Daniel Solà

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 Solà
Sola in 2008
Personal information
NationalitySpain Spanish
Full nameDaniel Solà Villa
Born (1976-01-03) January 3, 1976
Vic, Spain
World Rally Championship record
Active years1997–1999, 2001–2005, 2007
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 "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. "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.

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