Carlos Sainz

Carlos Sainz Cenamor born 12 April 1962 is a Spanish rally driver He won the World Rally Championship drivers title with Toyota in 1990 and 1992 and finished runnerup four times Constructors world champions to have benefited from Sainz are Subaru 1995 Toyota 1999 and Citroën 2003 2004 and 2005 In the 2018 season he was one of the official drivers of the Team Peugeot Total He received the Princess of Asturias Sports Award in 2020 Sainz founded the Acciona Sainz XE Team to join Extreme E and competed in the first two seasons alongside Laia Sanz Nicknamed El Matador Sainz previously held the WRC record for most career starts until Finnish codriver Miikka Anttila broke the record He was also the first nonNordic driver to win the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland He came close to repeating the feat at the Swedish Rally finishing second four times and third twice Alongside his WRC successes he has won the Dakar Rally 2010 2018 2020 2024 the Race of Champions 1997 and the AsiaPacific Rally Championship 1990 His codrivers were Antonio Boto Luis Moya Marc Martí and Lucas Cruz Description above from the Wikipedia article Carlos Sainz Sr licensed under CCBYSA