59 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestDenis Sazonov, a former driver of the KAMAZ-master racing team, wants to return to his native team after a 12-year break and collapse on all fronts of life. But it turns out to be difficult: once, having become the youngest world champion in the history of rally raids, he was fired from KAMAZ-master for violating team ethics. Denis wants to regain his sense of self-respect and involvement in the "big deal" and win the rally raid again. But no one is waiting for him in the team. Eremin, the deputy director of the team, does not want to give him a chance, because he believes that Denis violated the team rules. Sazonov gets a job as a cleaner in the team, going all the way "to the wheel" from the very beginning. But even here an unpleasant surprise awaits him: he meets his ex-wife Zhenya, who plans to take the place of navigator and become the first female pilot in the men's team.
Practical Effects
Real KAMAZ trucks destroying actual dunes, not CGI nonsense
Acting
Vasilyev's simmering rage as a man cleaning his own legacy
Writing
Ex-wife navigator twist that weaponizes every shared glance
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
KAMAZ-master is a real legendary Russian truck racing team that dominates Dakar—this is basically sanctioned fanfiction with factory access.
The series mirrors post-Soviet masculine collapse: Denis's 12-year 'break' parallels Russia's own struggling male identity narratives in the 2010s.
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