Northern Forest (race)

The Northern Forest (Северный лес) is an off-road race in St. Petersburg, Russia. The event is part of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas, and is part of the Russian national season. It is a rally raid event run on ice and snow in late February. Entrants need an FIA competition license.

For the proposed forest in Northern England, see Northern Forest (England). For for the American forest spanning northern New England and New York, see Great North Woods.

The rally shares some of the sections that were used in the White Nights rally.[1] The average temperature during the rally is usually round the −10 °C (14 °F).

History

The race began in 2002 as a Russian Cup event.[1] Two years later it became part of the Russian Championship.[1] It became an international race in 2006, and it was added to the FIA calendar in 2007.[1] In 2009, it was incorporated to the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas.

Winners
YearDriverCodriverCar
2003 Russia Sergey ShmakovRussia Evgeniy KandzubaBowler Wildcat 200
2004 Russia Ruslan MisikovRussia Sergey ShatinskiyBowler Wildcat
2005 Russia Alexey BerkutRussia Anton NikolaevMitsubishi L200
2006 Russia Alexey BerkutRussia Anton NikolaevMitsubishi Pajero
2007 Russia Boris GadasinRussia Alexander MironenkoNissan Pickup
2008 Russia Leonid NovitskiyRussia Oleg TyupenkinMitsubishi L200
2009 Russia Boris GadasinRussia Vladimir DemyanenkoG-Force Proto
2010 Russia Boris GadasinRussia Vladimir DemyanenkoG-Force Proto
2011–2012 Not Held
2013 Russia Vladimir Vasilyev Russia Konstantin Zhiltsov G-Force Proto
2014 Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi Germany Timo Gottschalk Toyota Hilux Overdrive
2015 Finland Tapio Suominen Finland Toni Näsman Toyota Hilux Overdrive
2016 Latvia Māris Neikšāns Russia Anton Nikolaev Volkswagen 7JO
2017 Poland Aron Domzala Poland Szymon Gospodarczyk Toyota Hilux
2018 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah France Mathieu Baumel Toyota Hilux Overdrive
2019 Finland Tapio Lauronen Finland Toni Lauronen Mitsubishi Pajero
2020 Russia Vladimir Vasilyev Ukraine Vitaliy Yevtyekhov BMW X3
2021 Russia Vladimir Vasilyev Russia Alexsey Kuzmich BMW X3

Eligible vehicles

Group T1: Improved Cross-Country Cars prepared according to the Appendix. «J» of the International Sporting Code Art. 285.

Classes:

T1.1 4x4 Gasoline

T1.2 4x4 Diesel

T1.3 4x2 Gasoline

T1.4 4x2 Diesel

Group T2: Cross-Country Series Production Cars prepared according to the Appendix. «J» of the International Sporting Code Art. 284.

Classes:

T2.1 Gasoline

T2.2 diesel

References
  1. Konya, Rita (2007-12-03). "Northern Forest: Extreme and beautiful Baja in Russia". Marathon Rally. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
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