Moisés Solana

Who was Moisés Solana?

Moisés Solana Arciniega 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, built by Javiér Solana.

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.

He is the only driver in the history of the Formula One World Championship to start a race in a number 13 car, 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.