Carlos Sainz Sr.

Spanish rally driver

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2024 Carlos Sainz won the Dakar Rally for the fourth time.
2023 The team won their second race in Round 7 at the Island X-Prix II during the 2023 season.
2023 Acciona | Sainz XE Team won their first race in Extreme E during Round 2 of the 2023 season.
2023 In the 2023 season, Acciona | Sainz XE Team started strongly at the Desert X-Prix, qualifying the fastest, achieving a super sector, and finishing the race in second place.
2023 In the final two rounds of the 2023 season, the team finished in second place in one round and suffered a DNF in the other, ultimately losing the championship to RXR by 11 points.
September 6 2023 Extreme E announced the cancellation of the rounds in Sardinia and Phoenix for the 2024 season, a week before the scheduled Island X-Prix.
January 2023 Carlos Sainz Sr. suffered multiple spinal fractures after a crash at the Dakar Rally and was subsequently replaced by Mattias Ekström for the 2023 season.
January 1 2023 Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2023 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia's Sea Camp.
2022 Acciona | Sainz XE Team finished in third place in the teams' championship for the 2022 season.
2022 Carlos Sainz Sr. maintained the same driver line-up for the 2022 season and the team achieved two podium finishes at the Desert X-Prix and Copper X-Prix.
January 13 2022 Carlos Sainz Sr. competed in the 2022 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia's Bisha.
January 4 2022 Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2022 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia's Al Qaisumah.
2021 The team achieved a podium finish at the Arctic X-Prix during its first season.
2021 Acciona | Sainz XE Team made its debut at the 2021 Desert X-Prix.
January 14 2021 Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2021 Dakar Rally from Saudi Arabia's Yanbu to Saudi Arabia's Jeddah.
January 8 2021 Carlos Sainz Sr. continued the 2021 Dakar Rally from Saudi Arabia's Buraydah to Saudi Arabia's Ha'il.
January 3 2021 Carlos Sainz Sr. started the 2021 Dakar Rally from Saudi Arabia's Jeddah to Saudi Arabia's Bisha.
2020 Carlos Sainz won the Dakar Rally for the third time.
November 2020 Carlos Sainz Sr. announced the formation of Acciona | Sainz XE Team in collaboration with QEV Technologies to compete in the inaugural season of Extreme E.
June 16 2020 Sainz received the Princess of Asturias Awards for Sports.
May 2020 He was crowned The Greatest WRC Driver of all time in a poll of fans and expert journalists.
January 15 2020 Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2020 Dakar Rally from Saudi Arabia's Haradh to Saudi Arabia's Shubaytah.
January 12 2020 Carlos Sainz Sr. competed in the 2020 Dakar Rally from Saudi Arabia's Riyadh to Saudi Arabia's Wadi Al Dwasir.
January 9 2020 Carlos Sainz Sr. continued the 2020 Dakar Rally from Saudi Arabia's Al-ʿUla to Saudi Arabia's Ha'il.
January 7 2020 Carlos Sainz Sr. started the 2020 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia's Neom.
January 17 2019 Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2019 Dakar Rally from Peru's Pisco to Peru's Lima.
2018 Carlos Sainz won the Dakar Rally for the second time.
January 13 2018 Carlos Sainz Sr. drove in the 2018 Dakar Rally from Bolivia's La Paz to Bolivia's Uyuni.
January 11 2018 Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2018 Dakar Rally from Peru's Arequipa to Bolivia's La Paz.
2017 Sainz had to retire from the 2017 Dakar after rolling his Peugeot during the fourth stage.
2016 Sainz was forced to retire from the 2016 Dakar Rally while in the lead due to a gearbox failure.
January 12 2016 Carlos Sainz Sr. continued the 2016 Dakar Rally in Argentina's Belén.
January 9 2016 Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2016 Dakar Rally from Bolivia's Uyuni to Argentina's Salta.
2015 Sainz joined Peugeot Sport to race in the Dakar Rally, but retired after a crash.
2014 Sainz retired from the 2014 Dakar after a crash on stage 10.
January 12 2014 Carlos Sainz Sr. competed in the 2014 Dakar Rally in Argentina's Salta.
January 8 2014 Carlos Sainz Sr. drove in the 2014 Dakar Rally from Argentina's San Juan to Argentina's Chilecito.
2013 Sainz entered the Dakar Rally in a two-wheel-drive buggy, winning the first stage but retiring on the sixth stage due to an engine failure.
March 2013 Carlos Sainz and his co-driver Luis Moya won the Rally de España Histórico, competing in a Porsche 911.
January 5 2013 Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2013 Dakar Rally from Peru's Lima to Peru's Pisco.
2012 Carlos Sainz re-entered competition after a hiatus by participating in a historic rally in Spain with his old co-driver Luis Moya, where they achieved victory in a Porsche 911 rally car.
March 2012 Carlos Sainz Sr. was inducted into the Rally Hall of Fame alongside Michèle Mouton.
November 2011 Carlos Sainz drove the first kilometers with the new Volkswagen Polo R WRC near Trier, Germany, marking the beginning of testing for the new car.
January 15 2011 Carlos Sainz Sr. completed the 2011 Dakar Rally from Argentina's Córdoba to Argentina's Buenos Aires.
January 14 2011 Carlos Sainz Sr. finished the 2011 Dakar Rally from Argentina's San Juan to Argentina's Córdoba.
January 11 2011 Carlos Sainz Sr. continued the 2011 Dakar Rally in Chile's Copiapó.
January 7 2011 Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2011 Dakar Rally from Chile's Iquique to Chile's Arica.
January 5 2011 Carlos Sainz Sr. drove in the 2011 Dakar Rally from Argentina's San Salvador de Jujuy to Chile's Calama.
January 3 2011 Carlos Sainz Sr. continued the 2011 Dakar Rally from Argentina's Córdoba to Argentina's San Miguel de Tucumán.
January 2 2011 Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2011 Dakar Rally with co-driver Lucas Cruz, starting from Argentina's Buenos Aires to Argentina's Córdoba.

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