D-1 RUSSIAN DRIVERS START STRONG ON HOME TURF // SWR2021

The inaugural 87 kilometre selective sector on military terrain kicked off hostilities on the Silk Way Rally 2021, on the first stage between Omsk and Novosibirsk. If in the bike category, Argentine Franco CAIMI (HERO MOTORSPORTS TEAM RALLY) took advantage of tricky navigation to take the lead, in the other categories, the Russians were firing on all cylinders. In the car category (T1), Denis KROTOV and Konstantin ZHILTSOV (MINI JCW RALLY) took the lead, at the risk of having to open the track tomorrow. Pavel LEBEDEV and Kirill SHUBIN, their teammates in the MSK RALLY team, won the Light Prototype category (T3), while Sergei KARIAKIN and Anton VLASIUK (CAN-AM MAVERICK) dominated the SSV category (T4) on this initial stage.