Daniel Solà

Daniel Solà
Sola in 2008
Personal information
NationalitySpain Spanish
Full nameDaniel Solà Villa
Born (1976-01-03) January 3, 1976 (age 48)
Vic, Spain
World Rally Championship record
Active years1997–1999, 2001–2005, 2007
Co-driverSpain Josep Martínez
Spain David Moreno
Spain Álex Romaní
Spain Xavier Amigò
Spain Carlos del Barrio
Spain Óscar Sánchez
TeamsCitroën, Mitsubishi, Ford
Rallies39
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins1
Total points5
First rally1997 Rally Catalunya
Last rally2007 Wales Rally GB
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 Ford Focus RS 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.

Complete WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1997 Dani Solà Peugeot 106 Rallye MON SWE KEN POR ESP
Ret 		FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN IDN ITA AUS GBR NC 0
1998 Dani Solà Peugeot 106 Rallye MON SWE KEN POR ESP
Ret 		FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN ITA AUS GBR NC 0
1999 Equipo RACC Competición Peugeot 106 Rallye MON SWE KEN POR ESP
40 		FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR NC 0
2001 RACC Motor Sport SEAT Córdoba WRC MON SWE POR ESP ARG CYP GRE KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR
34 		NC 0
2002 Dani Solà Citroën Saxo S1600 MON
Ret 		SWE FRA ESP
19 		CYP ARG GRE
23 		KEN GER
12 		ITA
17 		NZL AUS GBR
21 		NC 0
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V FIN
Ret
2003 Dani Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII MON SWE
32 		TUR NZL
43 		ARG
12 		CYP
Ret 		GER
22 		AUS
20 		ITA FRA
Ret 		ESP NC 0
Citroën Sport Citroën Xsara WRC GRE
12 		GBR
Ret
Dani Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI FIN
17
2004 Dani Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII MON SWE
20 		MEX
11 		NZL
Ret 		CYP TUR ARG
EX 		FIN JPN GBR ITA FRA
Ret 		AUS
Ret 		21st 3
Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 GRE
Ret 		GER
Ret 		ESP
6
2005 BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04 MON SWE MEX
Ret 		NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GER
12 		GBR JPN
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		AUS
7 		22nd 2
2007 JAS Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R R3 MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN GER NZL ESP
20 		JPN IRE GBR
44 		NC 0
Twister Corse Peugeot 207 S2000 FRA
10

JWRC Results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 JWRC Points
2002 Dani Solà Citroën Saxo S1600 MON
Ret 		ESP
1 		GRE
4 		GER
1 		ITA
3 		GBR
1 		1st 37

PWRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 PWRC Points
2003 Dani Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII SWE NZL
15 		ARG
2 		CYP
Ret 		GER
1 		AUS
5 		FRA
Ret 		5th 22
2004 Dani Solà Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII SWE
3 		MEX
1 		NZL
Ret 		ARG
EX 		GER FRA
Ret 		AUS
Ret 		8th 16

References

  1. ^ a b "Daniel Solà". RallyBase. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Daniel Solà". World Rally Archive. Retrieved 11 June 2009.

Official site

Media related to Dani Solà at Wikimedia Commons

Sporting positions
Preceded by Junior World Rally Champion
2002 		Succeeded by