- Moisés Solana
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Moisés Solana Born 26 December 1935 Died 27 July 1969 (aged 33)Formula One World Championship career Nationality Mexican Active years 1963 - 1968 Teams Cooper, Lotus, Scuderia Centro Sud Races 8 Championships 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Career points 0 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First race 1963 Mexican Grand Prix Last race 1968 Mexican Grand Prix Moisés Solana Arciniega (December 26, 1935 - July 27, 1969) was a racing driver from Mexico. He participated in eight Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on October 27, 1963, and scoring no championship points. He also participated in one non-Championship Formula One race. He also took part in Formula Two in 1968 with Team Lotus at the Jarama circuit near Madrid, Spain.
In 1968, Solana tested a Formula Two car for Ferrari. He also drove for Lola and McLaren in the USRRC/CanAm series between 1966 and 1968, and in March 1968 he won the first point-scoring race of the USRRC Group 7 series in the first international race in Mexico City. He still holds all the records in the Mexican road race categories and those at the Mexican Magdalena Mixhuca circuit.[citation needed]
He is the only driver in the history of the Formula One World Championship to race in a Number 13 car, something he did for BRM on his Formula One debut, the 1963 Mexican Grand Prix.
On July 29, 1969, Solana was killed in a hillclimbing Valle de Bravo-Bosencheve in Mexico in a fatal accident after he lost control of his McLaren and hit a bridge.
Complete World Championship Formula One results
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Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WDC Points 1963 Scuderia Centro Sud BRM P57 BRM V8 MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA USA MEX
11RSA NC 0 1964 Team Lotus Lotus 33 Climax V8 MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER AUT ITA USA MEX
10NC 0 1965 Team Lotus Lotus 25 Climax V8 RSA MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA USA
12MEX
RetNC 0 1966 Cooper Car Company Cooper T81 Maserati V12 MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA USA MEX
RetNC 0 1967 Team Lotus Lotus 49 Cosworth V8 RSA MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER CAN ITA USA
RetMEX
RetNC 0 1968 Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 49B Cosworth V8 RSA ESP MON BEL NED FRA GBR GER ITA CAN USA MEX
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