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Date of birth
Daniel Sordo Castillo, known as Dani Sordo, is a rally of rallying Cantabrian participating in the World Rally Championship. Winner of the Junior World Rally Championship 2005 and the 2005 Rally Championship of Spain of Asphalt. -
Beginning
He began his sports career with twelve years in the discipline of motocross, later he went to karting and in 1999 to motorsport where he has competed both in rally and in mountain races. -
BMW 1999
In 1999 it competed for the first time with a tourism and it did it in the Championship of Mountain Cantabria where the following year, in 2000, it obtained his first victories. He won the Rise to Peña Cabarga, Rise to Bien Aparecida, Rise to Collado de Cieza and Rise to La Montaña and was proclaimed champion of Cantabria mountain. -
Jump to the most important championship.
It was in 2003 when Dani jumped to the World Rally Championship in the Rally Catalunya, while participating and dominating the Spanish Rally Championship on asphalt that year. -
Mitsubishi 2003
In 2003 he combined his participation in the Cantabrian championship with the Spanish championship and also debuted in his first round of the world championship. -
First successes.
The successes of 2005 led him to obtain a position in the WRC in 2006 with Citroën Racing, which witnessed his best result in second place and a final classification in fifth place in the Drivers' Championship. He added more seconds in later seasons, finishing fourth overall in 2007 and third in 2008 and 2009. -
Citroën 2006
For the 2006 season Citroën signed him to compete in the world championship, so he did not run any national or regional championship, and formed a team with the French Sébastien Loeb and also Spanish, Xavi Pons. The entry of Sordo as an official Citroën driver was supported by Carlos Sainz, a pilot who had run with the French brand between 2003 and 2005 and which helped Sordo gain a seat on the team. -
Mini 2010
At the end of 2010 and after the departure of Citroën Sordo, he initially found himself without equipment for the following season. That year MINI decided to make its entry into the world championship. -
New change and new achievements.
In 2011 and 2012 Dani competed with the MINI World Rally Team, obtaining more results as runner-up, but it was in 2013 when he put an end to years of waiting. Finally he achieved his elusive rally victory with a resolute driving in the Rally Deutschland, which transformed the experienced Spaniard into a deserving WRC winner for the first time. -
Return to Citroën 2012
At the end of 2012, Sébastien Loeb confirmed that in 2013 he would only play four races, so Citroën chose Dani Sordo to take his place. In this way the Spaniard returned to the French brand after two years where he teamed with Finnish Mikko Hirvonen.2 62 In his first participation with the Citroën DS3 WRC, in Monte Carlo he achieved third place. -
Hyundai 2014
In December 2013 the Korean brand Hyundai presented its official team for the 2014 season with Dani Sordo, achieved its first podium with Hyundai that was second behind his teammate Thierry Neuville, who achieved the victory. -
The end of his career
finally Daniel Sordo signed a contract with Hyundai to stay in the team as second driver, these aultiras is still competing.
