Former Formula 1 driver Nikita Mazepin told reporters that the main performance difference in rallying compared to F1 is teamwork.
On Saturday, Mazepin won the overall mountain bike classification in his first Silk Way Rally.
– We spent more than 30 hours behind the wheel, if I’m not mistaken. A completely different approach to marathons. If you look at our first three days, we had so many problems that it was possible to finish in my last class and not come out of the pits.
The most fundamental difference is that teamwork is very important. If earlier I sat alone in the car and was responsible for everything myself, then in many cases it was more important how the navigator would work. For example, we could never have overtaken KAMAZ in terms of speed, but thanks to Anton, where our rivals were lost, we were not lost.
Super fun, I really enjoyed it. I’ll probably stand here before you again and speak the same way.
You can develop a champion within yourself. Of course, talent plays a role for every young man, but when you reach the next level at 11-12 years old, wherever you play, a lot depends on your training.
Today’s stage was very difficult, I worried several times, we crossed four very deep fords, our windows went under water. Favorite step? I really liked Kalmykia and Astrakhan, – said Mazepin.
The 2022 Silk Way International Rally started in Astrakhan on July 7 and ends in Moscow on Saturday.
Source : MatchTV
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