Carlos Palau

Carlos Palau (born March 4, 1959) is a Spanish former racing driver.

He 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 3 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.

• 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

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
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

• 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans
• Spanish GT Championship

• Carlos Palau career summary at DriverDB.com