Moisés Solana is a racing driver from Mexico who last raced in Formula 1 for Lotus-Ford. Solana has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 8 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,446 ranks Solana 742th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1968-11-03 | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | DNF | −63 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Ford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P25 | −64 | 4,446 |
| 1967 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-BRM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −217 | 4,510 |
| 1966 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Maserati | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −130 | 4,727 |
| 1965 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Climax | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −3 | 4,857 |
| 1964 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | +19 | 4,860 |
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | BRM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +41 | 4,841 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Richie Ginther | 5,503 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 5,097 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan Gurney | 4,902 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
Moisés Solana was a Mexican Formula 1 driver who competed in eight World Championship Grands Prix between 1963 and 1968 for Lotus-Ford. He finished on average in eleventh place but never scored points or reached the podium in any of his starts. His competitive record against his most frequent rivals tells a cautious story; he finished behind Richie Ginther and Dan Gurney in all their shared races, and was outpaced by Graham Hill in two of three encounters, though he did beat the three-time champion once. Solana's racing career was funded partly through his proficiency in jai alai, a professional sport that allowed him to pursue motorsport alongside his primary athletic career.[1]
Among the stronger drivers Solana faced, he recorded isolated victories over Graham Hill, Hap Sharp, Innes Ireland, and Ronnie Bucknum, though these single results offer limited evidence of consistent competitive standing against that level. His time at Lotus-Climax coincided with one of the sport's great teams, which fielded future world champion Jim Clark, yet Solana operated well below that tier. With a Racer Rating of 4,446, he sits in the upper reach of national and professional-level racing, but his Formula 1 record places him at the bottom of that competitive ladder.[2]
Solana's final F1 outing came in 1968, after which he retired from motorsport. His career spanned six years and remained limited to a single-seater focus in the top championship, never developing into a regular or competitive force at that level.