Dani Sordo
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Daniel "Dani" Sordo Castillo (born 2 May 1983) is a Spanish rally driver.
He competes in the World Rally Championship for Hyundai Motorsport.
He achieved his first WRC victory at the 2013 Rallye Deutschland.
Career
Sordo began riding motorcycles when he was 12 years old, but he has also excelled in hillclimbing, karting, and touring cars. In 2003, he first competed in a World Rally Championship event in Rally Catalunya, the Spanish round of the series, finishing 18th overall. He won the Spanish Junior Championship in 2004 and then retained the coveted position in 2004, while also accumulating more international experience at the WRC events in Argentina (retired), France (13th), and Spain (20th).
He went from the Lancer Evo to a Citron C2600, and for 2005, he switched from the Lancer Evo to a full season in the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) with Belgium's Kronos Racing team. He also switched co-drivers, teaming with Marc Martz, the former co-driver of double World Champion Carlos Sainz, who also changed co-drivers. He was awarded the junior world title in Sardinia, Finland, Germany, and Spain.
Sordo was given a second ride in a Kronos Total Citron-prepared Xsara World Rally Car as the team's third driver in the 2006 season, but the team's third driver was forced to combine a piecemeal World Rally Car programme with a simultaneous defence of the JWRC C2 in the C2.
Despite early results, including successive podiums at Rally Catalunya and Rallye de France, helped ensure promotion to the second driver berth from the Rallye Deutschland onwards, alongside teammate Xavier Pons. Sordo's 2006 season saw four podium positions, 49 points, and a fifth overall in the drivers' world championship.
Citron Sport later revealed that Sordo would be their second driver for the 2007 season works team. Sébastien Loeb will lead the team's quest for another title, this time using the C4 rather than Xsara. Sordo began the season with a second position at the 2007 Monte Carlo Rally and went on to finish sixth on the podium six times in Portugal, Italy, Spain, where he also managed a WRC event in Portugal, Japan, and Ireland for the first time in his career. He finished fourth overall in the drivers' championship, behind his teammates Loeb and BP World Rally Team's Marcus Grönholm and Mikko Hirvonen.
Sordo finished third in Argentina and second in Jordan in the 2008 season, after just three points in the first three events. Sordo, the United Kingdom's most popular child, received the SM O.K. on July 12th. The fifth round of the Finnish Rally Championships, Auto-Ralli, is the fifth round of the Finnish Rally Championship. Initially, he only wanted to use the festival as a practice session until Citron decided to competitively enroll him in the event to raise hopes for the 2008 Rally Finland. Sordo's win is his first in a WRC car. Citron is also reported to have been testing out new parts at this point, as only a few minor changes can be made in a few cars.
Sordo, a former champion of the World Rally Championship, took fourth place in Finland and advanced to his third runner-up finish behind his colleague Loeb; in Germany, New Zealand, and Spain. Citron led Ford by 27 points in the manufacturers' world championship with these results. Loeb and Sordo, the team's fourth manufacturers' crown, after finishing first and third respectively, in the season-ending Wales Rally GB. Sordo came in third place in the drivers' standings, a career-best third.
Sordo finished 4th in the inaugural round of Rally Sweden in 2010, although he failed to score in the following round in Rally Mexico. In the third round of Rally Jordan, he took his fourth place in the Turkish Rally, forcing him to abandon, but in Rally New Zealand, he earned his first podium finish of the year. Sordo finished in second place behind his team leader Loeb in Rally Bulgaria, earning his Citro's first one-two finish of the season. However, Sebastien Ogier was recalled for the remaining gravel events of the season's work team, and Kimi Räikkönen was demoted to the Citro'n Junior Team. Sordo finished 4th in Rally Finland, and Dani Sordo, a Rally Deutschland alumnus, exchanged his co-driver to Diego Vallejo. Sordo placed second on the Rally Deutschland podium, earning another 2nd place finish. He came in 4th place in Japan and second in Rally Alsace 2nd. He had 63 points using the old scoring system in 5th place at the end of the season. Sordo joined MINI in their first year in the WRC, winning two podiums in Germany and second in France respectively. In the first round of MINI in Sardegnia, he also placed fourth in Spain and sixth in the first round. He continues his partnership with MINI for their first full season, beginning with the Monte Carlo Rally in 2012, where he took his first podium finish for 2012 in second place. However, he went off the track and scored no points in Sweden. Due to MINI's break from Prodrive, Sordo did not qualify in the Rally Mexico. However, Sordo won 6 stages, including the power stage, after more than 100 updates to the MINI. Since being limited to replace Ford's number one driver Jari-Matti Latvala in Argentina, the Finn was expected to miss the upcoming race, the team's first event since being able to focus on the sealed surfaces, Sordo was supposed to replace him.
Sordo was in the IRC in the Tour de Corse in a MINI before being in the WRC for 2012. He won the event and became the first to win in the IRC championship. Sordo rejoined Citro for 2013, driving the second DS3 WRC after two seasons in the Prodrive (MINI) team.
Sordo was in a steady third position in the second of three days, but with first place Jari-Matti Latvala and second placed Thierry Neuville both missing the road, Sordo found himself in the lead, with the Belgian only 0.8 seconds behind him at the end of the day, and just two stages remaining. Dani Sordo earned a WRC round after a nail-biting Power Stage and his 106th WRC appearance, he eventually returned to first place and then, finally, after a nail-biting Power Stage and his 106th WRC debut, he finally earned a WRC round.
Sordo has been with the new Hyundai Motorsport team since the 2014 season and now competes in selected events for the second or third time.
At Rally Italia Sardegna, he won his second match of his career in 2019. Sordo came in second second place for the bulk of the rally behind Ott Tänak, but the Estonian suffered a power steering failure at the power stage, defeating Dani.
He won the 2020 Rally Italia Sardegna for his second time in a row at the festival a year ago. He is the only one of Sébastien Loeb, Sébastien Ogier, and Thierry Neuville to win the Italian Rally on several occasions. After leading the overall course and later finishing third, Hyundai helped Hyundai win the constructors' championship in Rally Monza, he now places third in the next race.
He extended his Hyundai contract through the 2022 season in October 2021. He said that 2022 would be his last season after the renewation. Rally Catalunya's 20,2121, after winning four stages in a row (SS15, SS16, SS17, and power stage), he came third overall in the rally, his fifth podium finish in the WRC.
Career results
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