DRIVERS

The son of multiple World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz Snr, Carlos was introduced to competition at the age of seven at his father’s indoor karting centre in Madrid. His karting successes include victory in the 2008 Asian-Pacific KF3 Championship and 2009 Monaco Kart Cup, as well as second in the ’09 Spanish Championship.

Carlos joined the Red Bull Junior Team in 2010 and won the BMW Scholarship to contest the Formula BMW European Championship; he won the Rookie Cup and also the Formula BMW race at Macau. In 2011 he won the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern Europe Championship with 10 wins from 20 races.