(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000

Родился: 26.12.1935 Такубайя, Мехико Умер: 27.07.1969 Валле де Браво, Мехико Сезонов в Ф1: 6 Лет в Ф1: 6 Гран При: 8 Старты: 8 Победы: - подряд: Подиумы: - подряд: Поул-позиции: - подряд: Первый ряд: - подряд: Быстрые круги: - подряд: Лучший финиш: 10 Лучший старт: 7 Дубли: Хет-трики: Лидирование старт/финиш: Большие шлемы: Круги: 312 - лидирования: Километры: 1427.55 - лидирования: Очки: - за один сезон: - подряд:

Ф1: 1963-1968

Год	Команда	Шасси
1963	Scuderia Centro Sud	BRM P57
1964	Team Lotus	Lotus 33
1965	Team Lotus	Lotus 25
1966	Cooper Car Co	Cooper T81
1967	Team Lotus	Lotus 49
1968	Gold Leaf Team Lotus	Lotus 49B

Solana was first and foremost an expert exponent of the sport of jai-alai, and so good was he at this that it provided him with the means to go motor racing, though he rarely competed outside Mexico.

In 1962 he arranged to drive a Bowmaker Lola in the non-championship F1 race there, but he rejected the car in practice, claiming it was not satisfactory. From then on he found the cars he drove acceptable, but was unable to score any worthwhile results, despite some excellent qualifying performances, which included seventh fastest for the 1967 United States Grand Prix.

Most of his sorties outside Mexico were across the border in USRRC races, but he did come to Europe once to race a Lotus 48 F2 car at the Madrid GP in 1967, when he finished eleventh.

Solana was killed in 1969 while competing in the Valle de Bravo hill-climb when he lost control of his McLaren M6B, which crashed into a bridge and caught fire.

(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000