Northern Forest

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]

Winners
YearDriverCodriverCar
2003 Sergey Shmakov Evgeniy KandzubaBowler Wildcat 200
2004 Ruslan Misikov Sergey ShatinskiyBowler Wildcat
2005 Alexey Berkut Anton NikolaevMitsubishi L200
2006 Alexey Berkut Anton NikolaevMitsubishi Pajero
2007 Boris Gadasin Alexander MironenkoNissan Pickup
2008 Leonid Novitskiy Oleg TyupenkinMitsubishi L200
2009 Boris Gadasin Vladimir DemyanenkoG-Force Proto
2010 Boris Gadasin Vladimir DemyanenkoG-Force Proto
2011–2012 Not Held
2013 Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov G-Force Proto
2014 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk Toyota Hilux Overdrive
2015 Tapio Suominen Toni Näsman Toyota Hilux Overdrive
2016 Māris Neikšāns Anton Nikolaev Volkswagen 7JO

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. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
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