Sergey Karyakin (racing driver) explained

Sergey Karyakin
Nationality:Russian
Birth Date:25 January 1991
Current Team:Snag Racing Team @snagracing
Codriver:Anton Vlasiuk
Wins:7
Titles:1 (2017)

Sergey Vasilyevich Karyakin (Russian: Сергей Васильевич Карякин; born 25 January 1991), also spelled Sergei Kariakin, is a Russian rally raid driver.

Career

He is best known for winning the 2017 Dakar Rally in the quad category for Yamaha. In the following 2018 Dakar Rally he retired after he had broken his hand in stage 5.[1]

Since 2019, Karyakin drives on a UTV, manufactured by BRP, for the Snag Racing Team. That edition he drove steadily, finishing in the top three of the general classification and even leading once, but in the 7th stage following a car accident he could not rebound in the subsequent stages and was eventually placed 10th in the overall classification.[2]

Dakar Rally results

YearClassVehiclePositionStages won
2014QuadYamaha7th1
2015Ret0
20164th0
20171st3
2018Ret1
2019UTVBRP10th1
20202nd0

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://life.ru/p/1077525 Действующий победитель ралли "Дакар" Карякин сломал руку на 5-м этапе марафона
  2. https://tass.ru/sport/6020804 Карякин заявил, что "Дакар" 2019 года стал для него психологически самым сложным