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. From 2021 he has been part of the BRX Prodrive Hunter team for whom he will again drive for in 2022.
| Nani Roma | |
|---|---|
 Roma (right) with co-driver Michel Périn | |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Full name | Joan Roma Cararach |
| Born | 17 February 1972 Folgueroles, Barcelona, Spain |
| Dakar Rally career | |
| Debut season | 1996 |
| Current team | X-Raid |
| Former teams | KTM, BMW, Mitsubishi |
| Championships | 2004 Dakar Rally (motorcycle), 2014 Dakar Rally (cars) |
Honours
edit| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 2nd in the Rallies Cross Country Junior Spanish Championship 125 cc |
| 1992 | 5th in the Rallies Cross Country Senior European Championship 125 cc |
| 1993 | 4th in the Rallies Cross Country Senior Spanish Championship Bronze medal in the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) |
| 1994 | 1st in the Rallies Cross Country Senior European Championship Golden medal in the ISDE |
| 1995 | 2nd in the Rallies Cross Country 4T Spanish Championship Bronze medal in the ISDE |
| 1996 | 3rd in the Rallies Cross Country 4T Spanish Championship 2nd in the Rallies Cross Country 4T World Championship |
| 1997 | 1st in the Rallies Cross Country Spanish Championship 1st in the Raids Spanish Championship |
| 1999 | Golden medal in the ISDE 2nd in the Raid of Egypt |
| 2000 | Bronze medal in the ISDE |
| 2001 | Bronze medal in the ISDE 2nd in the Baja Aragón |
| 2002 | 1st in the Rally of Tunisia 1st in the Baja Aragón |
| 2003 | 2nd in the Baja Aragón 3rd in the FIM Cup of TT Rallies |
| 2004 | 1st in the Clermont-Ferrand–Dakar Rally (motorcycle) 2nd in the Rally of Sardinia |
| 2005 | 6th in the Barcelona–Dakar Rally (car) 4th in the Rally of Patagonia-Atacama |
| 2006 | 3rd in 2006 Dakar Rally (car) |
| 2009 | 1st in the Baja Aragón |
| 2012 | 2nd in 2012 Dakar Rally (car) |
| 2013 | 1st in Gymkhana Grid |
| 2014 | 1st in 2014 Dakar Rally (car) |
| 2019 | 2nd in 2019 Dakar Rally (car) |
| 2020 | 27th in the 2020 Dakar Rally (car) |
| 2021 | 5th in the 2021 Dakar Rally (car) |
Dakar results
edit| Year | Class | Vehicle | Position | Stages won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Bike |  KTM
|
DNF | 0 |
| 1997 | DNF | 0 | ||
| 1998 | DNF | 1 | ||
| 1999 | DNF | 1 | ||
| 2000 | 17th | 4 | ||
| 2001 |  BMW
|
DNF | 3 | |
| 2002 | KTM
|
DNF | 1 | |
| 2003 | DNF | 1 | ||
| 2004 | 1st | 2 | ||
| 2005 | Car |  Mitsubishi
|
6th | 0 |
| 2006 | 3rd | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 13th | 0 | ||
| 2008 | Event cancelled – replaced by the 2008 Central Europe Rally | |||
| 2009 | Car | Mitsubishi
|
10th | 1 |
| 2010 | BMW
|
DNF | 1 | |
| 2011 | DNF | 0 | ||
| 2012 |  Mini
|
2nd | 3 | |
| 2013 | 4th | 4 | ||
| 2014 | 1st | 2 | ||
| 2015 | DNF | 1 | ||
| 2016 | 6th | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Toyota
|
4th | 0 | |
| 2018 | Mini
|
DNF | 0 | |
| 2019 | 2nd | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Borgward
|
27th | 0 | |
| 2021 | BRX
|
5th | 0 | |