Northern Forest (race)

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 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.

The rally shares some of the sections that were used in the White Nights rally. 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. Two years later it became part of the Russian Championship. It became an international race in 2006, and it was added to the FIA calendar in 2007.

Winners

Year	Driver	Codriver	Car
2003	Sergey Shmakov	Evgeniy Kandzuba	Bowler Wildcat 200
2004	Ruslan Misikov	Sergey Shatinskiy	Bowler Wildcat
2005	Alexey Berkut	Anton Nikolaev	Mitsubishi L200
2006	Alexey Berkut	Anton Nikolaev	Mitsubishi Pajero
2007	Boris Gadasin	Alexander Mironenko	Nissan Pickup
2008	Leonid Novitskiy	Oleg Tyupenkin	Mitsubishi L200
2009	Boris Gadasin	Vladimir Demyanenko	G-Force Proto
2010	Boris Gadasin	Vladimir Demyanenko	G-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

External links

• Official website