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.

The 62-year-old Spaniard flipped his car in the dunes on Sunday and post-stage checks showed the Ford Raptor was too damaged to continue.

Spain's defending Dakar Rally champion Carlos Sainz flipped his Ford Raptor car in the Saudi desert dunes during the 48 hour Chrono stage on Sunday, spending more than 20 minutes at a standstill. The four-times Dakar winner,

Carlos Sainz will be targeting a fifth Dakar Rally title when the 2025 edition plays out from Jan. 3-17 across Saudi Arabia’s rocky terrain and iconic sand dunes, and acknowledged he’s

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.

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 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."It's the end of the adventure for four-time Dakar winner and defending champion Carlos Sainz and his co-driver Lucas Cruz.

Carlos Sainz Sr will take no further part in the 2025 edition of Dakar Rally after sustaining heavy damage to his Ford Raptor during the 48-hour Stage 2. Sainz’s car rolled over and landed on its roof after a dune jump 327km into Sunday’s test near Bisha in Saudi Arabia.