| Born | (1935-12-26)26 December 1935 |
|---|---|
| Died | 27 July 1969(1969-07-27) (aged 33) |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Mexican |
| Active years | 1963–1968 |
| Teams | Cooper,Lotus, Non-worksBRM |
| Entries | 8 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1963 Mexican Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1968 Mexican Grand Prix |
Moisés Solana Arciniega (26 December 1935 – 27 July 1969) was a Mexicanracing driver. He participated in eightFormula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 27 October 1963, and scoring no championship points. He also participated in one non-championship Formula One race. He also took part inFormula Two in1968 withTeam Lotus at theJarama Circuit nearMadrid,Spain. His first racing events were in a 1954 special (the "Solana Sports"), built by Javier Solana.[1] Solana was also a proficientJai alai player and his racing career was partly funded by this.[2]
In 1968, Solana tested a Formula Two car forFerrari. He also drove forLola andMcLaren in theUSRRC/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 inMexico City. He still holds all the records in the Mexican road race categories and those at the MexicanMagdalena Mixhuca circuit.[citation needed]
He was the only driver in the history of the Formula One World Championship to start a race in a number 13 car (Divina Galica, in the1976 British Grand Prix, also attempted a race with the number, but failed to qualify), something he did forBRM on his Formula One debut in the1963 Mexican Grand Prix untilPastor Maldonado adopted 13 as his permanent number in2014. Solana was a classified finisher in 11th despite his engine having failed eight laps short of the chequered flag.[3]
On 27 July 1969, Solana was killed in theHillclimb Valle de Bravo-Bosencheve in Mexico, in a fatal accident after hisMcLaren went wide in a bend and hit a concrete trimming on the edge of the road, overturning the car which landed on top of him and caught fire. The Solana family is still very active in motor racing andhas manufactured handmade sports cars on a mostly one-off basis.[1][4]
The first chicane at theAutódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City (turns 1–3) is known as theEse Moisés Solana ("the Moisés Solana Esses").[citation needed]
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