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28.12.2017

Blitz. Eduard Nikolaev.

What did it mean to win again, four years after your first victory ?

27.12.2017

Blitz. Dmitry Sotnikov

How did you feel on the podium last year finishing second, your best result ?

26.12.2017

Blitz. Airat Mardeev.

Were you happy or disappointed by your last Dakar ?

25.12.2017

Blitz. Anton Shibalov

How did you prepare during the year for this 2018 Dakar ?

12.11.2017

KAMAZ-MASTER SET A COURSE FOR RALLY DAKAR-2018

On 12 November trucks of KAMAZ-master Team took a long road to the start of rally-raid Dakar-2018. It was preceded by traditional test of the team on the training area in Tarlovka. The President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the General Director of PJSC “KAMAZ” Sergey Kogogin, the Minister of Sport and Youth Policy of the Republic of Tatarstan Vladimir Leonov and the Mayor of Naberezhnye Chelny Nail Magdeev came here in order to see off members of KAMAZ-master Team for Dakar and wish them good luck.

23.10.2017

KAMAZ-MASTER VISITING ZENIT FOOTBALL CLUB

A dynamic show of new KAMAZ trucks took place in the northern capital. The event was held on the territory of “Saint-Petersburg Arena” stadium.

16.10.2017

“THE PERSON OF THE YEAR IN MOTORSPORT” AWARD: AIDAR BELYAEV BECAME AN OWNER OF THE SUPER PRIZE “FOR LOYALTY TO MOTORSPORT”

On 14 October award “Person of the Year in Motorport” was presented at Moscow Raceway motordrome within Russian Motorsport Forum.

11.10.2017

KAMAZ-MASTER ANNOUNCED CREWS FOR RALLY DAKAR-2018

On 11 October on the press-conference in Naberezhnye Chelny the KAMAZ-master team leader Vladimir Chagin announced composition of crews for rally Dakar-2018. The meeting was held in KAMAZ-master sports center within the traditional press tour for Russian mass media organized by the team.

09.10.2017

ANTON SHIBALOV TOOK PART IN THE EVENT “WORLD WITHOUT TEARS”

On 5 October 2017 a charity event of VTB Bank “World Without Tears” was held in children’s hospital of Mari-El Republic. VTB financed purchasing of medical equipment for the rehabilitation department for the amount of 1 500 000 rubles.

31.08.2017

GIANT-DRIFT ON THE MILLENNIUM SQUARE

Eduard Nikolaev and Airat Mardeev performed miracles of virtuoso driving of their race trucks.

28.08.2017

MOTORSPORT FESTIVAL “ZAZHIGANIE-2017” WAS HELD IN SOCHI

Festival “Zazhiganie (lighting) -2017”, that combined the whole range of motorsport disciplines on one square, was held with great success on 25-26 August on motordrome in Sochi.

24.08.2017

RUSTAM MINNIKHANOV: “I AM SURE THAT YOU WILL GIVE EMOTIONS TO YOUR FANS BY CONTINUING THE BRIGHT HISTORY OF RUSSIAN MOTORSPORT”

On 23 August the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with the organizers of the Silk Way Rally and members of KAMAZ-master Team. The meeting was held in the Presidential residency of Tatarstan – Governor’s Palace of the Kazan Kremlin.

28.07.2017

V.N.TITOV: WE PROUDLY SAY ABOUT THE LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP OF VTB BANK AND KAMAZ-MASTER TEAM

To the leader of KAMAZ-master Team V.G. Chagin

27.07.2017

ALFIA KOGOGINA: KAMAZ-MASTER TEAM UNITES OUR COUNTRIES WITH STRONG THREAD OF FRIENDSHIP AND TRUST!

The Russian Federation State Duma Deputy Alfia Kogogina congratulated KAMAZ-master Team with the victory on the Silk Way Rally.

23.07.2017

CONGRATULATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY N.G.MAGDEEV

"Today KAMAZ-master Team celebrate their victory! Naberezhnye Chelny city is proud of the triumphant performance of Chelny racers, that demonstrated phenomenal results, taking the whole podium and proving that “KAMAZ “

23.07.2017

MEDVEDEV CONGRATULATED KAMAZ-MASTER WITH VICTORY ON THE SILK WAY RALLY

Dear friends! I congratulate your team “KAMAZ-master” with the victory in the international Silk Way Rally in the truck category! By taking the whole podium in this race you proved again that Russian motorsport school is one of the best in the world.

23.07.2017

RUSTAM MINNIKHANOV CONGRATULATED KAMAZ-MASTER TEAM WITH THE VICTORY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SILK WAY RALLY-2017

The President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated KAMAZ-master Team with the victory on the international Silk Way Rally-2017 and sent telegram of congratulations to the General Director of PJSC KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin and THE leader of KAMAZ-master Team Vladimir Chagin.

22.07.2017

VICTORY IS OURS!

The sportsmen passed the 14 stage of the Silk Way Rally. On the eve the special section was cancelled by organizers due to heavy rains, but anyway they had to meet the timing and reach the finish of the race.

22.07.2017

CONGRATULATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT V.V.PUTIN WITH THE VICTORY ON THE SILK WAY RALLY

Dear friends! Please accept my heartiest congratulations with your triumphant performance on the international Silk Way Rally-2017.

21.07.2017

HOLDING THE VICTORY

Last, final step requires a lot of energy and efforts not only of pilots but of the whole team as well.

20.07.2017

NOT EVERYONE CAN CONQUER THE DUNES

“Due to the great number of huge dunes, the 12th stage will become one of the most challenging on the route”, - that is how the race organizers described today’s special and they were right. For some contestants dunes became an impossible target.

19.07.2017

ROAD TO JIAYUGUAN

The 11th stage of the rally should have become second with neutralization zone, but the first special section was cancelled as it ran through the protected nature reserve. In the very cancelled part there were dunes, so long-awaited by all participants to test their trucks and themselves.

18.07.2017

INTRIGUE IN THE TRUCKS

The rally caravan arrived in Dunhuang. This stage participants and organizers remembered by the sandy storm last year. Then the special was cancelled as even safety helicopters couldn’t take off. This year Dunhuang didn’t bring any surprise of that kind. Cloudy weather and light rain only made work of mechanics easier.

17.07.2017

FIRST DUNES OF THE SILK WAY RALLY

The 9th stage gave the participants and photographers first long-awaited big dunes. The height of one dune could be up to the 10-storied building. The main difficulty is that you never know what is behind the dune, what its other side is and you need to choose the correct speed not to get stuck on its top.

16.07.2017

REST DAY, INTERVIEW OF AIRAT MARDEEV

A long-awaited rest day in the Chinese city Urumqi started at 8 a.m. local time for KAMAZ-master Team. Covered with clouds, sky made the day very comfortable for work, and it was what the team was doing all day long – working.

14.07.2017

LAST KAZAKHSTAN SPECIAL AND FIRST CHINESE BIVOUAC

These two topics were mostly discussed after the seventh day of the rally.

13.07.2017

WIDE STEPPES OF KAZAKHSTAN GREETED THE RACE

“Fast speedy section” – that’s how the last stage was described by most of the participants. Long steppe areas, narrow bridges, due to which the participants had to drive through the river beds, sharp stones – were the main challenges on the route awaiting the sportsmen.

12.07.2017

SOTNIKOV WINS THE STAGE. KAMAZ TAKES THE LEAD IN THE STANDINGS

One of the longest specials was described by the race officials as navigational and fast, but the problems occurred not only with navigation.

11.07.2017

KAMAZ DOESN’T LEAVE IN A TROUBLE

The fourth day of the race was a day of help for KAMAZ-master Team. Three crews were taking part in rescue operations. And there were people who needed help.

10.07.2017

SURPRISES AT THE FINAL RUSSIAN STAGE

On the stage Ufa-Kostanai sportsmen had to overcome 329,25 km of the final Russian special, that consisted of fast tracks with lots of changes of direction. Fast, technical tracks among bushes, high grass and thorough work with the road book – that’s how one could describe this SS. Swampy areas were changed by steppes, and rains were gradually changed by the sun. All that make a special more diverse and prepares racers to different surprises on the route.

09.07.2017

TROPHY RAID CONTINUES

Special section Cheboksary-Ufa wasn’t easy for the pilots from Naberezhnye Chelny city. Judging by the dirty look of the vehicles at the finish line, it was easy to understand that the stage was different from the previous one only with length. Yesterday’s heavy rains made the situation even more difficult, and many teams had the only target – to reach the finish line.

08.07.2017

A HEAVY FIGHT OF THE FIRST SS

The first special of the Silk Way Rally can be described in one word: “slippery”! Such comments were given by many racers in the end of the day. Today the best results were shown by sportsmen experienced in classical rally.

08.07.2017

KAMAZ FLOATED ON THE RIVER

On 6th June Red Bull, with support of VTB bank and TOTAL company organized an interesting event. KAMAZ race truck and a race car of Peugeot Sport Team got aboard a barge and floated down the Moskva river. In the evening pilots of the team could join the event.

07.07.2017

KAMAZ TRUCKS ARE AT THE PODIUM CEREMONY!

Incredibly beautiful sky of this summer didn’t disappoint that day as well, rain was changed by the sun… The greater and more aggressive two lines of vehicles, ready for starting ceremony, were on that background.

06.07.2017

KAMAZ-MASTER TEAM’S PILOT AIRAT TOOK PART IN THE PRE-START PRESS-CONFERENCE OF SILK WAY RALLY-2017

Today in the press-centre of “Russia Today” was held a press-conference dedicated to the podium ceremony. The Head of the Silk Way Rally Vladimir Chagin and Project Deputy Director Frederic Lequien opened the event.

06.07.2017

ADMINISTRATIVE CHECKS WERE PASSED, TEAMS ARE RADY FOR THE START

KAMAZ-master Team showed good teamwork on administrative checks and scruteneering, members of the crews and vehicles passed them without any problems. This year KAMAZ-master performs two main novelties: an absolutely new truck of Dmitry Sotnikov and a new automatic gearbox on Airat Mardeev’s truck.

23.06.2017

GENERAL DIRECTOR OF ROSTEC CORPORATION SERGEY CHEMEZOV MET WITH YOUNG KAMAZ KARTERS

On 23 June annual general meeting of OJSC KAMAZ shareholders was held in Naberezhnye Chelny. Notwithstanding the packed agenda board of directors of Auto Giant found an opportunity to visit karting centre “KAMAZ-kart”.

19.06.2017

KAMAZ-MASTER - ESAB – PARTNERSHIP EXPANDS!

On 16 July delegation of ESAB company visited the race team KAMAZ-master. There guests were the Managing Director of ESAB Russia and CIS Konstantin Gorbach, the Sales Director in Russia Dmitry Kuraksa, the Head of the cutting product group Konstantin Demidov, the Head of the Service Department Denis Murinsky and the Marketing Communications Manager Elena Gulyugina. The visit was timed to start-up of automated machine for plasma and oxygen cutting SGX 2000.

15.06.2017

KAMAZ-MASTER ANNOUNCED CREWS PARTICIPATING IN THE SILK WAY RALLY-2017

KAMAZ-master Team announced the list of its crews, applied for the marathon Silk Way Rally-207. Four crews - crews of Eduard Nikolaev, Airat Mardeev, Anton Shibalov and Dmitry Sotnikov - will fight for the main trophy of the race – White Tiger. The crew of Andrey Karginov will miss the race as currently he is on a rehabilitation course after the trauma

04.06.2017

`Great steppe – Don`: final day of the race

Last day of bakha `Volgograd` participants had to pass the same route as one of yesterday’s specials, but in the oppose direction. Last 145 kilometers were deciding in identifying leaders of the rally-raid `Great Steppe – Don`. There weren`t navigation problems as the track had already been rolled the day before. Under the training and test program two crews of KAMAZ-master Team passed the track accurately and without any halts.

03.06.2017

GREAT STEPPE DON – THE SECOND DAY OF THE RACE

On the second day of the rally “Great Steppe – Don” two special sections with length of 145 and 169 kilometer awaited the sportsmen. First part of the track was laid on cross-country terrain with plenty of balks, and easy field tracks were changed by barely noticeable ones. Long and dense grass of Volgograd steppes, not burned by the Sun yet, added navigational difficulties and unpleasant surprises to navigators. Therefore, particular vigilance was needed.

03.06.2017

THE RALLY-RAID “GREAT STEPPE – DON” HAS STARTED

On Friday, June 2, official start was given to the Open Cup of Automobile and Motorbike Sport in Volgograd area `Great Steppe-Don`. More than 50 drivers, including a large number of sportsmen from Volgograd and its area, took part in it. Organizers of the competition were the region’s Committee for Physical Culture and Sports and Volgograd Regional Social Organization `Club of Amateurs of Off-Road Sports`.

30.04.2017

ANDREY KARGINOV’S CREW WON THE SECOND STAGE OF RUSSIAN RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSIP

Third and the last stage of the Bakha “Krym” (Crimea) was represented by two laps, 88 km each, and ended on the 30th of April. “Traditionally, I planned this special stage as a “navigator performance”, said Sergey Talantsev, the developer of the track, - today they will have a titanic job – a lot of heavily noticeable pathways, a lot of slopes into deep ravines, a lot of stones, which are described in the roadbooks.

30.04.2017

BAKHA “KRYM”: DAY TWO

The programme of the second day of Bakha “Krym” (Crimea) was a 222-kilometer lap, which was supposed to be conquered two times by participants. Picturesque special section blazed on fast tracks among vineyards abounded with rocks and sometimes reminded of South American “Dakar” tracks, and in this sense it was useful for KAMAZ crews as a training and a vehicle test. Tire cuts and punctures were the main problem of the day.

28.04.2017

Airat Mardeev wins the prologue of Bakha “Krym”

KAMAZ-master Team takes part in the second stage of the Russian Rally Raid Championship, which is held in Crimea from 27th to 30th of April by decision of the Russian Automobile Federation.

14.04.2017

ANDREY KARGINOV: “IT IS A JOY TO SEE HAPPY CHILDREN’S EYES”

On 13 April the pilot of KAMAZ-master Team, winner of rallies “Dakar 2014”, “Africa Eco Race 2017” Andrey Karginov took part in the charity program of the general sponsor of the team – VTB bank – “World without Tears”.

14.02.2017

THE FIRST START OF THE SEASON

More than 70 contestants applied for participation in the race, taking place on 11 and 12 February. There were 6 categories in the competition: Micro, Super-Mini, Honda, Rotax-Max Junior, Rotax-Max and Free Category. The sportsmen were from Izhevsk, Syktyvkar, Kovrov and Nizhnekamsk cities. In this hard battle the first among teams was KAMAZ-CART 1 Team from Naberezhnye Chelny.

03.02.2017

ALEXANDER ZHUKOV: “ONCE AGAIN KAMAZ-MASTER SHOWED THEIR BEST”

On 2 February on the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Russian Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov rewarded the winners and medalists of Dakar 2017 and Africa Eco Race-2017 with diplomas and “Russian Team” medals.

27.01.2017

JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE OF KAMAZ-MASTER AND FUEL PARTNER OF THE TEAM PJSC “TATNEFT”

On 26 January a joint press-conference of race team KAMAZ-master and PJSC TATNEFT, a fuel partner of the team, was held in IA “Tatar-Inform” in Kazan.

24.01.2017

CONGRATULATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT V.V.PUTIN

To the President of the Republic of Tatarstan R.N.Minnikhanov To the Russian KAMAZ-master Team – The winner of the rally-raid Dakar-2017 in the truck category

23.01.2017

THE PRESIDENT OF TATARSTAN AWARDED KAMAZ-MASTER TEAMMEMBERS

On 21 January the honoring of KAMAZ-master Team was held in Kazan Kremlin. On the meeting the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated the team’s representatives with the victories in two international rally-raids Dakar-2017 and Africa Eco Race-2017.

16.01.2017

KAMAZ-MASTER IS AN HONOR OF KAMAZ

Congratulation of the General Director of OJSC KAMAZ – Sergey Kogogin

15.01.2017

RALLY DAKAR-2017: “THE BLUE ARMADA” IS BACK!

The Russian KAMAZ-master team triumphantly returned the Champion title in the extreme rally-marathon Dakar. The crew of Eduard Nikolaev became a winner of the Dakar-2017, and the crew of Dmitry Sotnikov “got silver” in the race.

15.01.2017

Africa Eco Race 2017. A longwaited finish on Lake Rose

A big rally-marathon Africa Eco Race 2017 came to an end. Today sportsmen passed last kilometers of African impassibility and took part in the finish ceremony at Lake Rose in Dakar.

14.01.2017

KAMAZ-MASTER CREWS TOOK FIRST AND SECOND PLACES ON THE DAKAR RALLY

Today has finished the rally Dakar-2017, which started on 2 January in the capital of Paraguay Asuncion. KAMAZ-master Team took first and second positions in the truck category. The crew Eduard Nikolaev-Evgeny Yakovlev-Vladimir Rybakov became first and the crew Dmitry Sotnikov-Ruslan Akhmadeev-Igor Leonov took the second position. Gerard De Rooy (IVECO) conquered the third position in this uneasy battle.

14.01.2017

Eduard Nikolaev strengthened his leadership in the truck category of Dakar.

13 January, Rio Cuarto Already yesterday on the bivouac in San Juan, arriving at South America Russian fans started to congratulate KAMAZ-master with their success in the race.

14.01.2017

The crew of Andrey Karginov won in the truck category of Africa Eco Race.

Contestants of Africa Eco Race finished the last battle of the rally-marathon and the race officials recorded their finals results. In the general classification of the truck category the first place was taken by the crew of Andrey Karginov. Another crew of the team (the pilot is Sergey Kuprianov) took the fourth position.

13.01.2017

Dakar-2017: KAMAZ-master crews increase the gap from IVECO

12 January, San Juan The cancellation of the stage Salta-Chilecito gave a reprieve to the Dakar contestants. They arrived at mining town Chilecito and did necessary repair and maintenance works after the marathon stage La Pas – Uyuni-Salta. Taking into consideration the length of the liaison to Chilecito -675 km – assistance teams had to work in a mad rush, and due to the landslide and a huge traffic jam a lot of people reached the bivouac only by the morning of 11 January.

13.01.2017

AFRICA ECO RACE: FINISH IS AROUND THE CORNER FOR KAMAZ-MASTER TEAM

Contestants of Africa Eco Race 2017 have already left the 10th stage behind. It was next to last special in the rally-marathon. The race officials made the circular SS quite challenging for the sportsmen, although the crew of Andrey Karginov could keep the leading position among trucks in the general standings.

12.01.2017

Africa Eco Race prepared new surprises for KAMAZ-master Team

Only a few days are ahead before the finish of Africa Eco Race. The fewer kilometers are left to reach Lake Rose in Dakar, where the race will be finished and its winners will get prizes, the more difficult and challenging are the specials.

11.01.2017

KAMAZ-MASTER crews lead in the truck category of Dakar.

10 January, Salta Argentinian Salta met the rally-marathon participants with rain. Bad weather conditions still chase Dakar. However, the contestants are not going to forgive the race officials for it, as they were aware of the rain season in these parts. At the same time they highly commended the work of the race director Marc Coma, because he managed to create a various and at the same time challenging route without “sandy” and “desert” countries like Chile and Peru with Atacama Desert. Thus, in some ways he could regain the reputation of the race after straight and boring tracks (similar to classical rally tracks) of recent years.

11.01.2017

Africa Eco Race: Mauritania took KAMAZ-master through its paces.

Contestants of Africa Eco Race 2017 passed the 8th stage of the race and came closer for 450 km to the finish. As Andrey Karginov told, the sand tracks turned into dunes today.

10.01.2017

The Russian Day on Dakar

9 January, Uyuni The second half of Dakar-2017 after the rest day in La Pas started with the marathon stage. After leaving unofficial capital of Bolivia, the race crews and assistance teams divided into two parts.

10.01.2017

KAMAZ-master crews showed mutual assistance and team spirit on Africa Eco Race.

The contestants of Africa Eco Race 2017 continue to conquer sands of Mauritania. Today they passed a loop special of the rally-marathon, the length of which was a bit more than 400 km.

08.01.2017

KAMAZ-master successfully passed the first Mauritanian stage of Africa Eco Race.

Contestants of Africa Eco Race passed the first Mauritanian SS. In order to toe the starting line on time the sportsmen had to leave the bivouac in Dakhla at around 5 o’clock in the morning, they also had to cross the border of Morocco and Mauritania.

08.01.2017

Mechanics of KAMAZ-master Team told how they spent the rest day on Africa Eco Race.

Moroccan stage of Africa Eco Race is left behind. Today the race participants entered the territory of Mauritania, starting the second half of the competition. Loose sands changed sharp stones, however, the sportsmen must be all the same attentive and accurate.

07.01.2017

DAKAR RALLY IS FLOODED WITH RAIN: 5th LEG IS SHORTENED, 6th LEG IS CANCELLED

6 January, Oruro Dakar brought longwaited rains to Bolivia, that had suffered from heavy drought. The bivouac near the old mining town Oruro is flooded with rain. The second half of today’s special was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. However, the first part was really interesting and various.

06.01.2017

KAMAZ-MASTER CREWS PASSED THE EQUADOR OF AFRICA ECO RACE

The First half of Africa Eco Race is already left behind. Today the racers went almost 700 km to the bivouac located in the resort town Dakhla. According to Andrey Karginov from KAMAZ-master team, the current stage was quite easy for his crew.

06.01.2017

Dmitry Sotnikov Leads the General Classification in the Truck Category

5 January, Tupiza On the fourth day after the start in Asuncion Dakar-2017 reached Bolivia. Till the very last moment the Bolivian part of the race was up in the air due to a heavy drought in that region. 131 and 139 municipal districts of Bolivia experience a severe shortage of drinking water. On 21 November the President Evo Morales announced about the emergency rule.

06.01.2017

Morocco gives a challenge: the crew of Andrey Karginov punctured two wheels.

409 km of Africa Eco Race fell behind. The Moroccan tracks continue to surprise the sportsmen with punctured tires and, as a result, loss of time.

05.01.2017

Eduard Nikolaev wins the third stage of Dakar-2017

4 January, Tucuman The leg Tucuman-Jujuy became first off-road test for contestants of the Dakar Rally. The special with length of 199 km consisted of two separate parts, divided by 300-km neutralization area. The route was laid in the foothills of Andes and was much more interesting than the yesterday’s route for drivers and for co-drivers. The second part of the distance went on the height of more than 3800 meters among picturesque mountains and canyons, across dried-up river beds and along narrow mountain roads. The sportsmen could also see San Martin in the hazy air.

04.01.2017

KARGINOV’S CREW THE THIRD TIME WINS IN THE TRUCK CATEGORY ON AFRICA ECO RACE

Today, on 4 January, the contestants of Africa Eco Race overran the equator of the Mauritanian stage, covering 430 km of SS. Once again the winner of the third leg became Andrey Kuprianov from KAMAZ-master Team.

04.01.2017

Dakar-2017: the chasing has begun!

3 January, Tucuman The curve of the elevation profile of today’s special Resistencia – Tucuman is almost a straight line – changeless 250 meters above sea level. Burned by the sun flat Chaco valley became a battle field of the second race day of Dakar-2017. Translated from the Kechua language “chaco” is a “hunting land”. It’s a quite suitable name for today’s 284-km special. “The chasing” has really begun!

03.01.2017

Karginov firmed up his leadership in the truck category of Africa Eco Race.

The second stage of Africa Eco Race is already behind. Today the sportsmen drove 370 km of the special and around 30 km more to the start and from the finish to the bivouac along public roads.

03.01.2017

AFRICA ECO RACE. THE CREW OF KARGINOV IS LEADING IN THE TRUCK CATEGORY

The first position in the truck category of the Africa Eco Race was taken by the crew of Andrey Karginov. According to the pilot’s words, despite the fact that the length of the special was only 85 km, there were quite many cunning surprises that could cost them precious minutes.

03.01.2017

Asuncion – Resistencia: at full throttle across Chaco

2 January, Resistencia Argentinean city Resistencia became the first destination point of Dakar-2017, where the race contestants arrived after start in Asuncion. After stuffy Paraguayan capital, with its slums and derelict architectural buildings in the city centre, sportsmen were happy to find themselves in great spaces of semi deserted, sparsely populated, hot, tropical Gran Chaco.

02.01.2017

DAKAR-2017 STARTED IN ASUNCION

2 January, Asuncion The ceremonial start of Dakar-2017 was held on 1 January in the capital of Paraguay, Asuncion. The rally organizers continued the tradition of carrying out the start podium separately from the race start itself. The show started at 17:00 local time and finished only late in the evening.

01.01.2017

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