Two-time world rally champion and three-time Dakar winner, Carlos Sainz keeps alive the passion that motivates him to continue competing.
At 60 years old and ready to face the next season, the pilot He participated for the second consecutive year in the Extreme-E Rally with the Acciona Sainz XE team.
In the Uruguayan city of Punta del Este, where the last of these five test stages for electric vehicles was held, Sainz spoke to EFE and He had no doubts when asked about the reasons that led him to continue sitting behind the wheel.
“Probably the passion I’ve had all my life for the motor world, racing in a car. That passion is still alive and when there is a new project like this that excites me, I try to participate and be here.“, He says.
In the area where the mechanics work on the car he drives with Laia Sanz -with him- Sainz concentrates and observes all the details.
“You have to be very focused. Top-class pilots are the ones who participate in this championship. World champion in all categories. Here they play in the first division,” he says.
MEMORIES OF THE PAST
Sainz also takes this moment to speak with Uruguayan ex-driver Gustavo Trelles, who, like him, competed in the 1993 World Rally Championship season with a Lancia. By then, the Madrid athlete had already won the title in 1990 and 1992 with Toyota.
32 years after that first victory, Sainz says one of the differences between him now and the driver he once raced with is “a few more years.”
“Perhaps the same illusion, but clearly many more years and more experience“, said the Spaniard, who added that he tries to continue the race with the desire and passion he puts into what he does. He also talked about what he would say to Carlos Sainz who won those two World Cups.
“I would say to Carlos Sainz from 1990 that maybe sometimes it’s better to have a little patience. I think I’ve got the attitude, I’ve got the craziness, I’ve got the desire, but hey, sometimes there’s a little patience,” he pointed out.
He also affirmed that this pilot did not think he would run in the year 2022 as he does.
VISIT SOUTH AMERICA
Despite the fact that this time he couldn’t keep the win and finished in third place in the 2022 Extreme-E season, Sainz said that he always enjoys when he has to race in South America. There he won two of his three Dakars and where he also won the Argentina Rally.
“To be honest, I’ve always felt very comfortable in a part of the world that lives the passion for cars the same way I live it, with great intensity.“, said Sainz. And he added: “I am always welcome in any country in South America and I really enjoy racing here.”
Finally, the Spaniard takes time to talk about his son Carlos Sainz, current driver of the Ferrari Formula 1 team. He highlighted the second part of this season in which he “went from less to more” and the “amazing” ending that He had. .
At the same time that he adds that his son will be in a good position next year, the one he He will begin the challenge of facing the new edition of the Dakar, a contest he has already won in 2010, 2018 and 2020.
Source: La Verdad
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