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Marc MartĂ­

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Marc MartĂ­
Personal information
NationalitySpain Spanish
Born (1966-10-01) 1 October 1966 (age 60)
Molins de Rei, Spain
World Rally Championship record
Active years1991–1993, 1995–2010, 2012, 2014–present
DriverSpain Oriol GĂłmez
Spain JesĂșs Puras
Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Dani Sordo
Andorra Albert LloverĂĄ
Chile Eliseo Salazar
Mexico Ricardo Triviño
Spain Nil Solans
Chile Pedro Heller
Chile Alberto Heller
Bolivia Bruno Bulacia
Mexico Miguel Granados
TeamsSeat, Citroën, Hyundai
Rallies219
Championships0
Rally wins3
Podiums48
Stage wins175
First rally1991 Rally de Catalunya
First win2001 Tour de Corse
Last win2004 Rally Argentina
Last rally2025 Rally Saudi Arabia

Marc MartĂ­ Moreno (born 1 October 1966) is a Spanish rally co-driver, winner of the 2013 Monza Rally Show.

Biography

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MartĂ­ debuted in the World Rally Championship (WRC) as a co-driver to Oriol GĂłmez in 1992.[1] In the 1999 season, he began his partnership with JesĂșs Puras and the CitroĂ«n factory team. The pair took a surprise second place at the 1999 Tour de Corse, behind another CitroĂ«n Xsara Kit Car piloted by Philippe Bugalski. Puras and MartĂ­ went on to take their first win at the same event two years later. This was also the first of 32 world rally victories for the CitroĂ«n Xsara WRC.[2]

For the 2003 season, MartĂ­ replaced LuĂ­s Moya as the co-driver to double world champion Carlos Sainz. The pair won the 2003 Rally of Turkey and the 2004 Rally Argentina, and helped CitroĂ«n to two manufacturers' world titles. After Sainz's retirement from the WRC, MartĂ­ began co-driving to Sainz's young protĂ©gĂ© Dani Sordo. They won the Junior World Rally Championship in 2005 and made a successful transition to WRC level the following year, recording four podium finishes.[1] After the 2010 Rally Finland, Sordo announced that he would have a new co-driver, Diego Vallejo, in the next rally. MartĂ­ stated that he had planned to retire after the 2010 season, but now the retirement happened a bit earlier.[3] In December 2013, it was announced he would join Hyundai Motorsport and return to co-drive for Dani Sordo for the 2014 WRC campaign.[4] Marti currently co-drives the 2017 WRC-3 champion – Nil Solans.

WRC victories

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 #  Event Season Driver Car
1 France 45Ăšme Tour de Corse – Rallye de France 2001 Spain JesĂșs Puras CitroĂ«n Xsara WRC
2 Turkey 4th Rally of Turkey 2003 Spain Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC
3 Argentina 24Âș Rally Argentina 2004 Spain Carlos Sainz CitroĂ«n Xsara WRC

References

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  1. 1 2 "Marc MartĂ­". RallyBase. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "CitroĂ«n Xsara WRC". World Rally Archive. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "Sordo antoi potkut kartturilleen". MTV3 (in Finnish). 8 August 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
  4. ↑ WRC.com - Hyundai reveals its driver line-up Archived 6 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 10 December 2013
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