Anton Zakharov is a famous race car driver. He participated in rallies and circuit races. Anton Igorevich is a trainer, racing engineer, teacher.
Anton Zakharov is a renowned race car driver. He has repeatedly become the champion of Russia, is a master of sports and a coach of the highest category.
Biography
Anton Igorevich was born in June 1967. His interest in speed 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, husband and wife knew how dangerous auto racing was.
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 car competitions among amateurs.
And professionally Anton Igorevich started racing only in 1993. At that time, he was already 25 years old, which is considered a rather late age for the start of a sports career.
But Anton was not embarrassed, he performed in a domestic VAZ car, which he altered 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 winter competitions. Here Zakharov was in for a 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 racer Sevastyanov.
In the winter competition in 1996, the crew in a powerful car took second place.
But the famous athlete felt the danger of his chosen profession. The second race of this 1996 season resulted in an accident. The car crashed into a tree at high speed. The car was wrecked and could not be restored. But the crew was not injured.
Already at the end of the same season, Zakharov changed his broken VAZ for a French Peugeot 205 with a low seating position and began to participate in competitions in this car.
In 1999, Anton Igorevich Zakharov made a worthy contribution to the list of his victories. Then his crew managed to become prize-winners in almost all races.
Ring races
But Anton Zakharov took part not only in the rally. So, in 1995 he made his debut in circuit racing. Then the athlete also used his VAZ car, in which he managed to take second place. Then there was a victory in 1998. Three years later, at one of the championships, Anton Zakharov's car collided with Dmitry Kovalev's car. This incident resulted in an accident. Then Zakharov decided not to participate in circuit races anymore.
But after 10 years he changed his mind and took third place at the 2012 competitions.
Anton Zakharov is not only a racer, but also a teacher. He teaches the skills of novice athletes, is also a trainer, a racing engineer.
