Carlos Sainz appeared assured of the health of his father as he reacted to news the rallying legend had suffered a big crash while competing in the Dakar Rally.
Sainz Snr was only a few kilometres into the ninth stage of the world famous rallycross event when he rolled his Audi RS 1 E-Tron after jumping over a sand dune. At first he and his co-pilot Lucas Cruz appeared unscathed as they were helped by locals to turn the car back onto its wheels.
But soon after Sainz was complaining of pain in his torso and so a medical helicopter was arranged to transport him to a nearby hospital. He boarded the aircraft which then took off, but soon after the 60-year-old was demanding to be returned to the desert.
