Pau Navarro (racing driver)

Pau Navarro
Born (2004-05-27) 27 May 2004

Pau Navarro (born 27 May 2004) is a Spanish rally raid racer who competes in the World Rally-Raid Championship.

Career

Navarro competed in the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship driving for the X-Raid Mini JCW Team in the Ultimate class. He competed in the Dakar Rally, where he crashed out in the second stage.[1] He also competed in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge and Rallye du Maroc, where he finished in ninth place in the former.[2][3]

In the 2025 season, Navarro signed with Team BBR in the Challenger category. In the 2025 Dakar Rally, he finished in third place.[1] He competed in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge and finished in second place behind Dania Akeel.[4][5] He would win his first round of the W2RC in the Rallye du Maroc, while finishing second in the championship behind Nicolás Cavigliasso.[6]

At the opening round of the 2026 season, Navarro won the Dakar Rally in his category.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pau Navarro". redbull.com. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
  2. ^ "Al Attiyah wins Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge with Boulanger". Qatar Tribune. 3 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Liste des engagés Rallye du Maroc 2024" (in French). Rallye Sport. 30 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Slaying Dakar demons by making rally-raid history". Dirtfish. 10 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Al Attiyah wins Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge for a fifth time". Qatar Tribune. 28 February 2025.
  6. ^ "El cordobés Nicolás Cavigliasso es Campeón del Mundo de Rally Raid" (in Spanish). Somos Dakar. 17 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Pau Navarro gana en Challenger y abre la puerta del futuro: "Esperemos que lo vean los que lo tienen que ver"" (in Spanish). Marca. 17 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Pau Navarro y Jan Rosa, campeones del Dakar 2026 en Challenger" (in Spanish). SoyMotor.com. 17 January 2026.