Defending champion Carlos Sainz Sr has been forced to withdraw from the Dakar Rally 2025 after a big crash on the second stage of the event left his car with irreparable damage. Sainz, the father ...

(CNN)-- South African Giniel De Villiers is the new leader of the Dakar Rally after he won Thursday's 12th special stage and Spaniard Carlos Sainz was forced to pull out following a dramatic crash.

But Carlos Sainz Snr doesn’t entertain the idea of slowing down, even at the age of 62. At the beginning of 2024, Sainz took part in his 17th Dakar, an adventure that started with Volkswagen in ...