Northern Forest

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

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]

Winners

YearDriverCodriverCar
2003Russia Sergey ShmakovRussia Evgeniy KandzubaBowler Wildcat 200
2004Russia Ruslan MisikovRussia Sergey ShatinskiyBowler Wildcat
2005Russia Alexey BerkutRussia Anton NikolaevMitsubishi L200
2006Russia Alexey BerkutRussia Anton NikolaevMitsubishi Pajero
2007Russia Boris GadasinRussia Alexander MironenkoNissan Pickup
2008Russia Leonid NovitskiyRussia Oleg TyupenkinMitsubishi L200
2009Russia Boris GadasinRussia Vladimir DemyanenkoG-Force Proto
2010Russia 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

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. 1 2 3 4 Konya, Rita (2007-12-03). "Northern Forest: Extreme and beautiful Baja in Russia". Marathon Rally. Retrieved 2008-09-05.

External links

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