CARLOS SAINZ SENIOR was involved in a horror crash in Dakar Rally and was airlifted to hospital – before telling the helicopter to turn back so he could return to the race. Sainz’s accident happened just 6km into the ninth stage of the rally. The Dakar Rally tweeted: “New episode in the @CSainz_oficial saga on stage 9: the Spaniard asked the medical helicopter on its way to the hospital to turn back and take him to his car. This incident was the second time in just a matter of days that Sainz was involved in an accident at the Dakar Rally.

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