Kazakh crew rounds out Top 3 in Africa Eco Race
ASTANA. January 4. KAZINFORM - Kazakh racers Yuriy Sazonov and Arslan Sahimov, the members of Mobilex Racing Team, have taken the third place in the fourth stage of the prestigious rally-marathon Africa Eco Race-2014, Vesti.kz reports.
Sazonov and Sahim ov, driving Hummer H3 with the starting number 208, have overcome the distance in 4 hours 38 minutes and 44 seconds. They have lost to the stage winners, the French crew led by Michel Turon Barrera, 6 minutes and 34 seconds.
The second crew of Mobilex Racing Team consisting of Kanat Shagirov and Alexander Moroz has completed the stage getting the 13th place. The Kazakh racers who drove Hummer H3 prototype with the starting number 206 had a time result of 5 hours and 1 minute.
It should be noted that this stage consisting of 390 kilometers was the most difficult of all the previous ones. In the overall standings after four stages the French crew led by Jean-Louis Schlesser and Thierry Magnaldi has become the leader. Shagirov and Moroz fell from the fourth line to the fifth losing to the French team 1 hour 7 minutes and 16 seconds. Sazonov and Sahimov have got the 12th place.
It bears to remind that Shagirov and Moroz crew round out the top 3 while Sazonov and Sahimov crew have taken the seventh place.
Africa Eco Race is an international rally-marathon passing along the route of the classic "Dakar". This year's race is being carried out on the territory of three countries: Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal. The rally started on December 29, 2013 in the French Saint-Cyprien and will finish on January 11, 2014 in Dakar on the Pink Lake. Participants will drive 5580 kilometers, 2997 of which are the special areas divided into 11 stages.