Carlos Sainz Jr. recently made statements about his love for Ferrari and how it’d mean the world to him to win the championship with the team. But guess what? His father, Carlos Sainz Sr. just won the Dakar Rally with Audi. The Spaniard created history by winning the Dakar and Real Madrid bowed down to the champion.

The whole Sainz family is a huge Real Madrid fan. And it makes sense as both Sainz Sr and Jr were born in Madrid. Carlos Sainz Jr has expressed his love for Los Blancos multiple times on social media and has been spotted wearing their jersey as well on numerous occasions. Sainz Jr once refused to sign a fan’s Barcelona jersey. Just goes on to show how big of a supporter of Real Madrid Carlos Sainz is. 

As for Carlos Sainz Sr.’s Dakar Rally win, it was the fourth time that the Spaniard won it. What makes it historic is the fact that he became the oldest man to win the Dakar Rally at 61 years old. And it wouldn’t be a complete win without family. Carlos Sainz Jr. was there to cheer his father as he won. The Ferrari driver was spotted waiting for his father as he parked the car and got out to celebrate the incredible victory. To make the victory sweeter, Real Madrid also had some words to share to congratulate Sainz Sr.

Real Madrid’s Twitter account celebrated the win with the Dakar winner as they congratulated Sainz Sr. on his triumph. The Tweet read, “Congratulations on your fourth Dakar, @CSainz_oficial ! It is a source of pride for our club that a Madrid fan like you, an honorary member of Real Madrid, continues to make history and expand its legend. You are one of the greatest champions. Congratulations!”

Now let’s see how Carlos Sainz Sr. won the Dakar and what he had to say about the same. 

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“It has been tremendously hard”: Carlos Sainz on winning the 2024 Dakar Rally

While Carlos Sainz winning at 61 YO is ground-shattering, what is even more interesting about Sainz’s victory is that he didn’t win a single stage of the rally, but was consistent and won the Dakar by finishing in the shortest time, winning by over 80 minutes. Sainz Sr. previously won the Dakar in 2010, 2018 and 2020. His previous wins came with Volkswagen, Peugeot and Mini.

Talking about his 2024 Dakar win, Carlos Sainz, as per AS.com, said, “It has been tremendously hard, the result says so. I had a very difficult start, I came from an injury with two fractured vertebrae, I had to recover, and being here winning is a satisfaction. For me to be part of this new story that Audi has achieved in this race, it makes me very happy to participate in it. I want to thank everyone.”

Now doubt, it’s a moment of pride and a huge accomplishment considering Sainz Sr did this at 61. Now it will be his turn to cheer for Sainz Jr as the F1 season is set to begin in a month.

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