Carlos Sainz will make a surprise reappearance in the Rally-Raid of Portugal (Trans-Iberian Rally) of the W2RC World Rally-Raids W2RC, which he has been leading since his Dakar victory and he will do so at the wheel of the Mini JCW Rally Plus Sven’s X-Raid Team Quandt, who is also responsible for the Audisport program until the final Dakar.
“After an impressive first round, Carlos Sainz, the current FIA W2RC leader, is back with a new team! ‘El Matador’ is behind the wheel of a Mini JCW Rally Plus from Sven’s X- Raid Team Quandt, leader of the Audi program in the last Dakar. See you in Grândola”, says the championship publication that expresses one of the great attractions of the Trans-Iberian Peninsula.
Carlos returns to the brand and to the structure in which he participated between 2018 and 2020 and where he won the Touareg in 2020 and will do so on the wheels of the model proposed by the British firm last Dakar as an alternative to Audi and accompanied by Àlex Haro, Nani Roma’s usual co-pilot, in this event.
With 76 points, the Madrid native leads the FIA W2RC World Championship by 67 from Al Attiyah and 62 from Mevius, who, unlike Sainz, participated in the second valid event, the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, and could not cope with the acquisition. the lead from him.
Source: La Verdad

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