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Former World Rally Champion and four time Dakar winner Carlos Sainz Senior is returning to Ford for 2025, with the son of the current Ferrari Formula 1 driver bidding for his fifth title in the desert behind the wheel of Ford Performance’s Ranger Raptor. Sainz returns to Ford, and the M-Sport team who are developing […]
Carlos Sainz is returning to Ford and the M-Sport team for the fourth time to develop and run the Dakar competition car, with whom he previously won Spanish Rally Championships in a Sierra RS Cosworth. He had earlier driven for the team in the 1980s and also teamed up with Colin McRae in the Focus WRC car in the early 2000s. Sainz will be joined by Nani Roma for Ford’s Dakar adventure in 2025, with additional drivers to be confirmed later. Testing is ongoing for the Ford Ranger Raptor Dakar machine, with Matthew Wilson leading the Ford Performance Dakar team’s design and development. Sainz expressed his excitement about the project, noting his pride in reuniting with Ford and M-Sport, with whom he has a long history in the world of rally and off-road racing.
