Carlos Sainz

Carlos Sainz

Nation:	Spain
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Rally Portugal 1987
Last rally:	Rally Greece 2005
Co-driver:	Luís Moya Lucas Cruz Marc Martí
Team:	Citroën Total World Rally Team RAC de España Ford World Rally Team Toyota Team Subaru World Rally Team Jolly Club
Vehicle:	Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165 Lancia Delta HF Integrale Subaru Impreza 555 Ford Escort RS Cosworth Ford Focus RS WRC
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 196 26th 97 740
Championship title:	1990 , 1992
Points:	1242

Carlos Sainz at the Monte Carlo Rally in a Toyota, 1999

Carlos Sainz and Michel Perrin in the VW Race Touareg at the 2007 Dakar Rally

Carlos Sainz Cenamor , nickname "El Matador", (born April 12, 1962 in Madrid , Spain ) has been a rally driver since 1980 and took part in the World Rally Championship from 1987 to 2004 . He was world rally champion twice, in 1990 and 1992 , and made it onto the podium 97 times. He won his first World Championship round in 1990 with the Rally Greece in a Toyota Celica GT4. He also won the 2010 Dakar Rally , the Dakar Rally in 2018 and the 2020 Dakar Rally . He is the father of Formula 1 racing driver Carlos Sainz jr.

Career

Sainz's career began in 1987. Before his rally career, Sainz was active in squash , among other things , and in 1979 he became the first Spanish national champion .

Sainz suffered his closest defeat at the last World Rally Championship round of the 1998 season at the Rally Great Britain . After Tommi Mäkinen had failed, he looked like the sure world champion there before the last special stage; a fourth place was enough for him. But 300 m before the finish he retired due to engine failure in his Toyota Corolla WRC. The title thus went to Tommi Mäkinen again. In the 2003 season he suffered a similar fate at the last World Cup run in Great Britain . With Sébastien Loeb in the lead in the championship standings , he got off the road on the third stage and was unable to finish the rally. Petter Solberg became world champion .

His last victory was on July 18, 2004 at the Argentina Rally , marking a new record with a total of 26 rally victories. This record was equalized on August 13, 2006 by Sébastien Loeb with his victory in the Germany Rally .

In the 2005 season , Sainz was no longer officially represented at the World Rally Championship. Nevertheless, he drove two outings for the Citroën works team, which had suspended its regular driver François Duval for two races due to disappointing performances.

In 2006 and 2007, Sainz u. a. the Dakar Rally for the VW factory team on a VW Race Touareg . In 2007 he celebrated five stage wins.

In 2008 he started, also for VW, at the VLN on the Nordschleife .

In 2010, Sainz competed again in the Dakar Rally for the VW works team on a further developed VW Race Touareg 2 and was able to celebrate victory in the team's triple triumph. In 2011, after a front axle damage, the result of a collision with a boulder, he was 3.

At the 2015 Dakar Rally , Sainz retired due to an accident with multiple rollovers in the 5th stage. The driver and front passenger were uninjured. Carlos Sainz collided with French motorcyclist Laurent Moulin in the 2nd stage . Moulin suffered a broken leg and was eliminated.

He and his co-driver Lucas Cruz won the Dakar Rally in South America on January 20, 2018 . His vehicle was a Peugeot 3008DKR from the Peugeot Total team.

He won the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on January 17, 2020 .

Sainz was awarded the Princess of Asturias Prize in the Sports category in 2020 .

Success statistics

Championship title

year	title	dare
1987	Spanish master	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
1988	Spanish master	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
1990	Asia Pacific Champion	Toyota Celica GT4
1990	Rally world champion	Toyota Celica GT4
1992	Rally world champion	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
1997	Race of Champions
2010	Dakar Rally	VW Race Touareg
2018	Dakar Rally	Peugeot 3008 DKR
2020	Dakar Rally	X-raid Mini

WRC victories

No. season rally Co-driver vehicle 1 1990 Rally Greece Luís Moya Toyota Celica GT-4 ST165 2 Rally New Zealand Luís Moya Toyota Celica GT-4 ST165 3 Rally Finland Luís Moya Toyota Celica GT-4 ST165 4th Rally Great Britain Luís Moya Toyota Celica GT-4 ST165 5 1991 Rally Monte Carlo Luís Moya Toyota Celica GT-4 ST165 6th Rally Portugal Luís Moya Toyota Celica GT-4 ST165 7th Rally Corsica Luís Moya Toyota Celica GT-4 ST165 8th Rally New Zealand Luís Moya Toyota Celica GT-4 ST165 9 Rally Argentina Luís Moya Toyota Celica GT-4 ST165 10 1992 Rally safari Luís Moya Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD ST185 11 Rally New Zealand Luís Moya Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD ST185 12 Rally Catalonia Luís Moya Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD ST185 13 Rally Great Britain Luís Moya Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD ST185 14th 1994 Rally Greece Luís Moya Subaru Impreza 555 15th 1995 Rally Monte Carlo Luís Moya Subaru Impreza 555 16 Rally Portugal Luís Moya Subaru Impreza 555 17th Rally Catalonia Luís Moya Subaru Impreza 555 18th 1996 Rally Indonesia Luís Moya Ford Escort RS Cosworth 19th 1997 Rally Greece Luís Moya Ford Escort WRC 20th Rally Indonesia Luís Moya Ford Escort WRC 21st 1998 Rally Monte Carlo Luís Moya Toyota Corolla WRC 22nd Rally New Zealand Luís Moya Toyota Corolla WRC 23 2000 Rally Cyprus Luís Moya Ford Focus WRC 24 2002 Rally Argentina Luís Moya Ford Focus RS WRC 25th 2003 Rally Turkey Marc Martí Citroën Xsara WRC 26th 2004 Rally Argentina Marc Martí Citroën Xsara WRC

World Cup placements

year space dare 1987 Unrated Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 1988 10. Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 1989 8th. Toyota Celica GT4 1990 1. Toyota Celica GT4 1991 2. Toyota Celica GT4 1992 1. Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD 1993 8th. Lancia Delta Integrale 1994 2. Subaru Impreza 1995 2. Subaru Impreza

year space dare 1996 3. Ford Escort 1997 3. Ford Escort WRC 1998 2. Toyota Corolla WRC 1999 5. Toyota Corolla WRC 2000 3. Ford Focus WRC 2001 6th Ford Focus WRC 2002 3. Ford Focus WRC 2003 3. Citroën Xsara WRC 2004 4th Citroën Xsara WRC

Individual results WRC

year	team	automobile	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	rank	Points
1987	Marlboro Rally Team	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	MON	SWE	POR DNF	KEN	FRA 7	GRC	United States	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA					35	7th
	RAC de España														GBR 8
1988	Carlos Sainz	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	MON	SWE	POR DNF														11	26th
	Ford World Rally Team					KEN	FRA 5	GRC	United States	NZL	ARG	FIN 6	CIV	ITA 5	GBR 7
1989	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	SWE	MON DNF	POR DNF	KEN	FRA DNF	GRC DNF	NZL	ARG	FIN 3	OUT	ITA 3	CIV	GBR 2				8th	39
1990	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	MON 2	POR DNF	KEN 4	FRA 2	GRC 1	NZL 1	ARG 2	FIN 1	OFF 2	ITA 3	CIV	GBR 1					1	140
1991	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	MON 1	SWE	POR 1	KEN DNF	FRA 1	GRC 2	NZL 1	ARG 1	FIN 4	FROM DNF	ITA 6	CIV	ESP DNF	GBR 3			2	143
1992	Toyota Team Europe	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	MON 2	SWE	POR 3	KEN 1	FRA 4	GRC DNF	NZL 1	ARG 2	FIN	OFF 3	ITA	CIV	ESP 1	GBR 1			1	144
1993	Jolly Club	Lancia Delta HF Integrale	MON 14	SWE	POR DNF	KEN	FRA 4	GRC 2	ARG DNF	NZL 4	FIN	FROM DNF	ITA DSQ	ESP DNF	GBR				8th	35
1994	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza 555	MON 3	POR 4	KEN	FRA 2	GRC 1	ARG 2	NZL DNF	FIN 3	ITA 2	GBR DNF							2	99
1995	Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza 555	MON 1	SWE DNF	POR 1	FRA 4	NZL	FROM DNF	ESP 1	GBR 2									2	85
1996	Ford World Rally Team	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	SWE 2	KEN DNF	IDN 1	GRC 3	ARG 2	FIN DNF	OFF 3	ITA 2	ESP DNF								3	89
1997	Ford World Rally Team	Ford Escort WRC	MON 2	SWE 2	KEN DNF	POR DNF	ESP 10	FRA 2	ARG DNF	GRC 1	NZL 2	FIN DNF	IDN 1	ITA 4	FROM DNF	GBR 3			3	51
1998	Toyota Castrol team	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON 1	SWE 2	KEN DNF	POR 2	ESP 7	FRA 8	ARG 2	GRC 4	NZL 1	FIN 2	ITA 4	OFF 2	GBR DNF				2	56
1999	Toyota Castrol team	Toyota Corolla WRC	MON DNF	SWE 2	KEN 3	POR 2	ESP DNF	FRA 3	ARG 5	GRC 2	NZL 6	FIN 3	CHN 3	ITA DNF	OFF 2	GBR DNF			5	44
2000	Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC	MON 2	SWE DNF	KEN 4	POR 3	ESP 3	ARG DNF	GRC 2	NZL 3	FIN 14	CYP 1	FRA 3	ITA 5	OFF DSQ	GBR 4			3	46
2001	Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC	MON 2	SWE 3	POR 2	ESP 5	ARG 3	CYP 3	GRC DNF	KEN DNF	FIN 6	NZL 4	ITA 4	FRA DNF	OFF 8	GBR DNF			6th	33
2002	Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC	MON 3	SWE 3	FRA 6	ESP DNF	CYP 11	ARG 1	GRC 3	KEN DNF	FIN 4	GER 8	ITA DNF	NZL 4	OFF 4	GBR 3			3	36
2003	Citroën Total	Citroën Xsara WRC	MON 3	SWE 9	TUR 1	NZL 12	ARG 2	GRC 2	CYP 5	GER 6	FIN 4	OFF 5	ITA 4	FRA 2	ESP 7	GBR DNF			3	63
2004	Citroën Total	Citroën Xsara WRC	MON DNF	SWE 5	MEX 3	NZL 6	CYP 3	GRC 19	TUR 4	ARG 1	FIN 3	GER 3	JPN 5	GBR 4	ITA 3	FRA 3	ESP 3	OUT	4th	73
2005	Citroën Total	Citroën Xsara WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	ITA	CYP	TUR 4	GRC 3	ARG	FIN	GER	GBR	JPN	FRA	ESP	OUT	13	11

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of squash. El País, January 30, 1979; Retrieved July 29, 2018 (Spanish). 
2. ↑ www.rallye-magazin.de: 20 years ago today: The mother of all defeats. Retrieved June 25, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Another "black day" for Carlos Sainz. motorsport-total.com, accessed November 7, 2003 . 
4. ^ Un accidente with Carlos Sainz deja al francés Laurent Moulin fora del Dakar. mundodeportivo.com, accessed January 18, 2015 (Spanish). 
5. ↑ Princess of Asturias Prize 2020

Web links

Commons : Carlos Sainz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• World Cup final 1998 season in Great Britain (video, Spanish)
• Sainz: Simply happy after "intense weeks" - Carlos Sainz after winning the Dakar on January 17, 2010 at: www.motorsport-total.com
• WRC statistics on juwra.com