Sainz Sr had crashed his Audi RS Q e-tron🌜 buggy at the famous Dakar Rally after landing awkwardly over a sand dune.

Suffering f𝔉rom pain in his chest, the father of the Ferrari driver was taken to hospital via he꧅licopter.

Staggeringly, Sainz Sr changed his mꦺind in mid-air and demanded that the helicopter turned around to return him to the scene of the crash.

He is curr෴ently back at the Dakar Rally with teammate Luc🌊as Cruz waiting for an assistance vehicle.

The rem🃏arkable tu🐻rn of events happened at the beginning of the second stage on Tuesday.

Sainz Sr had already been involved in a separate crash at the Dakar Rally. He and teammate Cruz could🃏 be seen desperately trying to fix their own car.

And his son, Ferrari F1 driver Carlos Sainz Jr, also caused a stir.

Sainz Sr received an official warning when the door to his car was closed by his𓃲 son. This was illegal because Sainz Jr is not a part of the Audi team.