Spanish motor racing was shocked by the investigation into the murder of Antolin Gonzalez, former driver who became runner-up in the 2018 Formula Renault 2.0 Asian Championship and that he dreamed of continuing to climb steps until he reached the Formula 1. The 23-year-old has been in provisional prison since July 5 and admitted to having killed his father with a stab in the neck during a family argument in the industrial warehouse of the family business, according to his recent statement before the Court of Instruction number two of Aranda de Duero.
The reconstruction of the events, according to the version offered by Antolín González before the judge, places the origin of the confrontation in a heated verbal dispute between father and son. According to local media reports The Country and The Sixth, The accused insisted that it was his father, 56 years old, who first wielded the knife, a machete with a blade between 10 and 15 centimeters, and threatened him.. During the struggle that followed, the young man claimed that the fatal stab wound occurred accidentally. “We struggled and I accidentally stabbed him in the neck.”declared the former Spanish pilot in court.
After the event, which occurred in the family business dedicated to the sale of olives and pickles, located in an industrial estate in the town of Burgos, Antolín González left the place and threw the knife into the Arandilla Riveras recognized and reported by Spanish portals. Subsequently, he was detained in the Sinovas district without resisting, as reported by the Government subdelegation in Burgos. Since then, he remained in provisional prison awaiting the final verdict of the trial.
Antolín González’s history reveals that he abandoned both motor racing and his studies five years ago to dedicate himself to caring for his mother and collaborating in the family business, with the aim of preventing her from being left alone and unprotected. However, the young man had the attention of Spanish motor sport. After standing out in lower karting categories, he became runner-up in the 2018 Formula Renault 2.0 Asian Championship. What’s more, in the world of motor sports in Spain, some even compared the young pilot with the two-time champion of the Maximum Fernando Alonso.
In his personal social networks, the Spaniard himself preserves the memories of his time in motorsports and his notable results in the Asian category. In this season, achieved a victory within the framework of the first day of the Championship, at the Zhuhai International Circuit. In addition, he got on the podium four timesthe product of three second places and a third place, and he had the fastest lap of the race on two occasions.
The police investigation has focused part of its efforts on locating the murder weapon, considered key to clarifying the circumstances of the crime. Although the backpack that the accused was carrying was found in the brambles near the Bañuelos River, the knife has not yet been recovered. Investigators noted that only the father’s fingerprints have been found on the machete sheath.owned by the family business, and it could not be determined if the weapon was drawn at the time of the attack. This detail could be decisive in understanding what happened.
The absence of witnesses and security camera recordings at the scene made it difficult to accurately reconstruct the crime. In addition, the lack of geolocation data from the defendant’s mobile phone raised doubts among investigators. Antolín González explained that he left his cell phone in the gym, located five kilometers from the industrial warehouse.a circumstance that raised skepticism, given that they consider it unusual for a young person to move around without their device without warning.
According to local media, the former pilot’s defense maintains that his father’s death was an accident and that the young man acted under strong psychological pressure.. They argue that González’s parents had recently divorced and that the mother had filed two complaints of abuse against the father. The family publicly expressed its support for the accused and there is no private accusation in the process.
