Navigator Konstantin Zhiltsov of Denis Krotov’s crew commented on the performance on stage three of the Silk Way rally-raid.
The crew finished third in the off-road category with a time of 4 hours 14 minutes and 44 seconds.
– At the very beginning of the track, they let us ride quite fast, well and nicely, then they took us to yesterday’s road in front of the Big Brother (a dune in the Astrakhan region). So, of course, Astrakhan. I agree that in this situation there is nowhere to go.
It is very hot in the car, we do not turn on the air conditioning – it is so hot in the cabin that the air conditioning does not cool, but blows even more fiery air on you. Indoors 60-70 degrees. I know what it is after racing in Abu Dhabi. It is necessary to know how to use thermoregulation correctly, not to unfasten the overalls.
Today we rode nonstop, we enjoyed it. And yesterday, we were simply “killed”. According to navigation traps, it is a little easier for those familiar with Astrakhan. For those who have never traveled and don’t understand the structure – how all these intersections are built, I think there should have been some issues. KAMAZ trucks started in front of us and completely destroyed everything. After the KAMAZ trucks, navigation was always difficult, because they cut all the turns, went somewhere, returned. There were places where they crossed the road directly perpendicular. Here is such a gesture. We had no navigation problems,” Zhiltsov told .
The “Silk Way” rally-raid will end in Moscow on July 16.
Source : MatchTV
