SNAG Racing Team Leader and Driver Sergei Karyakin told that the ex-Formula 1 driver Nikita Mazepin is capable of posting a high result in the Silk Way Rally Raid, and the riders must be ready to solve emerging difficulties together.
Mazepin, as part of the SNAG Racing team, will participate in the Silk Way Rally Marathon 2022, which will be held from July 6 to 16, starting in Astrakhan and ending in Moscow. The total length will be 4380 kilometers, of which 2800 kilometers will be special stages.
– The main task is a team victory. Ideally take first and second place, let’s see how it goes. We have a long way ahead of us and we must be very well prepared to solve the difficulties together,” Karyakin told .
– Got a new browser – Ivan Bezdenezhnykh. Were you able to make contact in the cockpit?
– Yes. We had joint training, I’m happy with him. My regular co-driver Anton Vlasyuk is riding with Nikita Mazepin this time, he is an experienced rider and can help Nikita to drive and orient himself which can give a good result.
Is Mazepin’s car new?
– Right. She is ready. There are certain nuances that we will eliminate, and everything will be fine.
– You had a serious accident on the Dakar…
— And had to work hard to restore the car. They cut out the front part of the frame, welded a new one, changed the windshield, panel, installed new shocks and suspension, etc.
Is Mazepin ready?
– There is a good feeling. The training gave him a great opportunity to prepare, to understand what a rally raid is. I’m sure our experience will help him.
– In anticipation of the stages in Grozny?
– I hope there will be mountainous areas. I want to drive on the rocks, test the car in action.
Source : MatchTV
