Carlos Palau Mallol (born March 4, 1959) is a Spanish former racing driver.
Palau started racing in motorbikes switching to cars in 1986 racing at Spanish Renault Turbo Cup. He had a long term relation with Ford working in the development of the Mondeo 4x4 FIA II supertourer. He joined Ford UK team in 1994 FIA Supertouring World Championship at Donington. He raced three times in 24 Hours of Le Mans winning GT Class in 1994 with Porsche. In GT Class, he raced with big brands as Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, Lister and Saleen. With Saleen, he won the Spanish GT2 Championship in 1999 and Spanish GT Championship in 2001.
Racing highlights 24 Hour of Le Mans in 1994, 1995, 1997 1992 Spanish Touring Car Vice Champion 1993 Spanish Touring Car Championship − Third 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans GT2 Winner 1999 Spanish GT Championship GT2 Winner 2000 Spanish GT Championship Vice Champion 2001 Spanish GT Championship Winner, 24 Hours of Barcelona Winner
Racing results 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 1994 Larbre Compétition Dominique Dupuy Jesús Pareja Porsche 911 Carrera RSR GT2 308 8th 1st 1995 Pilot Aldix Racing Michel Ferté Olivier Thévenin Ferrari F40 LM GT1 270 12th 6th 1997 Saleen/Allen Speedlab Price Cobb Steve Saleen Saleen Mustang SR GT2 133 DNF DNF
See also 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans Spanish GT Championship
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