23 Facts About Dani Sordo

Daniel "Dani" Sordo Castillo was born on 2 May 1983 and is a Spanish rally driver.

Dani Sordo competes in the World Rally Championship for Hyundai Motorsport.

Dani Sordo achieved his first WRC victory at the 2013 Rallye Deutschland.

Dani Sordo 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.

Dani Sordo won the Spanish Junior Championship that year, and retained the title in 2004, while accumulating further international experience at the WRC events in Argentina, Germany, France and Spain.

Dani Sordo switched co-drivers, pairing with Marc Marti, the former co-driver of double World Champion Carlos Sainz.

Dani Sordo finished the 2006 season with four podium places, 49 points and a fifth overall in the drivers' world championship.

Citroen Sport then announced that Dani Sordo will be their second driver for their 2007 season works team return.

Dani 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 led a WRC event for the first time in his career, France, Japan and Ireland.

Back in the World Rally Championship, Dani 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.

At the season-ending Wales Rally GB, Loeb and Dani Sordo secured the team their fourth manufacturers' crown by finishing first and third, respectively.

In Rally Bulgaria, Dani Sordo finished in second place behind his team leader Loeb, giving his Citroen team their first one-two finish of the season.

In Rally Finland Sordo finished 4th and from Rally Deutschland onwards Dani Sordo swapped his co-driver to Diego Vallejo.

In Rally Deutschland itself Dani Sordo scored another 2nd place podium.

Dani Sordo finished 4th in Spain and 6th in the first round for MINI in Sardegnia.

Dani Sordo did not compete in the Rally Mexico due to MINI separating from Prodrive.

Dani Sordo was set to replace Ford's number one driver Jari-Matti Latvala in Argentina, after the Finn was injured in practice for the upcoming event, the only event he drove for Ford, after which he competed in New-Zealand, Germany, France and Spain for Prodrive as the team tried to focus on the sealed surfaces.

Besides competing in the WRC for 2012, Dani Sordo participated in the IRC in the Tour de Corse in a MINI.

Dani Sordo won the event and took his maiden win in the IRC championship.

At 2013 Rallye Deustchland, Dani Sordo was in a stable third position in the second of three days, but after first placed Jari-Matti Latvala and second placed Thierry Neuville both left the road, Dani Sordo found himself in the lead, with the Belgian just 0.8 seconds behind him at the end of the day, with just two stages to go.

Dani Sordo eventually managed to hold on to first place and finally, after a nail-biting Power Stage and at his 106th WRC start, Dani Sordo won a WRC round.

Since the 2014 season Dani Sordo moved to the new Hyundai Motorsport team and drives the second or third car in selected events.

Dani Sordo is the only driver alongside Sebastien Loeb, Sebastien Ogier and Thierry Neuville, to win the Italian Rally on multiple times.