Moisés Solana

Moisés Solana

Born	26 December 1935(1935-12-26)
Died	27 July 1969(1969-07-27) (aged 33)
Formula One World Championship career
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.

In 1968, Solana tested a Formula Two car for Ferrari. He also drove for Lola and McLaren in the USRRC/CanAm 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 race in a Number 13 car, something he did for BRM on his Formula One debut, the 1963 Mexican Grand Prix.

On July 29, 1969, Solana was killed in a hillclimbing Valle de Bravo-Bosencheve in Mexico in a fatal accident after he lost control of his McLaren and hit a bridge.

Complete World Championship Formula One results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	WDC	Points
1963	Scuderia Centro Sud	BRM P57	BRM V8	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	MEX 11	RSA			NC	0
1964	Team Lotus	Lotus 33	Climax V8	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	ITA	USA	MEX 10			NC	0
1965	Team Lotus	Lotus 25	Climax V8	RSA	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA 12	MEX Ret			NC	0
1966	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T81	Maserati V12	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX Ret				NC	0
1967	Team Lotus	Lotus 49	Cosworth V8	RSA	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	CAN	ITA	USA Ret	MEX Ret		NC	0
1968	Gold Leaf Team Lotus	Lotus 49B	Cosworth V8	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX Ret	NC	0

External links

• Moises Solana biography on Solana family official website