About Silkway Rally
The 2018 SILK WAY RALLY will start with one loop stage around Astrakhan, precisely in the Takyr desert, one of the jewels of Kalmykia, where the third leg will take place too. Between these two loops, competitors will reach the city of chess in Elista on a marathon stage.
Sandy and technical tracks await the competitors who will have to remain vigilant in terms of navigation, because of a multitude of crossings of tracks. also the challenge of the dunes, surely not as majestic as in China, but the sand is much less favourable and is likely to prove frightening. The maximum speeds on this 2018 edition of the SILK WAY RALLY will certainly be reached on the big hyper fast tracks leading to Volgograd. On the eve of the finish in Moscow, the rally will move from sandy to dirt tracks, so that pilots can enjoy fast driving. Co-pilots should not fall asleep as navigation will be very demanding. And for those who doubt it, it will be enough to see the thickness of the road book of the last selective section which finish will be judged at less than 270 kilometres from Moscow, to understand that crews will not reach the final finish in the Russian capital free-wheel
2018 SILK WAY RALLY will start with one loop stage around Astrakhan, more precisely in the Takyr desert, one of the jewels of Kalmykia, a region visited nearly ten years ago during the first editions of the rally, where the third leg will take place too. Between these two loops, competitors will reach the city of chess in Elista on a marathon stage.
« Sandy and technical tracks await crews who will have to remain vigilant in terms of navigation, because of a multitude of crossings of tracks. Beware also of the dunes, surely not as majestic as in China, but the sand is much less favourable and is likely to prove frightening. The maximum speeds on this 2018 edition of the SILK WAY RALLY will certainly be reached on the big hyper fast tracks leading to Volgograd. On the eve of the finish in Moscow, the rally will move from sandy to dirt tracks, so that pilots can enjoy fast driving. Co-pilots should not fall asleep as navigation will be very demanding. And for those who doubt it, it will be enough to see the thickness of the road book of the last selective section which finish will be judged at less than 270 kilometres from Moscow, to understand that crews will not reach the final finish in the Russian capital free-wheel
2018 SILK WAY RALLY Schedule:
July 19th and 20th, 2018: Administrative checks and scrutineering in Astrakhan
July 20th, 2018: Start ceremony in Astrakhan
July 21st to 27th, 2018: 7 legs in Russia
21 July Leg 1 : ASTRAKHAN/ASTRAKHAN
22 July Leg 2 : ASTRAKHAN/ELISTA (MARATHON)
23 July Leg 3 : ELISTA / ASTRAKHAN
24 July Leg 4 : ASTRAKHAN/ASTRAKHAN
25 July Leg 5 : ASTRAKHAN/VOLGOGRAD
26 July Leg 6 : VOLGOGRAD/LIPETSK
27 July Leg 7 : LIPETSK/MOSCOW - Prize Giving ceremony, Moscow
