While trying to avoid a collision with a Volkswagen Beetle, Kukushkin loses control, causing their Moskvich to veer off the road and overturn on a mountain slope, leaving both drivers hospitalized.
Now, former teammates become rivals in the "Blue Pass" rally, a major competition set on winding mountain roads along the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus.
During the rally, two crashes occur: first, Bruno Lorenz, driving an Izh-412, damages his tire on a metal spike, loses control, and rolls off the track.
During a break between stages, Kukushkin confronts his former partner about the incident, but Sergachev explains he was asleep at the time and had entrusted the wheel to Spitsyn, who failed to stop and assist.
Trapped, he cannot exit the car without it tipping over, forcing him to balance his weight alongside the sleeping Spitsyn to prevent the Moskvich from plunging down the cliff.