VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
KAMAZ-Master was founded in 1988. KAMAZ-Master is a world-class rally team and Russia's only works team to succeed in international competition as a three-time World Cup winner and nine-time Dakar rally winner.
Semyon Yakubov, Honoured Coach, Honoured Master of Sports, is the founder, mentor and manager of the team.
For the first time in its 18-year history in January 1996, the Paris-Dakar Rally was won by a Russian truck, a KAMAZ-49252 driven by Viktor Moskovskikh. From 2000 on, the KAMAZ-Master team has won the Paris-Dakar competition every year, with the exception of 2001 and 2007. In 2008, the rally was canceled due to security concerns. Since 2009, the rally is held in Latin America. The crew led by Vladimir Chagin has six wins to its credit, including their 2010 victory, while Firdaus Kabirov's crew won the 2005 and 2009 rallies.
Today, the team includes five World Cup winners, eight holders of the international Master of Sports Degree as well as six Honored Masters of Sports, making it the most successful team in the history of Russian motorsports.
KAMAZ-Master develops and assembles all of its racing trucks. The team includes engineers, production personnel, administrators, a PR department and a complete assembly shop.
The team has been running domestically-designed trucks ever since the beginning and thus promotes Russian vehicle production internationally, improving the image of Russian motoring.
In 2009, the team was among the organizers of the Silk Road - Dakar series rally featuring top racing drivers from 25 countries, including world-famous auto-racing stars.
