Video clips celebrating the special stage rally career of Spanish legend Carlos Sainz.
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Did you know that –
– Carlos Sainz had been a successful athlete even before his motorsport career? In 1978, at the age of 16, he won the Spanish Squash Championship.
– the Spaniard had initially pursued an academic education? He studied law up [...]
Very rare footage of Carlos Sainz in 1983 driving a Renault 5 Copa Turbo during a live Spanish TV Rallysprint.
Sainz of course would of course go onto become a rallying icon but he started out, like most aspiring world champions, by contesting numerous one-make series championships.
Sainz would win the 1983 Spanish Renault 5 Turbo Cup, which [...]
The Mille Pistes was an event held in Canjuers (Provence, France), on military tank tracks, with Henri Toivonen winning the 1984 rally in dominant fashion driving a Porsche 911 SC RS.
Entrants in 1984 included Bernard Darniche (Yacco sponsored quattro), Jean Ragnotti (Renault 5 Turbo), Bruno Saby (R5 Turbo), Guy Frequelin (Opel Manta 400), Francois Chatriot (R5 Turbo), Erwin [...]
