Spanish Carlos Sainz, winner Dakar 2024, He received his fourth title as the king of rallies, He did not announce his future and assured me that he had “right now”rope to celebrate victory.”
Sainz won only at the age of 61 oldest raid champion, however, he became the first driver to win with four different marques (Volkswagen, Peugeot, MINI and Audi) and the first driver to achieve this. hybrid car.
“It was a victory in a very competitive series, with a very special car, for the fourth brand. This means a lot to me, just like making history with this kind of car. Finally, I’m very happy for Audi.” We spent the last year of the brand in rallying. We achieved this and I am very happy, I want to thank you for your trust.“, he said at the end of the final stage of Dakar 2024.
Madrid driver appreciated victory at a rally “extremely difficult, with very difficult beginnings“It is a pleasure for me to recover from an injury with two broken vertebrae and to win here, and for me to be a part of the new history that Audi has achieved in this race makes me very happy and I thank them all,” he added. .
Sainz said this The important thing was to “run further than others and have a good strategy.” “Every day mattered. It was a race where if you failed one day too many times you went home,” said the four-time winner of the event, who was surrounded by his family at the finish line today.
“It was such a pleasure to see everyone. I didn’t see the reception very well because there were so many people and I saw my wife this morning but they didn’t tell me anything that they were coming. Imagine that I’m proud to have my family here“They see this, and the work they do at home almost always has a reward,” he emphasized.
Without revealing whether he would run the Dakar again, Sainz said that “for now” all he had was “the rope to celebrate the victory” and the reward for all the efforts put behind him, “all the races”. team” and gave the following message: “If a person pursues his dreams, even if they are big, sometimes they come true, and they have come true today. We should tell people to work hard and believe in them, because dreaming is free and always possible.”