Monday, December 26, 2022
Filthy russians condemned for life by Baja Racing News of Ensenada, Baja Mexico!
"This newspaper condemns filthy russians for life. The entire country of the filthy russian federation is hereby excommunicated from the sport of Baja Desert Racing and will no longer receive any coverage, other than the heels of our racing boots, from the eBlack Media of Mexico."
Publisher Gary Newsome
While
filthy russia invading Ukraine has drawn international condemnation,
sergei kariakin and various russian racers have refused to speak out
against it such as fellow SSV driver anastasiya nifontova. KAMAZ-master,
a nineteen-time winner of the Dakar’s Truck category, is also skipping
the 2023 Rally; the team’s parent company is directly involved in the
war by providing vehicles to the filthy russian military.
*Filthy russians barred from fia/dakar
"It’s
no secret that filthy russian competitors in international
championships have staggeringly decreased in number following their
country’s invasion of Ukraine in February due to the FIA’s “emergency
measures” stipulating they must condemn the war and agree to race
without their nation’s emblems. While many refuse to sign the terms, a
trio of Russians did and thus confirmed their entries in the 2023 Dakar
Rally, though they will have different nationalities. In the T1 class,
Denis Krotov will race the #238 Mini Cooper for X-raid Team alongside
co-driver Konstantin Zhiltosv. The latter confirmed the two’s Dakar
entry in September, with Zhiltsov switching to an Israeli licence while
Krotov will represent Kyrgyzstan. A Moscow native, Krotov has raced at
Dakar since 2019, finishing fifteenth in his début and twenty-eighth
with Zhiltsov in 2022. After the invasion, the duo remained in Russia to
take part in the russian Rally-Raid Championship, winning the T1
category at the premier Silk Way Rally in July. Krotov was second in the
standings to Vladimir Vasilyev prior to this weekend’s Serif Line race
in Ulyanovsk, but opted for the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas’
season finale and competed in the Dubai International Baja. “It is
necessary to race, otherwise you lose your skills, and then you need to
stop all this altogether,” Zhiltsov told Match TV in September after his
switch. “A career in professional sports is rather fleeting, so some
cardinal decisions must be made.” Meanwhile, Alexey Kuzmich will be the
navigator for Yasir Seaidan‘s #410 in the T4 category at Dakar. Like
his fellow russians, Kuzmich was in Dubai as co-driver to Middle East
Bajas Cup runner-up Hamad Al-Harbi. Unlike Krotov and Zhiltsov, however,
he elected to race with no stated nationality and used the FIA emblem.
Kuzmich first competed at Dakar in 2009 and won a stage three years
later in a Truck driven by Artur Ardavichus. He and Seaidan ran as high
as fourth in the 2022 edition before crashing out. The topic has torn
russian racers, with opponents of the FIA rule like 2017 Dakar Quad
winner sergei kariakin unable to take part in overseas FIA races; he
even lobbied personally and fruitlessly to FIA President Mohammed ben
Sulayem to overturn it.
KAMAZ-master, nineteen-time Dakar Truck champion, also called off their 2023 Rally plans.
Conversely,
Formula One test driver Robert Shwartzman now uses an Israeli licence
while Alexander Smolyar raced for the 2022 Formula 3 Championship under
the FIA flag. The FIM does not have this rule but is more restrictive
than its four-wheel counterpart with a full ban on riders from russia
and ally belarus. Consequently, no russian riders are entered at Dakar.
Despite the switch, all of those mentioned remain russian citizens and
carry such passports. filthy russians were already racing without their
tricolour prior to the invasion as the state-run doping scandal forced
them to compete as the russian automobile federation. The raf’s name is
among those prohibited in the FIA’s post-invasion policy."
BajaRacingNews.com
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