Victory in "Dakar" - real miracle

President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev has sent the congratulatory telegram to the head of team "KamAZ-master" Semen Jakubov and staff in connection with their victory in the rally "Telephonika - Dakar 2003", RT President press centre informed.

"The anniversary auto-marathon having become the most difficult test both for machines, and for crews, has once again proved a correctness of tactics chosen by you, the highest skill of drivers and navigators, a superclass of "Kamaz -master" technicians. Your unprecedented courage and will to a victory in a combination with unity and mutual understanding between all members of the team became a basis for a major success. A victory in such a difficult competition where the speeds became mad, and at separate stages it is simply to reach the finish already is a miracle, is a real proof that our team of sports trucks is one of the strongest in the world!

We, Tatarstanians, today are very much grateful to you for enormous pleasure delivered to millions of fans, for that pride which we experience for the team " Kamaz -master ", Kamaz truck plant, for home Tatarstan ", - is said in the telegram.