Efrén Llarena

Efrén Llarena Sainz Aja (born 26 May 1995) is a Spanish rally driver. The following year in 2022, Llarena won the European Rally Championship, securing the title with two rounds remaining in the championship.

Career Llarena made his rally debut in 2013 just weeks after his 18th birthday at the Rallysprint de San Miguel in a Renault Clio Sport. He continued to enter rallies in Spain in 2013, 2014 and 2015 and with co-driver Igor Zatika had some success in their class. He finished 3rd in the Spanish Championship junior category in 2014. In 2016 he began working with Sara Fernández and alternated between a Suzuki Swift Sport and a Peugeot 208 R2. He won the Suzuki Swift Cup that year, run on Spanish Championship rallies, whilst also gaining more experience on French rallies. In 2017 the crew ran only in the Peugeot, winning the Spanish Gravel Junior Championship and the Volant Peugeot Cup in France.

In 2022, Llarena scored his first ERC win at the Azores Rallye, when he overtook local driver Ricardo Moura on the final stage. Llarena went on to win the series championship, securing his championship title at the start of the Barum Czech Rally Zlín.

Career results WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points Efrén Llarena Citroën C3 Rally2 MON SWE KEN ESP POR ITA GRE EST FIN PAR CHL EUR JPN SAU NC 0

WRC2 results

European Rally Championship results

European Rally Championship-3 results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points 2018 Rallye Team Spain Peugeot 208 R2 POR ESP GRE CYP ITA CZE POL LAT 3rd 100 2019 Rallye Team Spain Peugeot 208 R2 POR ESP LAT POL ITA CZE 1st 173 Peugeot Rally Academy CYP HUN