Month | Week | Date | Estonia | BaTcc | Latvia | Lietuva | Baltic Rally Trophy | ERC | WRC |
January | 52 | ||||||||
1 | 7 | Sprint Voru | |||||||
2 | 14-15 | Rally Aluksne | Rally Aluksne | ||||||
3 | 20-22 | Monte Carlo | |||||||
4 | 27-28 | Rally Utena | |||||||
February | 5 | ||||||||
6 | 10-11 | Rally Sarma | Sweden | ||||||
7 | 18-19 | Mikkeli ( Fin) | |||||||
8 | 22 | ||||||||
March | 9 | ||||||||
10 | 10-12 | Mexico | |||||||
11 | |||||||||
12 | |||||||||
April | 13 | 30-1 | Rally Azores gr | ||||||
14 | 7-9 | France | |||||||
15 | |||||||||
17 | 27-30 | Riga | Argentina | ||||||
May | 17 | 4-6 | Rally Canarias tar | ||||||
18 | |||||||||
20 | 19-20 | Rally Talsi | Rally Talsi ( Lat ) | Portugal | |||||
21 | 27-28 | Rally Harju | Parnu | Rally Gdansk (PL) | |||||
21 | |||||||||
June | 22 | 2-4 | Rally Acropolis gr | ||||||
23 | 9-10 | Rally Haapsalu | Italy | ||||||
24 | 16-18 | Rally Cyprus gr/tar | |||||||
25 | 23-24 | Baltic Rally Vilnius | Baltic Rally Vilnius | ||||||
July | 26 | 30-2 | Poland | ||||||
27 | |||||||||
28 | 14-15 | Rally Tartu | |||||||
29 | 19-22 | Palanga 1006 rase | Rally Latvia | Rally Latvia | |||||
30 | 28-30 | Finland | |||||||
August | 31 | 4-5 | Rally Rokiskis | Rally Raid PL tar | |||||
32 | |||||||||
33 | 18-20 | Riga Summer rase | Germany | ||||||
34 | 25-26 | Rally Voru | Rally Voru | Rally Barum tar | |||||
September | 35 | 8-9 | Rally Elektronai | Rally Elektronai | |||||
36 | 15-17 | Rally Roma It tar | |||||||
38 | 21-24 | Parnu 1000 rase* | |||||||
39 | 29-30 | Rally Classic | |||||||
October | 39 | ||||||||
40 | 6-8 | Rally Liepaja | Rally Liepaja gr | Spain | |||||
41 | 13-14 | Rally Saaremaa | |||||||
42 | |||||||||
43 | 27-29 | Great Britain | |||||||
November | 44 | ||||||||
45 | |||||||||
46 | 17-19 | Australia | |||||||
47 |
Team’s sponsor—
Cone Forest Group.
Other questions |
Maria, as "Woman Of The Week" in the Laisha Magazine
Maria Uger, the only woman in Israel who is a Rally Co-Pilot, won the third place in the Tallinna Rally in Estonia.
Q. Congratulations! A woman participating in a Rally competition is not an everyday sight, right? A. There was only one more woman participating in the last Rally competition, and in Israel I am the only one. Let's just say that it is not THE most favorable occupation for women, since it is quite dangerous. With me, the Rally flows in my blood since my childhood in Moscow. My uncle participated in Rally competitions, and there's a joke in the family that when my mother went to watch a Rally competition while carrying me, I got the "bug". I always wanted to go watch the competitions, I was always interested in it. In Moscow, everyone goes to watch Rally competitions during the weekends. It is very popular.
Q. When did you decide that one day you will also participate in Rally competitions? A. Not until after I got married. Sergey, my husband, is a professional Rally driver. He took me to watch a competition and I was so excited that I said that one day I, too, will participate. We met during a race he participated in, while I was in the audience.
Q. What did your spouse say about your intentions to participate in competitions, like him? A. He was worried about me but knew that I really love it and that he would not be able to stop me. For a wedding gift, I asked that we participate together in a Rally competition - never mind that it ended in a ditch on the side of the road.
Q. How did you become a professional Rally participant? A. I decided to take lessons with a personal coach, and from the first minute I started, everyone said that I've got it. I started with small and insignificant competitions and slowly gained experience until, after a year, when I was 30, my coach said I was ready to start joining official competitions. That was three years ago and I have been competing ever since.
Q. What is it that you love about it? A. It is a unique feeling that is difficult to describe in words. I am the co-pilot who, in effect, controls the car. I operate the driver: giving instructions when to lower speed, to accelerate, to turn the wheel left or right. I speak continuously throughout the whole competition and have to be very alert. The result is that the driver and I are cut out from the world, and we become one unit with the car. It involves very high level of adrenaline, which is what we love about it; you become so concentrated that you forget about the world.
Q. Are you the co-pilot and your husband is the driver? A. Up until two years ago, when our son was born, we were a team, but after his birth we decided that it is too risky and that from now on we will compete in different cars. Now that I have finished in third place and Sergey only fourth, I am not so sure he is happy with the decision (laughing).
Q. You have made Aliyah (immigrated to Israel) a year and a half ago. Is there a place, in Israel, to participate in Rally competitions? A. Sadly, there is none, and we have to travel to Estonia or to Finland to practice. Hopefully one day there will be Rally competitions in Israel, and we will be able to contribute from our experience.
Q. What do you do for a living? A. Before we met, Sergey had three companies in Moscow; today we run them together. One manufactures coffee beans, and two of them - Cone Forest Water, which deals with water, and Businescope, which is currently entering the Israeli market in the IT technology field - are also our sponsors. We are called the Cone Forest Rally Team.
Marital Status: Married to Sergey and mother to Yaakov, two years old. Residence: Givaataim Best advice I got: "Always do the best you can and in your way" Worst advice I ever got: "I have never listened to bad advice" |
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