Carlos Sainz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Carlos Sainz

Spanish racecar driver

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1962

Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Profession: rally driver, squash player

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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Carlos Sainz Cenamor (born 12 April 1962 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish rally driver.
He won the World Rally Championship drivers' title with Toyota in 1990 and 1992, and finished runner-up four times.
Constructors' world champions to have benefited from Sainz are Subaru (1995), Toyota (1999) and Citroën (2003, 2004 and 2005).
In the 2018 season he is one of the official drivers of the Team Peugeot Total.Nicknamed El Matador, Sainz previously held the WRC record for most career starts until Finnish co-driver Miikka Anttila broke the record.
He was also the first non-Nordic driver to win the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland.
He came close to repeating the feat at the Swedish Rally finishing second four times and third twice.
Besides WRC successes, he has won the Dakar Rally (2010, 2018), the Race of Champions (1997) and the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (1990).
His co-drivers were Antonio Boto, Luís Moya and Marc Martí. His son, Carlos Sainz Jr., born on 1 September 1994, is also a professional racing driver, currently competing for McLaren in Formula One.