Kabirova was fined on the "Silk Road", it can cost a victory racer in the overall standings

Kabirov Kamaz-Master’s team has lost the leadership of the Kamaz-Master team in the overall standings of the Silk Road rally-Raid. By the decision of the judges. After the sixth stage, which was held on Friday, Kabirov headed the general classification with a margin of more than 43 minutes from the Czech Alyosha Loprais (Tatra).

The judges fined Kabirova, adding 60 minutes to his time, and the Russian rolled back to the second line in the overall standings. Now it is behind Lopeis for 16 minutes 41 seconds.

As a source close to the KamAZ-Master team told the R-Sport agency, the cause of the fine was an excess of speed outside the special storage system.

According to the source, the final stage of the rally, planned for Saturday, may be canceled due to the spill flowing into the Black Sea of ​​the Shahe mountain river.

Thus, the fine can cost the victory cabin on the rally. If the last stage is canceled, then Loprais automatically becomes the winner of the Silk Road -2011, which passes along the route Moscow - Sochi.