Moscow, May 17th.
Silk Way 2017 — it’s a marathon of 9 608 kilometers, 14 legs, 17 special stages.

Mini and Peugeot rivalry will be confronted by Toyota Hilux of one of one of the fastest drivers of the planet — Quatarian Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota Overdrive).
“I have much respect for Peugeot but I’m not afraid of them. I’ve already beat them twice”.

Nasser took part in the very first SW 2009 Kazan-Ashgabat. Photo from the final special stage finish))))

This is us catching Nasser’s co-driver Mathieu Baumel — their crew is the reigning rally raid World Cup owners.

SW 17 will be tied with aerfields in Russia and Kazakhstan. This “showpiece” is very much in journalists’ attention.

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Photos by Denis Bushkovskiy and Maria Gorshkova

Eugenia Slavina