MOSCOW, Jan 14 The crew of the Russian KAMAZ-master team under control Dmitry Sotnikov became the winner of the Dakar rally marathon, which takes place in Saudi Arabia, in the truck category for the second time in a row. the final stage of the rally marathon with a time of 1 hour 42 minutes 41 seconds. Czech Martin Macik (+32 seconds) from Big Shock Racing was second, Chilean Ignacio Casale (+1.01) from Tatra Buggyra ZM Racing was third. Eduard Nikolaev (+1.40; KAMAZ-master) finished fourth, Andrey Karginov (+2.21; KAMAZ-master) — fifth, Anton Shibalov (+6.21; KAMAZ-master) — eighth. result 41 hours 37 minutes 34 seconds. The second and third places were taken by Nikolaev (lag — 9 minutes 58 seconds) and Shibalov (+1:11.11). Karginov was on the fourth line (+1:49.55). Sotnikov has been playing in KAMAZ-master since 2008. Last year, for the first time in his career, he won the Dakar in the truck category. Previously, the 36-year-old rider twice won the prize at the Dakar — he was second in 2017 and 2019. In 2013, 2017 and 2021, Sotnikov won the Silk Way Rally.
