Back Carlos Sainz AN كارلوس ساينز Arabic كارلوس ساينز ARZ Carlos Sainz AST Carlos Sainz Breton Carlos Sainz Cenamor Catalan Carlos Sainz Czech Carlos Sainz senior German Κάρλος Σάινθ (ο γηραιότερος) Greek Carlos Sainz Spanish
 Sainz in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Spanish |
| Full name | Carlos Sainz Cenamor |
| Born | 12 April 1962 Madrid, Spain |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 1987–2005 |
| Co-driver | Antonio Boto Luis Moya Marc Marti |
| Teams | Ford, Toyota, Lancia, Subaru, Citroën |
| Rallies | 196 |
| Championships | 2 (1990, 1992) |
| Rally wins | 26 |
| Podiums | 97 |
| Stage wins | 757[1] |
| Total points | 1,242 |
| First rally | 1987 Rally Portugal |
| First win | 1990 Acropolis Rally |
| Last win | 2004 Rally Argentina |
| Last rally | 2005 Acropolis Rally |
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 runner-up 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.[2] He received the Princess of Asturias Sports Award in 2020.[3] 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 co-driver Miikka Anttila broke the record.[4] He was also the first non-Nordic 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 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (1990). His co-drivers were Antonio Boto, Luis Moya, Marc Martí, and Lucas Cruz.
- ^ According to World Rally Archive, Sainz won 756 stages. Sainz also won one special stage in Safari Rally 1991 (source: Auto Hebdo), that is not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com.
- ^ "Team Peugeot Total - The team". redbull.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Carlos Sainz, premio Princesa de Asturias de los deportes". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 16 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Record-breaker Anttila". Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2018.