Evgeny Novikov

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Evgeny Novikov

Personal information
Nationality	Russian
Born	19 September 1990 (1990-09-19) Moscow, Soviet Union
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2007–present
Teams	Citroën Junior Team, Stobart Ford, Team Abu Dhabi
Rallies	25
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	4
Total points	37
First rally	2007 Wales Rally GB

Evgeny Novikov (born 19 September 1990 in Moscow) is a Russian rally driver previously competing for the Citroën Junior Team in the World Rally Championship.

Career

Novikov driving a Citroën C4 WRC at the 2009 Cyprus Rally

Novikov won the Russian Rally Cup in 2006 and finished runner-up in both Estonian and Russian national championships in 2007. The 2007 season also saw him debut in the World Rally Championship at the season-ending 2007 Wales Rally GB.

In the 2008 season, Novikov contested a full six-event Production World Rally Championship programme as the series' youngest driver. He retired in four rallies and collected his only PWRC points at the Rally Japan, where he impressively led the category until suspension problems on the last stage dropped him narrowly behind Juho Hänninen. He still managed to stay 2.9 seconds ahead of Toshi Arai and with the eight points for the second place, he placed 13th in the championship standings.

For the 2009 season, Novikov was signed by the debuting Citroën Junior Team, Citroën Total's satellite team. With Sébastien Ogier and Conrad Rautenbach as his teammates, he will drive the Citroën C4 WRC in at least eight of the twelve rallies. He scored his first WRC points with a fifth place at the Rally d'Italia Sardegna, and his first stage win in the following event, the Acropolis Rally in Greece. He became both the first Russian and the youngest-ever driver to top the time sheets in the series. After one year off from the WRC, Evgeny will return in the 2011 season at the Rally Mexico racing for Stobart Ford.

Complete WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2007	Evgeny Novikov	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRE	GBR Ret	NC	0
2008	Evgeny Novikov	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG Ret	JOR	ITA											NC	0
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX							GRE 35	TUR Ret	FIN	GER	NZL Ret	ESP	FRA	JPN 11	GBR Ret
2009	Citroën Junior Team	Citroën C4 WRC	IRE	NOR 11	CYP Ret	POR Ret	ARG	ITA 5	GRE 15	POL 9	FIN Ret	AUS	ESP Ret	GBR					13th	4
2011	M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	SWE	MEX Ret	POR	JOR	ITA 14	ARG	GRE 20	FIN Ret	GER	AUS Ret	FRA 24						17th	12
	ALM Russia	Citroën DS3 WRC												ESP 7
	Team Abu Dhabi	Ford Fiesta RS WRC													GBR 7
2012	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON 5	SWE 5	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	GER	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP				5th*	21*

* Season in progress.

PWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pos.	Points
2008	Evgeny Novikov	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	SWE	ARG Ret							13th	8
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX			GRE 15	TUR Ret	FIN	NZL Ret	JPN 2	GBR Ret

External links

• Official website
• Novikov at eWRC-results.com