Onboard rally video of the day - Carlos Sainz sr with Ford Escort WRC at New Zealand Rally

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Hi, friends!

I am sure that many of you know for current Formula 1 star Carlos Sainz jr who drives for Ferrari during the last few seasons. But many of you don't know about his motorsport background which is his father Carlos Sainz sr who is also double World Rally champion and twice Dakar Rally winner.

Sainz sr has also 295 rally starts which is an impressive number if you ask me but he was in competition when it was much harder to win the title then today.

When you think about the fact that Seb Ogier had to leave the championship and that way make some space to some other drivers to win the championship, then you can't talk about the high quality of the series. Even in 2019, when Ott Tanak won the title, it was because Ogier 's Citroen C3 WRC was probably the worst WRC car around. At one point, Ogier's wife tweeted #shitroen instead of Citroen. Later she had to delete that tweet and you know why.

Now, we can say that we have kinda tied champioship where every top driver can win the rally.

Anyway Carlos Sainz sr used to drive Ford Escort WRC in 1997 which was the first generation of World Rally Cars, called WRC. He was a real ambassador of the sport, well received anywere he would go.

Enjoy his drive from WRC New Zealand Rally 1997, which is also a next round of this year's World Rally Championship. :)

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