Six years after their last cooperation (with Smaller than usual, in 2019), Carlos Sainz and Nani Roma will by and by be partners in the Dakar rally. Portage will make this conceivable in the following version in 2025. The American organization has authoritatively declared the marking of the Madrid-conceived driver, the ebb and flow champion, for the impending Dakar.
Old colleagues
Sainz will look for his fifth Tuareg in his re-visitation of Passage, with which he contended in the WRC Big showdown in three phases
Carlos Sainz, 62, will look for his fifth Tuareg statuette with a fifth different brand, following those accomplished with Volkswagen (2010), Peugeot (2018), Little (2020), and Audi (2024).
For the veteran pilot from Madrid, marking with the authority Portage group, created by the design of Malcolm Wilson, likewise implies a re-visitation of the American brand with which he previously contended in the WRC World Convention Title in different stages, in 1987-88 (with the Sierra RS Cosworth), in 1996 (with the Escort RS Cosworth), and in 2000-02 (with the Center WRC).
I’m exceptionally amped up for this new task for the Dakar. Working with Passage again for the fourth time is truly perfect
Carlos Sainz
“I’m exceptionally amped up for this new undertaking for the Dakar Rally. Getting back to work with Portage for the fourth time, and getting back to M-Game with Malcolm Wilson, whom I know well overall, is truly perfect,” remarked Sainz.
The connection between Carlos Sainz and Passage traces all the way back to 1987, when the Madrid local turned into a double cross Spanish hero (1987-88) with a Portage Sierra RS Cosworth and made his Big showdown debut with a similar vehicle, accomplishing a scratch.
“My set of experiences with Portage returns to ’87; I accept I was Malcolm’s most memorable manufacturing plant driver, and I’m exceptionally glad for it. I’m eager to drive the Raptor and accomplish numerous objectives in this extraordinary test. One of them is to assist with fording win the Dakar Rally,” Sainz expressed.
Portage’s test
The oval brand plans to go after the Dakar 2025 with the Raptor and the Sainz-Roma couple
Portage had wanted to attack the Dakar rally in two phases. An initial one with the changed variant of the Officer, which was created by Nani Roma and directed by him this year in the 2024 Dakar, as well as by the South African Gareth Woolridge.
The subsequent stage is presently being confronted with the Passage Raptor, with which the tests have previously started. The American organization has uncovered the back piece of the vehicle, which will be introduced soon.
Primera imagen del nuevo Passage Raptor, facilitada por la firma estadounidense
First picture of the new Passage Raptor, given by the American organization Portage ESPAÑA
“The size of our aspirations in rough terrain hustling is unrivaled in Passage’s new history, and nothing grandstands that desire more plainly than our test to take the Portage Raptor to the amazing Dakar rally,” said Imprint Rushbrook, Worldwide Head of Portage Execution Motorsport.
“Taking on such an enormous test requires the best specialists, planners, colleagues, guides, and pilots, and with Nani Roma and Carlos Sainz Sr, we have two of the most experienced and fruitful drivers throughout the entire existence of the Dakar.”
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