Dakar-2016: «slaughter» on the road

Lyudmila Proshack

13 января 2016 year

Medical helicopters were unable to take the track exhausted motorcyclists and kvadrotsiklisty, started today the first.

The organizers cut the 100-km stretch after the second checkpoint. But the remainder of the SU evolved dramatically.

Replacement of two wheels and the problem with a compressor caused the loss of time for the crew Ayrat Mardeeva. Seventeen minutes to replace one wheel (in the loose sand of the car fell off the jack) lost crew Eduard Nikolaev, who was assisted by the crew of Andrei Karginova. KAMAZDmitry Sotnikov rose from the broken nozzle (remember to replace the experience a lot of «Dakar» YaMZ come «light» Liebherr), then another 15-minute tire repairs...

Similar problems were and the other leaders of the cargo standings: Peter Versluis (MAN) first got stuck in the sand, and then also punctured a wheel (37: 31). Federico Villagra (Iveco) stopped because that was bad navigator (16: 46 ). Versluis and De Rooy arrived with broken windshield. But Iveco truck did not know the problems with overheating of the engine. Maximum temperature as himself said De Rooy, reached 110 degrees (at KAMAZ is constant is close to the critical 120 degrees, pilots are forced to dump momentum).

As a result, Gerard De Rooy today celebrated another victory on the stage with a time of 2 hours 41 minutes 20 minutes. There are still four stages of the rally. To have time to rectify the situation in the general classification is almost unreal.

As for the cars set-off, the main struggle is still between Peugeot and Mini. Spanish veteran Carlos Sainz as the calls foreign press, furnished teammates. He moved to the top of the overall standings, while Sébastien Loeb after struggling with the heat and sand left behind.

The Russian crew in the general classification by 11 position. But they are in the mainstream of the race! That alone deserves to him a standing ovation.

«Until CP1 we drove very well, — said Konstantin tenants in about the ninth stage — we put new suspension and shock absorbers, and at first everything was going well. Then start the adventure. In one place was a terrible way out of the river — on the rise stuck all. We did not have three meters to make it to the top and had to get a ladder. But we lost this is not much. And then we broke down the drive, I had to change it, despite the fact that the street below 40 degrees...This „slaughter“ on the road I do not remember a long time. Today, the drafters of the route overdone. On the road stopped a lot of motorcyclists, the situation is very difficult. Therefore, special stage was canceled — otherwise one would not normally come to the finish line. „

In offset ATV Sergei our Korjakin 5 place at the end of the ninth stage — in 10th place: «I punctured a wheel, literally driving 100 meters from the start. On level ground! In three places punctured a wheel, and one broke. I am trying to repair — in any way. Wiring shoved mousse flooded, have driven 10 meters, and all fell. I think it's all coming off... Well, the other party on the ATV to help, gave his wheel and I drove special stage... »

The channel Cadena 3 and other foreign sources have reported a new accident on the way to Buenos Aires with the participation dakarovskogo convoy and four vehicles. There is one victim — Argentine driver. With regard to the last accident Saturday where the victim was 63-year-old spectator, the French rider Leonel Baud after the tragedy, refused further participation in the marathon.

Photo: Press-service of the team «KAMAZ-master», dakar.com and other open sources.