Six Kazakh crews will be at the start of Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 2013

Earlier it had been planned that at the start of the race in Abu Dhabi there will be five SUVs and a quad bike, but at the last moment Kazakhstan's representation was joined with the only driver who had reached the finish line marathon rally of "Dakar-2013" Bauyrzhan Isabaev.

There will also be Off Road Kazakhstan team in the category of cars: Janat Zhalimbetov - Marat Abykayev and Denis Berezovsky - Alex Nikizhev. Aydin Rakhimbaev and Gabdulla Ashimov will be as traditionally for "Astana" team.

But the winners of Africa Eco Race-2013 Kanat Shagirov and Alexander Moroz, who will represent Mobilex Rally Team, want to go race in a more severe category - T1. But the organizers Abu Dhabi Desert Shallenge-2013 have not yet agreed to that, and it will only become clear tomorrow whether our riders will be in familiar T2 category, or after all they will perform in T1.

In Abu Dhabi there will a memorable event. First Kazakh rider is to perform in the category of 4-wheelers. Another representative of Off Road Kazakhstan Alexander Linnik is making his first debut on Yamaha Raptor 700.

"The quad is not so easy to drive, because it's a four-wheel technology, but open. The only chance you do not break your head, because the sand is everywhere. A lot of participants gathered this year, there are more than 17 crews. Majority are Arab drivers. For them this is the native element, but since we in Kazakhstan were not born yesterday, once it is going to be a big race, we hope this race in this category to use as a study, learning the basics of how to drive through the sand dunes. At the end of the race we will try to be in the "head." Since we have a major target, ti's Africa Eco Race, which will take place before the new year, then I look at this race as a great workout, " shared his opinion on the debut Linnik.

We remind that Rally Raid Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 2013 starts April 7, and finishes after five phases on April 11. April 4 the teams will gather in Abu Dhabi, the following day they will take the technical commission, and on April 6 there will be qualification.