| Daniel Solà | |
| Nationality: |  Spanish |
| Full Name: | Daniel Solà Villa |
| Birth Date: | 3 January 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Vic, Spain |
| Years: | 1997 - 1999, 2001 - 2005, 2007 |
| Co-Driver: | Josep Martínez David Moreno Álex Romaní Xavier Amigò Carlos del Barrio Óscar Sánchez |
| Teams: | Citroën, Mitsubishi, Ford |
| Races: | 39 |
| Championships: | 0 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Podiums: | 0 |
| Stagewins: | 1 |
| Points: | 5 |
| First Race: | 1997 Rally Catalunya |
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 "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.
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |