Carlos Sainz Sr. and co-driver Lucas Cruz suffered a dramatic crash during the 2025 Dakar Rally. Thankfully, both parties were unharmed.

The father of F1 2025 Williams driver Carlos Sainz has withdrawn from the 2025 Dakar Rally after a crash left his car with huge damage.

Defending champion Carlos Sainz is nearly an hour off the pace in the Dakar Rally after his car flipped in the Saudi Arabia dunes.

Sainz’ teammate in the Ford M-Sport team, Mitch Guthrie Jr., stopped and helped the 62-year-old flip the car back onto its wheels. Sainz was only 3min27sec behind the leader, Toyota’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi when the crash occurred.

Carlos Sainz's defence of his Dakar Rally title ended prematurely on Monday when the Spaniard was forced to pull out after the marathon 48-hour stage won by Lithuanian driver Rokas Baciuska.

His Ford Raptor was in no fit state to continue after being flipped on its head the day before. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Carlos Sainz's Dakar Rally ended on Monday after the defending champion's damaged Ford Raptor was ruled out after just two stages of the gruelling two-week race in the Saudi Arabian desert.

Veteran Spanish driver Carlos Sainz made history when he won his fourth Dakar Rally last year and is confident that he has what it takes to challenge for victory in this season's gruelling race in Saudi Arabia.

Carlos Sainz and Sebastian Loeb both had very tough days in the 2025 Dakar Rally, with the rallying legends sustaining heavy crashes. Here's all of the highlights from the 48-hour Stage 2 around Bisha,