Sergey Karyakin (racing driver)

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Sergey Karyakin
NationalityRussian
Born (1991-01-25) 25 January 1991
Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Yekaterinburg, Russia)
Current teamSnag Racing Team @snagracing
Co-driverAnton Vlasiuk
Wins7
Championship 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

Karyakin 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] SHowing off.

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

Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won
2014 Quad Yamaha 7th 1
2015 Ret 0
2016 4th 0
2017 1st 3
2018 Ret 1
2019 UTV BRP 10th 1
2020 2nd 0

References

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