MOSCOW, January 16, Oleg Bogatov. Head of the Russian team «KAMAZ-master» » Vladimir Chagin said that in the Dakar rally marathon, the crew of Eduard Nikolaev helped the race leader and teammate Dmitry Sotnikov in a difficult situation, while he himself remained in second place. The representative of » KAMAZ-master» Sotnikov. The second and third places were occupied by the crews of his teammates — Nikolaev and Anton Shibaloaa, respectively. On Sunday, the KAMAZ-master team returned to Russia. «We are very glad that you were with us all the two weeks of the race and worried about us,» Chagin said at the team's meeting ceremony. «We felt it, and our cars broke down less often, than our competitors. The new K-5 series did not lose a single second on the track, the cars did not have a single technical stop. Everyone saw that our trucks are not only the fastest off-road, but also the most reliable. The crew of Dmitry Sotnikov is very worthy held the race and continued the galaxy of victories started last year. They lost the least racing time on the special stages — out of 41 hours, only 26 minutes. noted the team leader. — Dima got stuck in the dunes at the penultimate stage, Edik could go around him both on the right and on the left, but without any hesitation pulled the car out of the sand. He himself took the «Golden Bedouin» from his shelf, but proved himself a real comrade, which should be in sports. «
