Anton Zakharov is a famous race car driver. He participated in the rally, in the circuit races. Anton Igorevich is a trainer, racing engineer, teacher.
Anton Zakharov is a famous race car driver. He repeatedly became the champion of Russia, is a master of sports and a trainer of the highest category.
Biography
Anton Igorevich was born in June 1967. His interest in speeds is not accidental. After all, the father of the future athlete was a famous race car driver. But at first the family was against Anton showing himself in this sport. After all, the husband and wife knew how dangerous car racing.
Therefore, the parents first gave the boy to sail.
But Anton Zakharov was attracted by speed. Therefore, at the age of 18, he went to participate in auto competitions among amateurs.
A professional Anton Igorevich began to engage in racing only in 1993. At that time he was already 25 years old, which is considered to be a rather late age for starting a sports career.
But this did not bother Anton, he spoke on a domestic VAZ car, which he remade on his own for a high-speed hobby. However, this professional debut was not very successful. But on the Black Sea coast in the competition of the same year, Zakharov entered the top ten.
A year later, the athlete goes to the winter competition. Here Zakharova was waiting for failure. Together with the crew, he rolled over in his car.
Career
Taking into account all the previous mistakes, Anton Igorevich Zakharov prepares his next car, taking into account these nuances.
He even wrote out the engine, which was made by the famous master Alexander Rapoport. As a navigator, Zakharov invites the driver Sevastyanov.
At the winter competition in 1996, the crew in a powerful car took second place.
But the famous athlete felt the danger of the chosen profession. The second race of the 1996 season led to an accident. Cars crashed into a tree at great speed. The car was broken, could not be restored. But the crew was not injured.
At the end of the same season, Zakharov changed his broken VAZ to the French Peugeot 205 with a low landing and began to participate in competitions on this car.
In 1999, Anton Igorevich Zakharov made a worthy contribution to the list of his victories. Then his crew managed to become winners in almost all races.
