The 2010 Dakar Rally was the 32nd running of the event. It was held in South America for the second successive time, and ran from 1 to 16 January. The Amaury Sport Organisation and the governments of Argentina and Chile agreed to a return to South America for the event in February 2009.
Nasser Al-Attiyah and Timo Gottschalk during the ninth stage; they finished second in the cars class, behind team-mates Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz.
Technical Review at Buenos Aires
Support Truck at Buenos Aires
Nine-time winner Stéphane Peterhansel. Peterhansel finished as the highest non-Volkswagen driver, in fourth place.
Carlos Sainz Cenamor is a Spanish rally driver. He won the World Rally Championship drivers' title with Toyota in 1990 and 1992, and finished runner-up four times. Constructors' world champions to have benefited from Sainz are Subaru (1995), Toyota (1999) and Citroën. In the 2018 season he was one of the official drivers of the Team Peugeot Total. He received the Princess of Asturias Sports Award in 2020. Sainz founded the Acciona | Sainz XE Team to join Extreme E and competed in the first two seasons alongside Laia Sanz.
1992 Toyota Celica GT-Four Carlos Sainz Limited Edition
A Replica of an ex-Sainz Lancia Delta HF Integrale during Lancia centenary celebrations in Turin
Sainz driving an Escort RS Cosworth at the 1996 1000 Lakes