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Dakar winner Carlos Sainz to compete for his own team in Extreme E electric rally series

He'll partner with motorcycle champion Laia Sanz

Compatriot Laia Sanz, a 13-times women's trial motorcycle world champion, will be his team mate. Sanz has reached the finish 10 times in the Dakar Rally on two wheels with a best result of ninth. Sainz, 58, is the father of Ferrari-bound McLaren Formula One driver Carlos Sainz Jr, who will also be a shareholder in the all-Spanish ACCIONA Sainz XE team.

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Carlos Sainz clinches Dakar victory for Peugeot

Austrian Matthias Walkner won the motorcycle category on a KTM.

"We managed to do it," said Sainz. "They (Peugeot) have already won two times, but I think I deserved this victory because we have put lot of effort into this car.

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Toro Rosso confirms Carlos Sainz for 2015 Formula One championship

The last few seats in the big game of musical chairs preceding the 2015 Formula One World Championship are filling up fast, with barely a handful left up for grabs. Now Scuderia Toro Rosso has confirmed its driver lineup for next season with the announcement that Carlos Sainz, Jr., will be driving for the team next season.

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Watch Carlos Sainz flog this Audi R8 LMS around an 80-year-old GP track

Certain videos, when the protagonists speak a foreign language, don't need subtitles: Mexican telenovelas, dolphins in love and auto racing are but three. Although the narration is in Spanish and there isn't any racing in this video of former WRC Champion Carlos Sainz and current DTM driver Miguel Molina lapping the Autódromo Terramar, the action needs no translation.

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