Russian racing driver Dmitry Sotnikov play for the teamMaster KAMAZ ”, shared his emotions after winning the Silk Way Rally Marathon.
“Great job for all the guys. In this race everyone got it – the mechanics and the navigators. The work of the whole team was top notch. I’m very happy. The mechanics were working until the morning.
When there was the second stage and the universal joint broke, I thought: “Okay, that’s it, we’ve arrived.” I thought we would get there, but then something changed, and we quickly got by, and then everything was fine.
We felt we could fight. The race was very tough. We understood that we just had to finish it all the way – the race was an endurance race for people and cars.
Today, at the very beginning, there was a navigation garbage can, it was impossible to enter any road, we were already driving there at a pace, 5 km / h, and Nastya Nifontova even bypassed us, and for a while we followed her. Then, somewhere, they changed position. The grass is very high, thickets, we had to ford them. We tried to stay on the road as it was more expensive to come back later.
We were lucky to win the absolute, but there were some failures from the leaders. We are very happy with that and the race that took place. It’s a big step for us in preparing for the next competition, I think everyone had a great experience. It is useful for our future development,” Sotnikov told reporters at the finish line.
For Sotnikov, this victory on the Silk Road was the second in a row and the fourth of his career (2013, 2017, 2021, 2022).
Source : MatchTV
