Moisés Solana

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Solana and the second or maternal family name is Arciniega.

Moisés Solana
Formula One World Championship career
Born	(1935-12-26)26 December 1935
Died	27 July 1969(1969-07-27) (aged 33)
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. His first racing events were in a 1954 special (the "Solana Sports"), built by Javiér Solana.^[1]

In 1968, Solana tested a Formula Two car for Ferrari. He also drove for Lola and McLaren in the USRRC/Can-Am 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 start a race in a number 13 car (Divina Galica, in the 1976 British Grand Prix, also attempted a race with the number, but failed to qualify), something he did for BRM on his Formula One debut in the 1963 Mexican Grand Prix. Solana was a classified finisher in 11th despite his engine having failed eight laps short of the chequered flag.^[2]

On July 29, 1969, Solana was killed in the Hillclimbing Valle de Bravo-Bosencheve in Mexico, in a fatal accident after he lost control of his McLaren and hit a bridge. The Solana family is still very active in motor racing and manufactures hand made sports cars on a mostly one-off basis.^[1] ^[3]

Complete World Championship Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	WDC
1963	Scuderia Centro Sud	BRM P57	BRM V8	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX 11	RSA			NC
1964	Team Lotus	Lotus 33	Climax V8	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX 10			NC
1965	Team Lotus	Lotus 25	Climax V8	RSA	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA 12	MEX Ret			NC
1966	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T81	Maserati V12	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX Ret				NC
1967	Team Lotus	Lotus 49	Cosworth V8	RSA	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	CAN	ITA	USA Ret	MEX Ret		NC
1968	Gold Leaf Team Lotus	Lotus 49B	Cosworth V8	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX Ret	NC

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Samperio, Gilberto (February 1997). "Solana Sport Serie II: Tradición familiar" [Family tradition]. Automovil Panamericano (in Spanish): 58.
↑ http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/01/09/your-questions-f1-and-the-number-13/
↑ http://www.jsolana.com.mx/moises/

External links

Moisés Solana biography on Solana family official website

Persondata
Name	Solana, Moisés
Alternative names
Short description	Mexican racing driver
Date of birth	December 26, 1935
Place of birth
Date of death	July 27, 1969
Place of death

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