Gran Canaria hosted a dynamic and emotional ceremony. The vast majority of the awarded athletes enjoyed a memorable day with Escudería Drago, recognized with the novel Sombras del Bentayga, as a special guest.
The Las Palmas Automobile Federation (FALP) closed its 2025 provincial and island championships for Gran Canaria with a large Champions Gala in Valleseco.
The event, hosted in a highly dynamic manner by Daniel Rosario and Ángel Arencibia, recognized the drivers, navigators, and clubs that finished in the top positions of the different championships organized by the FALP. More than 190 awards adorned the stage of the Valleseco venue. All disciplines were represented: simracing, karting, slalom, dirt rallies, regularity, mountain, and asphalt rallies.
The ceremony also enjoyed strong institutional backing with the presence of personalities such as José Luis Rodríguez, mayor of the host municipality; Carlos Ester, deputy of the Parliament of the Canary Islands; Juan Monzón, Minister of Sports of the Cabildo of Lanzarote; Carlos Carrión, councilor for Sports of the Valleseco City Council; and Ulises Afonso, representing the sports sector for the La Aldea de San Nicolás City Council.
Drago Racing Team Receives First Bentayga Shadows
One of the most anticipated moments was the presentation of the first Sombras del Bentayga, the most important institutional award in the history of the organization led by Dani Ponce. The Escudería Drago, the entity that revived motorsport competitions in Gran Canaria with the 1st Juncalillo Hill Climb, held on February 20, 1972, received it. Pepe Monzón, its president; and Juan José Alonso, one of its founding members, accepted it.
In addition, the FALP made two other honorable mentions to athletes who represented provincial motorsport beyond the Canary Islands. One of them was awarded to Rogelio Peñate, last year's WRC3 world champion and the only Canarian to compete in thirteen of the fourteen world championship events in 2025. The other distinguished Kilian Santana and his brilliant campaign in the VolantRACC, a competition in which he was proclaimed champion
The event saw its success reaffirmed, with the announcement of the III Eco Rally Lanzarote's entry into the Spanish Championship for Alternative Energies, for the 2026 season (July 10-11 and 12) as approved by the Assembly of the Royal Spanish Automobile Federation.
