But the team does not see it as a tragedy, as the task of his crew - testing of the new engine and unexpected breakdowns are natural in this process. The main thing is to identify them as early as possible, so that they did not disappoint in the upcoming Dakar.
The closest rival of KAMAZ Czech Ales Loprais finished only seventh today, he also had problems with the new car.
Following the results of two stages the crew of Ayrat Mardeev is leading, the crew of Anton Shibalov at the second place, and after the failure at the first stage Andrey Karginov closes the top three.
The second stage of the race was held on the suburbs of Volgograd, where there are sands, fords, country roads with steep ravines. The situation was aggravated seriously by unbearable heat - in cabins of trucks temperature was heated to 50 degrees.
Trucks began to start at half past seven in the morning. Around three in the afternoon three KAMAZ crews passed the finishing line.
Today's stage was stretched nearly for 550 kilometers, of which only 69 kilometers were liaisons. For a brief respite on the stage liaison of 44 kilometers was provided.
Spectator areas that have been declared for the locals in advance, fans took in the early morning.
Passions were running high about the ford near the settlement of Pilnya.
As the ford on the equator of the current stage, the audience waited for the first crews by 11 o'clock. The first crew which entered into the water was the crew of Ayrat Mardeev. It should be noted that for the "Silk Way Rally" thoroughly prepare not only the organizers and competitors, but also the fans. To complicate the task of the racers, the locals put in advance logs to the rivulet to stop a current and dug out a deep hole. For truck it was not difficult to pass the rivulet. But here some jeeps “choked” with water.
When meeting the "KAMAZ" locals asked journalists, what car Vladimir Chagin drives, and having learned that he has completed his athletic career, asked for whom they have to root for. However, among the boys there were real connoisseurs of motorsport. When waiting for the next car they roughly discussed technical characteristics of cars.
Andrey Karginov: "Yesterday we had problem, and we lost about 40 minutes. Today we had not only to catch up but also overtake. The process of overtaking is difficult – on high-speed sections a lot of dust raises, especially after the truck, so that in some places we had seriously to reduce the speed. "
Anton Shibalov: "Today's stage pleased us with variety of landscapes; there were a lot of off-road. Initially, all participants had problems with navigation, and leaders in the cars category met at one point, but we managed to overtake them, and jeeps were already behind. The track was dusty. And if someone of the participants was driving in front sometimes we could not see anything. It was also unbearably hot, and when we were driving through a ford, we envied those people who stood in the water; we would like to join them in this moment. "
Ayrat Mardeev: "Sand and plenty of off-road - so briefly it is possible to describe today's stage. We have tried, wherever possible, to cutoff, and not to go to the control points on the traffic-bound road. We passed the first special stage very well, except the navigation error. We quickly understood that we did not choose the good direction as we began to meet serious ravines, but organizing helicopter helped and pointed out the good way to the got lost participants.
60 kilometers from the finish, at top speed right rear tire exploded, and we stopped to replace it, having lost 13 minutes. "
