• Media ID-2894

    Acciona – which in 2017 led the first team to complete the Dakar Rally with a 100% electric vehicle – announces its return to motorsport, joining forces with rally legend Carlos Sainz and technical partner QEV Technologies. The Acciona | Sainz XE Team aims include contributing to global awareness on the effects of climate change and the need to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.

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  • Media ID-2892

    Laia Sanz

    Laia Sanz has been the Trial World Champion thirteen times and the Enduro World Champion on five occasions. She has finished the Dakar Rally ten times, between 2011 and 2020, winning in the women's motorcycle category in all of them. She also finished 9th overall in 2015, achieving the best result ever by a woman in the motorcycle category of the Dakar Rally. Her participation in the new Extreme E team represents her official move from motorcycling to sports car racing.

  • Media ID-2891

    Carlos Sainz

    Carlos Sainz has won the World Rally Championship twice, in 1990 and 1992. He has also won the Dakar Rally three times: in 2010, 2018 and, most recently, this year. The Spanish driver has been awarded the Princess of Asturias Sports Award 2020 for his successful career in the elite of world motorsport.

DRIVER LINEUP

  • Media ID-2892

    Laia Sanz

    Laia Sanz has been the Trial World Champion thirteen times and the Enduro World Champion on five occasions. She has finished the Dakar Rally ten times, between 2011 and 2020, winning in the women's motorcycle category in all of them. She also finished 9th overall in 2015, achieving the best result ever by a woman in the motorcycle category of the Dakar Rally. Her participation in the new Extreme E team represents her official move from motorcycling to sports car racing.

  • Media ID-2891

    Carlos Sainz

    Carlos Sainz has won the World Rally Championship twice, in 1990 and 1992. He has also won the Dakar Rally three times: in 2010, 2018 and, most recently, this year. The Spanish driver has been awarded the Princess of Asturias Sports Award 2020 for his successful career in the elite of world motorsport.