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 the car category, taking the win in the 2014 edition of the race. In 2021, he was part of the BRX Prodrive Hunter team.
Honours Year Event19912nd in the Rallies Cross Country Junior Spanish Championship 125 cc19925th in the Rallies Cross Country Senior European Championship 125 cc19934th 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 Championship19952nd in the Rallies Cross Country 4T Spanish Championship Bronze medal in the ISDE19963rd in the Rallies Cross Country 4T Spanish Championship 2nd in the Rallies Cross Country 4T World Championship 1st participation in the Dakar Rally19971st in the Rallies Cross Country Spanish Championship 1st in the Raids Spanish Championship1999Golden medal in the ISDE 2nd in the Raid of Egypt 2nd in the Rally of Dubai 1st in the Baja Aragón and Baja Italia2000Bronze medal in the ISDE2001Bronze medal in the ISDE 2nd in the Baja Aragón20021st in the Rally of Tunisia 1st in the Baja Aragón20032nd 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 Sardinia20041st in the Clermont-Ferrand–Dakar Rally (motorcycle) 2nd in the Rally of Sardinia20056th in the Barcelona–Dakar Rally (car) 4th in the Rally of Patagonia-Atacama 4th in the Rally of Morocco 1st in the Baja Aragón20063rd in 2006 Dakar Rally (car)20091st in the Baja Aragón20122nd in 2012 Dakar Rally (car)20131st in Gymkhana Grid20141st 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
YearClassVehiclePositionStages won1996Bike KTMDNF01997DNF01998DNF11999DNF1200017th42001 BMWDNF32002 KTMDNF12003DNF120041st22005Car Mitsubishi6th020063rd0200713th02008Event cancelled – replaced by the 2008 Central Europe Rally2009Car Mitsubishi10th12010 BMWDNF12011 NissanDNF02012 Mini2nd320134th420141st22015DNF120166th02017 Toyota4th02018 MiniDNF020192nd02020 Borgward 27th02021 Prodrive5th0202252nd02023did not enter2024Car Ford44th0202542nd120262nd1
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