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,

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

Saudi driver Yazeed Al Rajhi held on to his overnight lead to win the second stage of the Dakar 2025 rally on Monday, the fearsome '48-hour Chrono' while defending champion Carlos Sainz limped in 1h 30min behind.

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.

Yazeed Al-Rajhi came out on top in the 48-hour chrono stage at the Dakar Rally as Henk Lategan took the overall lead. Toyota privateer Al-Rajhi finished with a time of 10h32m54s, 4m29s up on Dacia's Nasser Al-Attiyah after the duo pulled clear on the first day of the mammoth stage.