Ekstrom replaces injured Sainz for Extreme E season
The 60-year-old rally legend sustained multiple spinal fractures in a crash during January’s Dakar Rally. He rolled his Audi on the ninth stage of the Saudi Arabian event, leading to T5 and T6 vertebral fractures that put him out of the rally.
With the two-time World Rally Championship winner still in recovery, Sainz’s Audi Dakar team-mate and recent Race of Champions winner Ekstrom has stepped …Keep reading