Carlos Sainz had an accident! His Ford overturned early in the 48-hour stage of the Dakar 2025

Carlos Sainz accident at kilometer 327 of stage 2 of Dakarone of the most feared, I timed it for 48 hours. The organization ensured the bivouac of Bisha that the Madrid pilot and his Catalan co-pilot Lucas Cruz They recalled their Ford T1+ at that point but the essential parts of the car seem to be fine, although, yes, destroying the entire middle part of the body.

One of his classmates was standing there. Ford, Mitch Guthrieto help you and help you repair the damage to the vehicle to get back on the road. He got moving again after the loss of 23 minutes stopped and now the question is the car and what speed the Spaniard can print after that setback.

Judging by the photos published by the organization, it appears that Carlos capsized after a large sandstorm. The accident of Carlos Sainz This happened after overcoming a difficult start full of rocks and after passing the first part of the dunes. In a sandy area, before the second part of the dunes, the Spaniard had an accident around 10 am Spanish time and was able to resume his march at 10:23 am

Problem: the worst day for this to happen

The problem for Carlos Sainz This is greater when considering the type of stage where the accident occurred. He passed the first part of stage 2, the grueling 48-hour time trial, a 2-day stage where the cars They could not be helped at the end of the first day by their mechanical team (who remained in the bivouac without obligation)although the truck will help them in the race that all the official teams have, both on the track if they need to stop again (when it comes, of course), and when the day is over.

To this we must add the many kilometers of this two-day special, with almost 1,000 km timed. The goal should be to reach km 600, the last small bivouac of 6 located on the route so that the pilots can spend the night with a minimum. All the favorites have the goal of reaching the final bivouac at the end of the day so they only have to compete in the last almost 400 km of Monday’s special, the second part of this 48-hour stage.

I now have a difficult task ahead of me.

It is more difficult for a Sainz who already had a big challenge to face in this stage 2 by starting very far in front, in 7th position, on a day where the route was different for cars and motorcycles and, therefore, where the In before they didn’t do it. have motorcycle tracks for navigation.

All of this, plus Al-Attiyah and Loeb coming out from behind, at full speed, following in the footsteps of his rivals. Things get complicated Carloswho must cross his fingers and fight everything to lose as little as possible and continue the battle with the aim of trying to come back in the 10 remaining stages. To achieve this, it is important that you beat as little as possible when you arrive at the bivouac tomorrow morning, after two hard days in the desert.

If he succeeds, the Dakar will not be lost. There is still a lot left and other opponents may suffer problems too, especially in a tight fight and with two roosters on the same roost as Loeb and Nasser.