| Dani Sordo | |
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 Sordo at the 2006 Rally Australia. |
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| World Rally Championship record | |
| Nationality |  Spanish |
| Active years | 2003 - present |
| Teams | Citroën |
| Rallies | 71 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 24 |
| Stage wins | 77 |
| Total points | 243 |
| First rally | 2003 Rally Catalunya |
Daniel Sordo Castillo (born May 2, 1983 in Torrelavega, Cantabria) is a Spanish rally driver. He competes in the World Rally Championship for the Citroën Total World Rally Team, Citroën's factory WRC team. He has yet to claim his maiden victory in the WRC despite having raced in the one of the best teams for four years.
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Sordo began in motocross when he was 12 years old, but also experienced success with hillclimbing, karting and touring cars. He first drove in a World Rally Championship event at the Rally Catalunya, the Spanish round of the series, in 2003 in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII, finishing 18th overall. He won the Spanish Junior Championship that year, and retained the title in 2004, while also accumulating further international experience at the WRC events in Argentina (retired), France (13th) and Spain (20th).
In this last event, he switched from the Lancer Evo to a Citroën C2 S1600, and for 2005 he committed to a full season driving the C2 in the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) with Belgium's Kronos Racing team. He also switched co-drivers, now being paired with Marc Martí, the former co-driver of double World Champion Carlos Sainz. Victories in Sardinia, Finland, Germany and Spain brought him the junior world title.
These showings earned Sordo a subsequent drive in a Kronos Total Citroën-prepared Xsara World Rally Car as the team's third driver in the 2006 season, although the initial plan - latterly dropped - was for the Spaniard to combine a piecemeal World Rally Car programme with a simultaneous defence of the JWRC title in the C2.
His early results though, including successive podiums at the Rally Catalunya and the Rallye de France, proved sufficient to not only expand his compliment of contested events but also ensure promotion to the second driver berth from the Rallye Deutschland onwards, alongside Sebastien Loeb and ahead of team-mate Xavier Pons. Sordo finished the 2006 season with four podium places, 49 points and a fifth overall in the drivers' world championship.
Citroën Sport then announced that Sordo will be their second driver for their 2007 season works team return. Sébastien Loeb would lead the team's push to win another title, this time using the C4 instead of Xsara.[1] Sordo started the season with a second place at the 2007 Monte Carlo Rally and went on to finish on the podium six more times; in Portugal, Italy, Spain, where he also led a WRC event for the first time in his career, France, Japan and Ireland. With 65 points, he placed fourth overall in the drivers' championship, behind his teammate Loeb and BP Ford World Rally Team's Marcus Grönholm and Mikko Hirvonen.
In the 2008 season, after only three points in the first three events, Sordo finished third in Argentina and second in Jordan. On July 12, Sordo won the SM O.K. Auto-Ralli, the fifth round of the Finnish Rally Championship. Initially, he only planned to use the event as a test session when Citroën decided to competitively enroll him in the event to build confidence in preparation for the 2008 Rally Finland. Sordo's win marks his first in a WRC car.[2] Citroën is also believed to have been testing out new parts at this event as a few slight modifications could be noticed in a few cars.
Back in the World Rally Championship, Sordo took fourth place in Finland and went on to drive his C4 WRC to three consecutive runner-up finishes behind his teammate Loeb; in Germany, New Zealand and Spain. With these results, Citroën passed Ford and took a 27-point lead in the manufacturers' world championship. At the season-ending Wales Rally GB, Loeb and Sordo secured the team their fourth manufacturers' crown by finishing first and third, respectively. Sordo finished a career-best third in the drivers' standings.
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
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| 2003 | Dani Sordo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | MON | SWE | TUR | NZL | ARG | GRC | CYP | GER | FIN | AUS | ITA | FRA | ESP 18 |
GBR | - | 0 | ||
| 2004 | Dani Sordo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | MON | SWE | MEX | NZL | CYP | GRE | TUR | ARG Ret |
FIN | GER 19 |
JPN | GBR | ITA | FRA 13 |
- | 0 | ||
| Citroën C2 S1600 | ESP 20 |
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| 2005 | Dani Sordo | Citroën C2 S1600 | MON 15 |
SWE | MEX | NZL | ITA 17 |
CYP | TUR | GRE Ret |
ARG | FIN 15 |
GER 13 |
GBR | JPN | FRA 15 |
ESP 12 |
AUS | - | 0 |
| 2006 | Kronos Total Citroën WRT | Citroën Xsara WRC | MON 8 |
SWE 12 |
MEX 4 |
ESP 2 |
FRA 3 |
ARG 5 |
ITA 3 |
GRE 6 |
GER 2 |
FIN Ret |
JPN DSQ |
CYP Ret |
TUR 7 |
AUS 23 |
NZL 5 |
GBR 7 |
5th | 49 |
| 2007 | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën C4 WRC | MON 2 |
SWE 12 |
NOR 25 |
MEX 4 |
POR 3 |
ARG 6 |
ITA 3 |
GRE 24 |
FIN Ret |
GER Ret |
NZL 6 |
ESP 2 |
FRA 3 |
JPN 2 |
IRE 2 |
GBR 5 |
4th | 65 |
| 2008 | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën C4 WRC | MON 11 |
SWE 6 |
MEX 17 |
ARG 3 |
JOR 2 |
ITA 5 |
GRE 5 |
TUR 4 |
FIN 4 |
GER 2 |
NZL 2 |
ESP 2 |
FRA Ret |
JPN DSQ |
GBR 3 |
3rd | 65 | |
| 2009 | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën C4 WRC | IRE 2 |
NOR 5 |
CYP 4 |
POR 3 |
ARG 2 |
ITA 23 |
GRE 12 |
POL 2 |
FIN 4 |
AUS 3 |
ESP 2 |
GBR 3 |
3rd | 64 |
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   | Citroën reward rising star Sordo - BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Citroen reward rising star Sordo |
| | Official website - Daniel Sordo Official Website - Fia World Rally Championship |
| | Daniel Sordo - Monte Carlo Rally 2007 - Dani Sordo |
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