This year, the Belarusian MAZ-SPORTavto team have posted their best performance in the history of participation in the Dakar Rally's truck category.
Results of the Belarusian team in the overall standings:
Alexander Vasilevsky – 6th
Sergei Vyazovich – 13th
Alexei Vishnevsky – 21st
The MAZ-SPORTavto team took part in the Dakar Rally for the sixth time. The best results of the Belarusian racers in previous years:
2012 – 31st
2013 – 21st
2014 – 11th
2015 – 10th
2016 – 25th
2017 Dakar
Distance: around 9,000km
Route: Argentina – Bolivia – Paraguay
Number of participants: 50 trucks
Made it to the finish: 42 trucks
* 2017 Dakar was the 39th edition of the rally raid launched in 1978.
Source: MAZ