Spaniard Pau Navarro-Jean Rosa and co-pilot Oriol Vidal were crowned Dakar champions in Challenger and Stock. KH7 Truck Reigns in Mission 1,000

This is the young Catalan player’s sixth participation in the Dakar Rally and second time in the Challenger category. Pau Navarro It debuted with great success in tandem with the navigator. Jan Rosa He took advantage of the advantage he had gained on the final day by winning the bronze “Touareg” in the light prototype category. Catalan co-driver in new stock category Oriol Vidal Teaming up with Lithuanian pilot Rokas Basiuska, he also won the final victory.

Both successes prove that if you follow your dreams with hard work and passion, things will work out in the end.

On the other hand, there are cases such as: Oriol Vidal. In 2023, he experienced one of the most bitter moments in his sports career. When he was leading the Dakar Rally in SSV (T4) alongside Batiuska, a piece broke down with 50km remaining in the final stage, and he lost the championship in a very cruel way. For this reason, I didn’t want to think about winning the Dakar the day before. I knew I wouldn’t know what was going to happen until the last meter. And when she crossed the finish line, she burst into tears.

Meanwhile, Pau Navarro started this Dakar saying that this would probably be his last race. He set up his own company with his family and rented out machinery. He knew that if he didn’t find a project here in the next few years, his Dakar dream would end here.

in the case of pole That’s impressive. He made his debut as a truck co-pilot at the age of 16 and rose to prominence when he had just turned 18. SSV First year as a pilot. Then, in 2024, at the age of 19, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity came. X Raidone of the great teams of dakarhe expected him to help him ride the highest category Mini in the car. However, on the second day, I had an accident and injured my hand.

I had to take a step back. And this year, without the support of Red Bull, we had to balance sponsorship until the last moment. he was world runner-up 2025 W2RC Raid World Rally Championship trans gang morocco rallyBut his big goal was the Dakar. He wanted to win to gain the attention of the support so that he could devote many more years to the Dakar. But I didn’t do it under pressure. I wanted to have fun driving with Jean Rosa. Jean Rosa is a co-driver with great prospects and great intelligence, and he just won. dakar classic 2 years in a row. Jean took third place in terms of speed, along with Pau, who couldn’t stop crying when he received the phone call from his parents when he crossed the finish line. he was the dakar champion challenger.

The Dakar for this brand new Navarro-Rosa tandem was a textbook battle, even though he had to face Saudi Arabia’s Yasir Sidan in the quarter-finals, who remained a great local asset even after Yazeed Al Rajhi’s abandonment. He took the lead in the fifth stage and remained in the lead even after adding a partial stage.

In that respect, Oriol Vidal It won the new category (formerly T2) for modified commercial vehicles, which included Defender, Toyota, and Nissan cars. This category seemed like one made for ‘Monsieur’ Dakar Peterhansel, but Peterhansel ended up in third place, with Bashuska Vidal’s direct rival eventually being Sara Price, partner of ‘Motard’ Ricky Brabec, although she was nearly four hours behind in the overall standings.