Audi confirms Carlos Sainz’s retirement from 2023 Dakar

The bad news was confirmed as night closed in on the Dakar Rally bivouac, and Sainz dropped out for good after his major accident on the ninth stage – won by Sebastien Loeb – of the world’s toughest race.
The Spanish driver received medical assistance for chest pains and even got into the medical helicopter, but returned to try to get his Audi RS Q e-tron E2 back to the bivouac after just five …Keep reading