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The first two places went to the Russian KAMAZ.
Belarusian MAZ team “MAZ-sportavto” under the leadership of Sergei Vyazovich took the third place in the race of trucks on “Dakar”. He came to the finish line in 2 hours, 4 minutes and 42 seconds after the winner, reports “Euroradio”.
The first two places went to the Russian KAMAZ — the crews under the leadership of Andrey Karginov and Anton Shibalov.
The Vyazovich wrote in Instagram that penultimate stage was for their crew challenging: the beginning to pull the wheel, broken shaft in the compressor, which determines the fuel pump, broke two rear springs.
“The night we got today was this: we replaced the compressor, the fuel pump was fine, the rear suspension spring we have changed with the truck Sasha Vasilevsky, and broken up hub we took the rear wheel of his “MAZ”. In terms of the minimum of tools and without the help of mechanics we finished the repair at about 4 a.m. today at a quiet pace rode, as planned,” he described Vyazovich adventure of their group.
However, all these difficulties did not stop the team to ascend the podium.
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