Luis Moya


Luis Rodríguez Moya, better known as Luis Moya is a now-retired rally co-driver, synonymous with driver Carlos Sainz. He is the third most successful co-driver in the history of the World Rally Championship, after Daniel Elena and Timo Rautiainen.

Biography

Only ever navigating at WRC level for his compatriot, 1990 and 1992 Drivers' Champion Carlos Sainz, he scored 24 world rally victories throughout his career for marques such as Subaru, Toyota and Ford, which lasted until he left the latter team at the end of the 2002 season. He was replaced at Sainz's new team, Citroën after retiring at the end of the 2002 season, for the full 2003 and 2004 seasons by another Spaniard, Marc Martí, former co-driver of 2001 Tour de Corse winner, Jesús Puras.
Moya's long-standing record of individual wins has since been surpassed by Sébastien Loeb's co-driver Daniel Elena and Marcus Grönholm's co-driver Timo Rautiainen.
Moya also served as Subaru World Rally Team's Sporting Director from 2003 to 2006.
Later Moya joined Volkswagen's rally team and worked as an ambassador for VW when the team competed in WRC.