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Salvador Cañellas

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Salvador Cañellas Gual is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and rally driver from Spain, born on 1 December 1944 in Santa Oliva, Catalonia. His best year was 1970, when he finished fourth in the 50cc world championship, and he became the first Spanish rider to win a Grand Prix with the 1968 125cc Spanish Grand Prix. He won two Grands Prix in his career and, with Benjamin Grau on a Ducati, the 1975 Montjuic 24-hour endurance race. He later moved to car racing, winning the 1972 Spanish Rally Championship and the 1972 Formula 1430.

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1944 1
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