Marc Martí Moreno (born 1 October 1966) is a Spanish
rally
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co-driver
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Biography
He debuted in the
World Rally Championship
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(WRC) as a co-driver to
Oriol Gómez in 1992.
In the
1999 season, he began his partnership with
Jesús Puras and the
Citroën
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factory team. The pair took a surprise second place at the 1999
Tour de Corse
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, behind another
Citroën Xsara Kit Car piloted by
Philippe Bugalski. Puras and Martí 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
Citroën Xsara WRC.
For the
2003 season, Martí replaced
Luís Moya as the co-driver to double world champion
Carlos Sainz. The pair won the 2003
Rally of Turkey and the 2004
Rally Argentina
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, and helped Citroën to two manufacturers' world titles. After Sainz's retirement from the WRC, Martí began co-driving to Sainz's young protégé
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.
After the
2010 Rally Finland
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Sordo announced that he will have a new co-driver, Diego Vallejo, in the next rally. Martí stated that he had planned to retire after the
2010 season, but now the retirement happened a bit earlier. In December 2013, it was announced he would join
Hyundai Motorsport and return to co-drive for Dani Sordo for the 2014 WRC campaign.
WRC.com - Hyundai reveals its driver line-up
Retrieved on 10 December 2013
Marti currently co-drives the 2017 WRC-3 champion – Nil Solans
Nil Solans Baldó (born 14 April 1992) is a Spanish rally driver.
Biography
Solans won the Junior World Rally Championship and WRC-3 in 2017
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WRC victories
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References
External links
Profile
at ewrc-results.com
1966 births
Living people
Spanish rally co-drivers
World Rally Championship co-drivers
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