Nani Roma Explained

Nani Roma
Nationality:Spanish
Full Name:Joan Roma Cararach
Birth Date:17 February 1972
Birth Place:Folgueroles, Barcelona, Spain
Current Series:Dakar Rally
First Year:1996
Current Team:X-Raid
Former Teams:KTM, BMW, Mitsubishi
Championships:2004 Dakar Rally (motorcycle), 2014 Dakar Rally (cars)

Joan "Nani" Roma Cararach (born 17 February 1972) is a rally racing driver from Folgueroles, Barcelona, Spain. He won the Dakar Rally riding a motorcycle in 2004. Since then he has entered in the car category, taking the win in the 2014 edition of the race. From 2021 he has been part of the BRX Prodrive Hunter team for whom he will again drive for in 2022.

Honours

YearEvent
19912nd in the Rallies Cross Country Junior Spanish Championship 125 cc
19925th in the Rallies Cross Country Senior European Championship 125 cc
19934th in the Rallies Cross Country Senior Spanish Championship
Bronze medal in the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE)
19941st in the Rallies Cross Country Senior European Championship
Golden medal in the ISDE
4th in the Rallies Cross Country Senior Spanish Championship
19952nd in the Rallies Cross Country 4T Spanish Championship
Bronze medal in the ISDE
19963rd in the Rallies Cross Country 4T Spanish Championship
2nd in the Rallies Cross Country 4T World Championship
1st participation in the Dakar Rally
19971st in the Rallies Cross Country Spanish Championship
1st in the Raids Spanish Championship
1999Golden medal in the ISDE
2nd in the Raid of Egypt
2nd in the Rally of Dubai
1st in the Baja Aragón and Baja Italia
2000Bronze medal in the ISDE
2001Bronze medal in the ISDE
2nd in the Baja Aragón
20021st in the Rally of Tunisia
1st in the Baja Aragón
20032nd in the Baja Aragón
3rd in the FIM Cup of TT Rallies
3rd in the Rally of Tunisia
3rd in the Rally of Morocco
1st in the Rally of Egypt
1st in the Rally of Sardinia
20041st in the Clermont-Ferrand–Dakar Rally (motorcycle)
2nd in the Rally of Sardinia
20056th in the Barcelona–Dakar Rally (car)
4th in the Rally of Patagonia-Atacama
4th in the Rally of Morocco
1st in the Baja Aragón
20063rd in 2006 Dakar Rally (car)
20091st in the Baja Aragón
20122nd in 2012 Dakar Rally (car)
20131st in Gymkhana Grid
20141st in 2014 Dakar Rally (car)
20192nd in 2019 Dakar Rally (car)
202027th in the 2020 Dakar Rally (car)
20215th in the 2021 Dakar Rally (car)

Dakar results

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YearClassVehiclePositionStages won
1996Bike KTMDNF0
1997DNF0
1998DNF1
1999DNF1
200017th4
2001 BMWDNF3
2002 KTMDNF1
2003DNF1
20041st2
2005Car Mitsubishi6th0
20063rd0
200713th0
2008Event cancelled – replaced by the 2008 Central Europe Rally
2009Car Mitsubishi10th1
2010 BMWDNF1
2011DNF0
2012 Mini2nd3
20134th4
20141st2
2015DNF1
20166th0
2017 Toyota4th0
2018 MiniDNF0
20192nd0
2020 Borgward27th0
2021 BRX5th0