The Northern Forest (Северный лес) is a baja rally 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 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 .
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. In 2009, it was incorporated to the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas.
Winners
YearDriverCodriverCar2003 Sergey Shmakov Evgeniy KandzubaBowler Wildcat 2002004 Ruslan Misikov Sergey ShatinskiyBowler Wildcat2005 Alexey Berkut Anton NikolaevMitsubishi L2002006 Alexey Berkut Anton NikolaevMitsubishi Pajero2007 Boris Gadasin Alexander MironenkoNissan Pickup2008 Leonid Novitskiy Oleg TyupenkinMitsubishi L2002009 Boris Gadasin Vladimir DemyanenkoG-Force Proto2010 Boris Gadasin Vladimir DemyanenkoG-Force Proto 2011–2012 Not Held2013 Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin ZhiltsovG-Force Proto2014 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo GottschalkToyota Hilux Overdrive2015 Tapio Suominen Toni NäsmanToyota Hilux Overdrive2016 Māris Neikšāns Anton NikolaevVolkswagen 7JO2017 Aron Domzala Szymon GospodarczykToyota Hilux2018 Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu BaumelToyota Hilux Overdrive2019 Tapio Lauronen Toni LauronenMitsubishi Pajero2020 Vladimir Vasilyev Vitaliy YevtyekhovBMW X32021 Vladimir Vasilyev Alexsey KuzmichBMW X32022 Vladimir Vasilyev Oleg UperenkoMini All4 Racing2023 Dmitriy Mordkovich Ivan BezdenezhnikhCan-Am Maverick X32024 Boris Gadasin Dmitriy KozhukhovG-Force T3 GF2025 Boris Gadasin Dmitriy KozhukhovG-Force Bars
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
External links Official website