After the official confirmation of the presence of PEUGEOT SPORT on the Silk Way Rally 2017 with three cars driven by Stéphane PETERHANSEL, Sébastien LOEB and Cyril DESPRES and of Nasser AL ATTIYAH with TOYOTA OVERDRIVE, other teams such as MINI XRAID and TOYOTA GAZOO RACING will soon play their cards by announcing the list of pilots who will take on the challenge this summer. 
The American, Saoudi Russian, British and South-African flags should complement those of France and Qatar on the car bodies that will pass the podium on Red Square. 
In the T2 category, Akira MIURA of the Japanese team Toyota Autobody, the Australian Adrian DI LALLO with his ISUZU, and the Kazakh driver Denis BEREZOVSKIY, winner of the category in 2016 will be among the serious contenders for victory.
Trucks, sparks are going to fly!
While waiting for the blue armada of KAMAZ, some big teams have already confirmed their participation in the next Silk Way Rally... and not least! 
On the Dutch side, Gerard DE ROOY, entered recently and will be present for the second time at the start of the race as a pilot of his IVECO from PETRONAS DE ROOY IVECO. Two other trucks driven by Artur ARDAVICIUS and Ton VON GENUTGEN complete the team. At MAMMOET RALLY SPORT, Martin VAN DEN BRINK, Pascal DE BAAR and Gert HUZINK will battle it out at the controls of their three RENAULT. 
They will face the Belarus Team MAZ AUTOSPORT, also entered with three trucks for Siarhei VIAZOVICH, Aliaksei VISHNEUSKI and Aleksandr VASILEVSKI.
As for the TATRA brand, it will be represented by three different teams, all from the Czech Republic, with Ales LOPRAIS from INSTAFOREX LOPRAIS TEAM, Tomas VRATNY from Team BONVER DAKAR PROJECT and Martin KOLOMY from TATRA BUGGYRA RACING, who will not be there just to take part of the race.
And at least, coming from the Empire of the Rising sun, Teruhito SUGAWARA, will be for the second consecutive year at the start of the race, driving his HINO truck.
The race promises to be captivating.