Nil Solans Baldó[a] (born 14 April 1992) is a Spanish rally driver.

Nil Solans
Solans at the 2022 Rally Poland
Personal information
Nationality Spain
Full nameNil Solans Baldó
Born (1992-04-14) 14 April 1992 (age 32)
Matadepera, Spain
World Rally Championship record
Active years20122019, 2021
Rallies31
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points4
First rally2012 Rally Finland
Last rally2021 Rally Catalunya
Last updated on: 18.10.2021.
Solans at 2021 Rally Poland.

Biography

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Solans won the Junior World Rally Championship and WRC-3 in 2017 He also was the winner of the GSeries Andorra three years in a row (2015, 2016 and 2017), champion of the Spanish Rally Championship Gravel (CERT) in 2020 and of Catalonia in the two-wheel-drive category in 2013, winner of the Copa de España (gravel) in 2013 and runner-up in the CERT in 2014.[1][2][3]

Solans currently races in European Rally Championship with Rally Team Spain, using a Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo. He is set to replace injured Pierre-Louis Loubet behind the wheel of 2C Competition prepared Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC during 2021 Rally Catalunya.

He is the older brother of Jan Solans, who is also a rally driver.[4]

Rally results

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WRC results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WDC Points
2012 Nil Solans Ford Fiesta R2 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN
41
GER GBR FRA ITA ESP NC 0
2013 Escudería Motor Terrassa Ford Fiesta R2 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP
Ret
GBR NC 0
2014 Nil Solans Ford Fiesta R2 MON SWE MEX POR
Ret
ARG ITA POL
47
FIN
33
GER
54
AUS FRA ESP
26
GBR NC 0
2015 Nil Solans Ford Fiesta R2T MON SWE MEX ARG POR
34
ITA POL
51
FIN NC 0
ACSM Rallye Team Peugeot 208 T16 GER
20
AUS FRA
27
ESP
49
GBR
21
2016 Escudería Motor Terrassa Ford Fiesta R2T MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER CHN
C
FRA ESP
17
GBR AUS NC 0
2017 Nil Solans Ford Fiesta R2T MON SWE MEX FRA
23
ARG POR
30
ITA
18
POL
24
FIN
25
GER
39
ESP
28
GBR AUS NC 0
2018 Nil Solans Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE
22
MEX
21
FRA
34
ARG
18
POR
19
ITA FIN GER
Ret
TUR GBR
42
ESP
16
AUS NC 0
2019 Nil Solans Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX FRA
Ret
ARG CHL POR ITA
Ret
FIN GER TUR GBR NC 0
Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 ESP
21
AUS
C
2021 Hyundai 2C Competition Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRE FIN ESP
8
MNZ 24th 4

WRC-2 results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Points
2015 ACSM Rallye Team Peugeot 208 T16 MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER
7
AUS FRA
7
ESP
14
GBR
8
18 20

ERC results

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Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points
2020 Team Vito Škoda Škoda Fabia R5 evo ITA LAT PRT HUN ESP
EX
NC 0
2021 Rallye Team Spain Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo POL
4
LAT
11
ITA
Ret
CZE PRT1
Ret
PRT2
5
7th 50
Team MRF Tyres Hyundai i20 N Rally2 HUN
Ret
Hyundai i20 R5 ESP
13
2022 Rallye Team Spain Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 PRT1
1
PRT2 ESP
1
5th 70
Nil Solans Hyundai i20 N Rally2 POL
Ret
LAT
11
ITA
WD
CZE ESP2

* Season still in progress.

Notes

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  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Solans and the second or maternal family name is Baldó.

References

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  1. ^ "Palmarés". Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Nil Solans". www.ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Nil Solans". www.juwra.com. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  4. ^ Villarín, Nacho (20 April 2019). "Los hermanos Solans: el Yin y el Yang". Marca. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
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