And the composition of the participants seems to be familiar.

And the composition of the participants seems to be familiar.

For the third edition of the Mazda Ice Race race, as last year, they chose a pond near Yekaterinburg, gathered recognized ice driving experts, diluting them with a dose of newcomers. The regulations of the previous -5 teams, into which the computer distributes 25 pilots based on the time shown, plus three foreign teams - one of Ukraine and two from Turkey. The cars are also known: Mazda Aori - MX -5 Rogers with the original racing preparation, that is, a naked salon, a security frame, a reconfigurated suspension and even a fire extinguishing system. The track compared to past years was made more winding and long, they did not forget about the “know -how” director of the race Oleg Keselman - a double loop at the end of the starting straight line. Why is she? For safe overtaking. Everyone is free to choose the ultra -sector, internal or external, the time is approximately the same. But this is one of the few sections of the route where a knowingly faster pilot can safely go around the unyielding "Tikhokhoka". After all, the contact struggle according to the rules of the race is unacceptable, the width of the track is not so great, and the fares sideways in the turns are just the opposite. And the speeds increased sharply...Stablely podium care is that Aori was put on tires with a half -tire spike this year. The hook has grown, and with it the pace of acceleration. It is not strange that the departures happened much more often than before. QUATTROROOTE editor was able to avoid them and qualified well. So, he stuck a place in the team, who received the mentors of Alexander Potekhin, a rider with experience for almost half a century. We sit down on teams, dinner, develop tactics. Experience says that in ice races risk is an unnecessary business. Any departure is a guaranteed loss. A technician for rescuing Aori from snow captivity is needed 'at least a couple of minutes, and even the parapets are frozen, as if stone. Trying to play half a second from a circle, you can lose everything. No, it won't work. Let the rivals risk! The highway is dotted with plastic in the pilot change area of the ice was painted green - so the punched radiators "sob". We have not a single departure, not a single contact, not a single error.