CARLOS
SAINZ

A life behind the wheel
Biography

1990

World Rally Champion

1992

World Rally Champion

2007

FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup Champion

2010

Winner of the Dakar Rally

2018

Winner of the Dakar Rally

2020

Winner of the Dakar Rally

2024

Winner of the Dakar Rally

Carlos in figures

Rallies

Victories

Podiums

Scratch

Dakar Rally

Victories

Podiums

Stage victories

Carlos in figures

Rallies

Victories

Podiums

Scratch

Dakar Rally

Victories

Podiums

Stage victories

Lastest news

Carlos Sainz finishes fifth in the South African Safari Rally

by | 25/05/2025 | 2025, Archive | 0 Comments

Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz (Ford Raptor) have finished in fifth place in the South African Safari Rally, which today played its fifth and final stage. The Ford Raptor and the Spanish pair demonstrated again their speed in a complicated test, in which they continued...
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Carlos Sainz will fight for the victory in the final stage

by | 23/05/2025 | 2025, Archive | 0 Comments

In the penultimate stage of the South African Safari Rally, Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz finished in sixteenth position, 4 minutes and 27 seconds behind the winner of the day, Lategan (Toyota). Today they had to open track, and in this rally that is a disadvantage, as...
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Carlos Sainz, second in the stage and in the overall standings after day 3

by | 22/05/2025 | 2025, Archive | 0 Comments

Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz (Ford Raptor) came from behind in the South African Safari Rally, which today has disputed its third stage with a complicated timed special stage of 246 kilometers in what has been the second part of the marathon stage. The Spanish drivers...
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Carlos Sainz suffers as he opens the track in the first part of the marathon stage

by | 21/05/2025 | 2025, Archive | 0 Comments

The second stage of the South African Safari Rally, with 357 timed kilometers, lived up to its marathon designation and was a tough day for all the drivers. Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz (Ford Raptor), who started second in the special, faced the usual handicap of this...
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Sainz, second in the first stage of the South African Safari Rally

by | 20/05/2025 | 2025, Archive | 0 Comments

Today was the first stage of the South African Safari Rally, in which Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz, with the Ford Raptor, finished second in the 260-kilometer timed special stage. Yesterday was the prologue stage, in which the Spanish driver finished eleventh. But...
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Carlos Sainz forced to abandon the Dakar

by | 06/01/2025 | 2025, Archive | 0 Comments

Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz (Ford Raptor T1+) have been forced to withdraw from the Dakar Rally 2025 due to a lack of authorization from the race's sports stewards for safety reasons. The accident suffered yesterday by the Red Bull drivers damaged the safety arch of...
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Carlos Sainz to start seventh in the “48 Hours Chrono” stage

by | 04/01/2025 | 2025, Archive | 0 Comments

Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz, at the wheel of the Ford Raptor T1+, finished in seventh position in the first stage of the Dakar Rally, which had its finish in the Saudi town of Bisha, after 413 timed kilometers. Strategies were key at the end of the day, to prepare for...
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Carlos Sainz, calm on the prologue stage

by | 03/01/2025 | 2025, Archive | 0 Comments

With the 29-kilometer prologue stage in the Saudi town of Bisha, the Dakar Rally 2025 has officially started. Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz, at the wheel of the Ford Raptor T1+, finished the special stage in 25th place, in a stage that they approached calmly. This...
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Carlos Sainz reveals his Dakar secrets before the start of the title defense

by | 27/12/2024 | 2025, Archive | 0 Comments

Four-time Dakar Rally champion Carlos Sainz is targeting a fifth title at the age of 62 when the 2025 edition plays out from January 3-17, 2025 across Saudi Arabia's rocky terrain and iconic sand dunes, so who better to reveal the secrets behind off-road success in...
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Carlos Sainz satisfied with the test in Morocco

by | 14/10/2024 | 2024, Archive | 0 Comments

Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz (Ford Raptor T1+) have finished the Rallye du Maroc with a good feeling. The Spanish drivers were debuting the new Ford with which the brand of the oval will compete in the next Dakar and despite running out of competition have achieved a...
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