In fact he ran his first rallye in a Renault 5 TS, but his first Championship was the Spanish Seat Panda Championship. http://rallyfc3.iespana.es/rallyfc3/sainz/Sainz.htm (in Spanish)
I see. Well here is my newsource. http://www.pettersolberg.no/com/asp/profil.asp?ID=31 Well, it's sitll cool that he raced a Panda though <A BORDER="0" HREF="http://www.supercars.net/emoticons.html"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="http://speed.supercars.net/pitlane/emoticons/smile.gif"></A>
hmmm.. there says Panda in 1980, as the R5 TS, now I have serious doubts... but yeah it is cool to race in a Panda, almost no weight. Panda rules! <A BORDER="0" HREF="http://www.supercars.net/emoticons.html"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="http://speed.supercars.net/pitlane/emoticons/tongue.gif"></A>
Yeah, I have only seen one Panda racing in Norway. It was in rallycross in the group for drivers 16-18 years. The guy was driving very well and had the lead, then a Beetle crashed with him and he flipped on the roof. The Panda DNF <A BORDER="0" HREF="http://www.supercars.net/emoticons.html"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="http://speed.supercars.net/pitlane/emoticons/sad.gif"></A>
And I bet the VW was being driven by a certain Columbian... <A BORDER="0" HREF="http://www.supercars.net/emoticons.html"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="http://speed.supercars.net/pitlane/emoticons/angry.gif"></A>
HAHAHA. No <A BORDER="0" HREF="http://www.supercars.net/emoticons.html"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="http://speed.supercars.net/pitlane/emoticons/angry.gif"></A>
It keeps all the essence and passion from the original Panda, but with some changes to made it modern and a different name so as not to be sued by Fiat. Please welcome the Panda´s cousin <A BORDER="0" HREF="http://www.supercars.net/emoticons.html"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="http://speed.supercars.net/pitlane/emoticons/wink.gif"></A>
I can understand the awesomeness of the Panda based on it's weight and such... But GOD DAMN they're ugly looking pieces of shit. Gimme an old VW Golf(or Beetle better yet!) over this thing ANY day of the week.