Salvador Cañellas

{{short description|Spanish motorcycle racer and rally driver (born 1944)}}

{{Infobox motorcycle rider

|image = Salvador Cañellas 2017.jpg

|caption = Cañellas at the Museu Isern de la Moto in Mollet del Vallès, during the Homage to Paco Tombas

|name = Salvador Cañellas

|nationality =

|GP Active years = 1968 - 1970

|GP Teams = Bultaco

|GP Race Starts = 11

|GP Championships = 0

|GP Race Wins = 2

|GP Podiums = 5

|GP Total Points = 74

|GP Poles = 0

|GP Fastest laps = 0

|GP First race = 1968 125cc Spanish Grand Prix

|GP First win = 1968 125cc Spanish Grand Prix

|GP Last win = 1970 50cc Spanish Grand Prix

|GP Last race = 1970 50cc Spanish Grand Prix

}}

Salvador Cañellas (born 1 December 1944) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and rally driver from Spain.

Born in Santa Oliva, Catalonia, Spain, Cañellas had his best year in 1970 when he finished fourth in the 50cc world championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profile/Salvador+CA%25C3%2591ELLAS |title=Salvador Cañellas career statistics at MotoGP.com |publisher=motogp.com |access-date=6 February 2022 }} He became the first Spanish rider to win a Grand Prix when he won the 1968 125cc Spanish Grand Prix.{{cite web |url=https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1968/SPA/125cc |title=1968 125cc Spanish Grand Prix results |publisher=motogp.com |access-date=6 February 2022 }} Cañellas won two motorcycle Grand Prix races during his career. He teamed up with Benjamin Grau on a Ducati to win the 1975 Montjuic 24-hour endurance race.{{cite web |url=http://racingmemo.free.fr/M%20ENDURANCE/Endurance%201975.htm |title=1975 World Endurance Racing final standings |publisher=racingmemo.free.fr |access-date=6 February 2022 }} He later switched successfully to auto racing (Rallye, Touring Cars and even single seaters) and won the 1972 Spanish Rally Championship. During the 1978 World Rally Championship season, he finished third in the Rally Poland.