The motor and motorsport world woke up to sad news this Wednesday. Antonio SainzCarlos Sainz’s father and Carlos Sainz Jr’s grandfather died at the age of 97. The Madrid businessman was initially opposed to the sports career of his son Carlos, but eventually became his maximum support.

The Renault 5, which he bought from the two-time world rally champion and three-time Dakar champion, marked the beginning of one of the most successful stories in Spanish sport. Antonio Sainz also had a special relationship with his grandson, Carlos Sainz Jr, who was a Ferrari driver due to his age and age. sensitive state of health he could not follow his trajectory as closely as his father’s.

And in 1990 Antonio, toyota celikas that his son had won the first of two world rally championships.

After the 2020 pandemic, three generations of Sainz family union