Aman Barfull hands over the RACC’s Sports Area management to Jordi Barrabés

02/03/2021

Today, RACC President, Josep Mateu, announced the retirement of Aman Barfull as Executive Manager of the Club's Sport Area. The RACC President thanked Aman Barfull for the great job done during the past 30 years at the head of the organization of the Club's sports events and the promotion of the young RACC drivers and riders. Josep Mateu stated: "The RACC is nationally and internationally recognized in the field of motorsports for its rigour and professionalism, and Aman Barfull has intensively contributed to it through his tireless dedication and his passion".

Engineer by training, Aman Barfull started his career as a rally driver in 1977, and with Josep Autet on his side, he won the Volant RACC series in 1981. For more than 30 years, he has been linked to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya; and as Clerk of the Course of the RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada and President of the FIA Rally Commission he has been working firmly, hand in hand with Josep Mateu, to keep the staging of the Rally World Championship in our country. Aman Barfull, who will continue as member of the Sports Commission of the RACC, will keep supporting the entity in the organization of the RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada.

Jordi Barrabés at the head of the RACC's Sports Area
In order to face this new stage, the RACC has chosen Jordi Barrabés, who has been in charge of the Sports Area's operations and Aman Barfull's right hand for the past 10 years, to lead the area. 47-year-old Barrabés, graduate in Business Administration, was born in Manresa and has a large sports experience. He was Clerk of the Course at the 2017-2018 Dakar Rally, and as a rally co-driver, he won the Spanish Asphalt Rally Championship in 2008 and in 2007 the IRC (Intercontinental Rally Challenge).

The RACC and Motorsports
The RACC enjoys internationally recognised prestige as rigorous organiser of scoring rounds towards five World Championships, i.e. Formula 1, MotoGP, Rallies, Rallycross and Superbikes, thus contributing to showcase the image and the organisation ability of our country as a host to great world-level events.

It also supports young riders and drivers, fostering their competition abilities and the human values of sports, working as a true rider and driver academy, and supporting them in their training and their first steps as professional sportspeople. This task, which has been continuous along the years, has provided the entity and the country with great champions in the different disciplines and classes, including Carlos Sainz, two-times World Rally Champion, and even F1 drivers Pedro Martínez de la Rosa and Marc Gené. The support of young talented RACC riders was especially successful in motorcycling, giving rise to names like Marc Márquez, with six world championships, Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa, Àlex Márquez, as well as Aleix and Pol Espargaró, amongst many other outstanding riders of the World Championship.

The RACC is a Club of Services for Mobility that offers coverage and high-quality services to care for the needs of more than 10 million people worldwide. It is specialised in providing personal, family, breakdown, urgent medical and home assistance, and it has the largest driving school network in Spain. To cover their needs, it carries out 1,193,000 assistance services per year and manages more than 525,000 insurance policies in different branches. The RACC also promotes a new mobility culture, which is safer, more affordable and environment-friendly.