- He finished his World Rally Championship career in summer 2005. His last rally was Acropolis rally in Greece. He finished his last rally on third place. He won 26 WRC rallies in his career, he was second 36 times, third 35 times and scored 1242 points.
- He is living in Madrid.
- He studied law two years before moving to motor-sport.
- His hobbies are soccer and squash.
- Carlos Sainz is two-time world rally champion. He won titles in 1990 and in 1992 with Toyota Team Europe. He finished four times in second place and five times in third place in World Rally Championshp.
- After WRC career he moved to Rally Raids with Volkswagen team.
- In 1998 he lost his third world title when his Toyota Corolla WRC's engine blow up less than 500 meters before the end of the last stage in seasons last event.
- He drove his 100th WRC rally in Rally of Portugal in 1998.
- He has a indoor go-kart track in Madrid.
- He won Dakar Rally in 2010 in Volkswagen team.
- Father of Formula One racing driver Carlos Sainz.
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