Albert Llovera

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albert Llovera
Albert Llovera.jpg
Llovera during 2011 Rally Catalunya.
Personal information
Nationality Andorran
Full nameAlbert Llovera Massana
Born (1966-09-11) 11 September 1966 (age 54)
World Rally Championship record
Active years2001 – 2002, 2005–2006, 2008–2012
Co-driverSpain Diego Vallejo
Rallies29
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points0
First rally2001 Rally Catalunya
Last rally2012 Rally Catalunya
Last updated on: 20 July 2018.

Albert Llovera Massana[a] (born 11 September 1966) is a rally driver and former alpine skier from Andorra. He became the youngest athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics in 1984 at the age of 17.[1] A serious accident in 1985 left him paralysed from the waist down. He has since taken up rallying, using cars with specially adapted hand controls. He is currently competing in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship.

Career[]

Llovera during 2010 Rally Finland.

At the age of 17, Llovera became the youngest ever athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics when he represented Andorra at the 1984 games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.[2] In the following year, 1985, whilst competing in the European Ski Cup, also in Sarejevo, he suffered a serious accident which left him using a wheelchair with paraplegia beginning at lower back level.

He turned to motorsport, first competing on quad bikes and then starting in rallying. In 1989 he won the Peugeot Rally Cup in Andorra. In 2001, with the support of Fiat, he began competing in the Junior World Rally Championship in a Fiat Punto S1600. He continued in the championship in 2002.

After competing in Spain along with selected WRC appearances he returned full-time to the world stage in 2010 to contest the Super 2000 World Rally Championship in a Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000. He finished fifth in class on his first event Rally Mexico. He scored a best overall result of 17th on Rally Catalunya, which was not a round of the SWRC.[3]

He continued in the SWRC in 2011, finishing fourth in the category in Jordan.

In 2020 he will be competing the Dakar rally in an Iveco truck from the Dutch Team de Rooy.

Complete WRC results[]

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2001 Pronto Racing Fiat Punto S1600
Ret
Ret
79 		NZL
Ret
39
Ret 		NC 0
2002 Albert Llovera Fiat Punto S1600
Ret
33 		GRE
Ret
Ret
33 		NZL NC 0
2005 Albert Llovera Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII MON SWE MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR FIN
32 		GBR JPN FRA AUS NC 0
2006 Albert Llovera Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII MON SWE MEX ESP
36 		FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN
54 		JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR NC 0
2008 Albert Llovera Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER NZL ESP
Ret 		FRA JPN GBR NC 0
2009 PCR Sport Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 IRE NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRE POL FIN AUS ESP
42 		GBR NC 0
2010 Albert Llovera Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 SWE MEX
22 		JOR TUR NZL
Ret 		POR
41 		BUL FIN
Ret 		GER
35 		JPN FRA
47 		ESP
17 		GBR NC 0
2011 Albert Llovera Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 SWE MEX POR JOR
17 		ITA
Ret 		ARG GRE
24 		FIN
Ret 		GER
Ret 		AUS FRA
DNS 		ESP
40 		GBR NC 0
2012 PCR Sport Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP
Ret 		NC 0

JWRC Results[]

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 JWRC Points
2001 Pronto Racing Fiat Punto S1600
Ret
Ret
7
Ret
13
Ret 		NC 0
2002 Albert Llovera Fiat Punto S1600
Ret
12 		GRE
Ret
Ret
16 		NC 0

SWRC results[]

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SWRC Points
2010 Albert Llovera Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 SWE MEX
5 		JOR NZL
Ret 		POR
10 		FIN
Ret 		GER
8 		JPN FRA
9 		GBR 13th 17
2011 Albert Llovera Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 MEX JOR
4 		ITA
Ret 		GRE
9 		FIN
Ret 		GER
Ret 		FRA ESP
8 		10th 18
2012 PCR Sport Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 MON SWE POR NZL FIN GBR FRA ESP
Ret 		NC 0

Notes[]

  1. ^ This name uses Catalan naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Llovera and the second or maternal family name is Massana.

References[]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Albert Llovera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2018. Full name: Albert Llovera Massana
  2. ^ "Driver". albertllovera.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Driver profile - Albert Llovera". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. Retrieved 20 July 2011.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""