Spanish motorsport legend aiming for fifth Dakar title over the dunes in Saudi Arabia from January 3-17, 2025.
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 the world’s toughest race. (more…)
The 2025 Dakar Rally will see Ford competing with an old friend — Carlos Sainz Sr. The ex-WRC and Dakar Rally champion will pilot the Ford Raptor in the T1+ category, and the duo are back together after a long break from the rallying days. The 2025 Dakar Rally Ford Raptor has been built by Ford Performance and M-Sport. (more…)
62-year-old Sainz started his World Rally Championship career in a Ford Sierra Cosworth in 1987. Fast-forward 37 years and Sainz brings back his immense passion for motorsports to Ford as the American brand chases down Dakar success.
Sainz is fully motivated for the challenges ahead: “At the last Dakar I proved I can still deliver victory and with Ford our final goal is to win the Dakar Rally.” (more…)
As a double World Rally Champion and a three-time winner of the Dakar Rally, Carlos Sainz has a rightful claim to be one of the greatest drivers in motorsport history. While he may be better known to a younger generation of motorsports fan as the father of Ferrari’s Formula 1 star Carlos Sainz Jr., his record speaks for itself and clearly marks him out as a true rally legend whose achievements span decades and have transfixed audiences across the globe. (more…)
The furious early pace of the 2022 Dakar Rally was once again on display during Stage 3 with plenty packed into the 255km of racing near Al Qaisumah, despite the timed special stage being shorted by 100km due to heavy rains in the region. Here is all you need to know:
– Spanish legend Carlos Sainz wrote another chapter of Dakar history by recording the first-ever Dakar stage win by a T1-Ultimate machine – a category reserved for alternatively powered vehicles. (more…)
