Daniel Solà

Daniel Solà

Sola in 2008
Personal information
Nationality	Spanish
Born	January 3, 1976 (1976-01-03) (age 35)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1997–present
Teams	Citroën, Mitsubishi, Ford
Rallies	39
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	1
Total points	5
First rally	1997 Rally Catalunya

Solà at the 2001 Rallye de tierra de Cangas del Narcea.

Daniel Solà Villa (born 3 January 1976) is a Spanish rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in 2002 and the Spanish Rally Championship in 2006.^[1]

Daniel "Dani" Solà debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1997 and won the junior class (JWRC) title with Citroën in 2002. In 2003, he contested the Production World Rally Championship with Mitsubishi, finishing fifth overall, and made his first World Rally Car appearances in a Citroën Xsara WRC for the Citroën Total.^[1]

In the 2004 season, Solà drove in three WRC events as an official Mitsubishi driver with the Lancer WRC, recording his first points with a sixth place at his home event, the Rally Catalunya. In 2005, he raced for Ford with a Focus WRC in six WRC events, but did not manage to secure a full-time factory drive for the 2006 season. He achieved his first stage win at the 2005 Rally Catalunya.^[2]

In 2006, Solà won the Spanish Rally Championship with Citroën C2 S1600 and in 2007 he was competing in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge with a Honda Civic Type R.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Daniel Solà". RallyBase. http://www.rallybase.nl/index.php?type=profile&driverid=2261. Retrieved 11 June 2009. 
2. ^ "Daniel Solà". World Rally Archive. http://www.juwra.com/sola_daniel.html. Retrieved 11 June 2009. 

Official site

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Sébastien Loeb	Junior World Rally Champion 2002	Succeeded by Brice Tirabassi

Persondata
Name	Sola, Daniel
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Date of birth	3 January 1976
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