'akari da shekarunsa da gefuna. Duk lokacin da aka yi amfani da shi, Rodríguez ya haskaka, ya zama na biyu a Pau Grand Prix, na huɗu a Grand Prix na Belgium da na shida a Grand Prix na Jamus
a cikin shekara mai wuya a Formula One domin Ferrari. Ya kuma lashe gasar Targa Florio ta 1962 tare da Olivier Gendebien da Willy Mairesse a cikin Ferrari 246 SP.