The 62-year-old Spaniard introduced that he won’t proceed within the legendary race
The accident that Carlos Sainz had on Sunday, January 5 was decisive for his presence on this yr's Dakar Rally. The harm to the Spaniard's Ford Raptor T1+ was so intensive that it compelled him to retire from the race.
On Monday evening the 62-year-old introduced he wouldn’t proceed on this yr's Dakar Rally, about 1.5 hours from the highest. And this as a result of the FIA didn’t enable it to proceed because of the harm to the security cage of the racing automotive.
Saint grew to become in 2024 the oldest winner of the Dakar Rally and the primary to win with 4 completely different producers: with Volkswagen in 2010, with Peugeot in 2018, with MINI in 2020 and with Audi in 2024!