Daniel Elena
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Daniel Elena (born 1972-10-26) is a rally driver from Monaco. He is co-driver to Sébastien Loeb in the WRC, who compete in a Citroën Xsara. With 28 rally victories, he is the co-driver with the most victories in the history of WRC.
He started rallying in 1997 as co-driver to Hervé Bernard, but became Loeb's co-driver the following season and quickly developed a strong relationship with him, winning the Citroën Saxo Trophy in 1999 and the French gravel title the following year.
In 2001 they won the FIA Super 1600 championship in their Citroën Saxo, becoming an obvious choice for Citroën's WRC team. In the World Rally Championship together they won two consecutive titles in 2004 and 2005.
The crew won Elena's home rally, the famous Monte Carlo rally 3 times (2003-2005).