Lucas Cruz
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Fecha de nacimiento: 15/12/1974
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Trayectoria Deportiva
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1994 |
Participa en el Campeonato de Cataluña con Miguel Fernández. |
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1997 |
Copiloto en el Campeonato de Cataluña con Joan Franquet. |
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1998 |
Copiloto en el Campeonato de Cataluña con Miguel Fernández. |
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1999 |
Copiloto oficial en el equipo junior de Carlos Sainz para el Campeonato Español de Asfalto con Oscar Fuertes |
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2000 |
Parte del equipo de tierra con Luis Climent en el equipo oficial de Skoda participando en el Campeonato Mundial de Rallyes de la FIA |
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2001 |
1er Rookie y 1er amateur con José Luis Monterde en el Rallye Dakar |
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2002 |
Copiloto de José Luis Monterde en el Rallye Dakar |
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2003 |
Copiloto de Luis Climent en la Baja España con un Mitsubishi Montero |
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2004 |
Copiloto de Luis Climent en la Baja España y el Rallye de Túnez en un Toyota |
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2005 |
Copiloto de Xavier Pons en el Rallye WRC de Méjico en un Peugeot 206 WRC |
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2006 |
1º absoluto en la Baja Italia con Marc Blasquez |
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2007 |
13º Rally Dakar |
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2008 |
2º Baja España Aragón |
Biografía
Lucas S. Cruz was born in Barcelona, Spain, in December 1974 and now lives in Ripollet, Catalonia. Multi-lingual, Lucas is a professional computer engineer, who first entered the world of rallying in 1994 when he tackled the tarmac Catalunya Championship with Miguel A. Fernandez in a Peugeot 205 Rally for two seasons.
He had to wait a further seven years to record his first victory in the Spanish Rally Championship, when he and Txus Jaio won the Rally Ciudad de Murcia in a Ford Focus WRC running as part of the Carlos Sainz Junior Team.
His first international success came the same year, when he and former Ralliart driver José-Luis Monterde won the Rookie category and were classified as the first Amateur crew in the 2001 Dakar Rally in a Nissan Patrol GR. By this time Lucas had gained experience assisting Luis Climent in the Skoda factory team tackling the FIA World Rally Championship.
Lucas and Txus clinched the Spanish Gravel Championship in 2002 and 2003 in a Ford Focus WRC and he also tackled the Dakar with Monterde and the Baja Espana with Santiago Lopez. Lucas became an official co-driver for Honda Spain alongside Luis Climent and also tackled the Baja Espana again, this time with Climent in a Mitsubishi Pajero*.
In 2004, he tackled the Spanish tarmac series with Salvador Canellas in a factory Honda Type-R, as well as his home gravel series with Txus Jaio in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Lucas also partnered Climent on the Baja Espana and Rallye de Tunisie.
The following season he and Carlos Sole won the Spanish TT series in a BMW X5 and Lucas worked as a co-ordinator for the BMW Motor Cadiz Team, in addition to contesting the Spanish tarmac series with the Mitsubishi-RACC team, the gravel series with Fiat and the Rally Mexico with Xavier Pons.
In 2006, Lucas competed in the Dakar Rally as a co-driver in a T4 support truck with the Volkswagen team and signed with the Nissan team to partner the experienced Marc Basques in the Spanish TT Championship and the FIA International Cup for Bajas. The pair won the Italian Baja, the opening round of the FIA series. He then attended the second MMSP test session in Morocco and signed a contract with Mitsubishi to partner Nani Roma in the 2007 Dakar Rally and finished 13th overall before taking second overall on June’s Transiberico Rally and on July’s Baja Espana.
Throughout the 2008 season Lucas has been alongside “Nani” Roma, showing some great form in all his participations. Two different breakdowns left the pair out of the battle to win the Central Europe Rally, when they were third, and the PAX Rally, when they were in control of the race with only one stage left. His best result of the season was the second position in the Baja España Aragón, and in the last few months he has been concentrating on preparing for the Dakar 2009, developing the Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart Team`s new turbo-diesel engine for the Racing Lancer.
