Northern Forest
Encyclopedia
The Northern Forest 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. The average temperature during the rally is usually round the -10 °C.
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
Off-road racing
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in St. Petersburg, Russia
Russia
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. It is the second event in the FIA
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
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International Cup for Cross Country Bajas season, and the second event in the Russian national season. It is a rally raid
Rally raid
Rally raid, also known as cross country rallying is a form of long distance off-road racing that takes place over several days. Each day may require traveling up to . The length of the event can be 3–15 days...
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.
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 Bowler Offroad Bowler Off Road is the manufacturer of off road racing vehicles based on the Land Rover Defender and Range Rover chassis. The company is located in the village of Hazelwood, Derbyshire, in the United Kingdom.... |
| 2004 | Ruslan Misikov |
Sergey Shatinskiy |
Bowler Wildcat Bowler Offroad Bowler Off Road is the manufacturer of off road racing vehicles based on the Land Rover Defender and Range Rover chassis. The company is located in the village of Hazelwood, Derbyshire, in the United Kingdom.... |
| 2005 | Alexey Berkut |
Anton Nikolaev |
Mitsubishi L200 |
| 2006 | Alexey Berkut |
Anton Nikolaev |
Mitsubishi Pajero Mitsubishi Pajero The Mitsubishi Pajero is a sport utility vehicle manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors. It was named after Leopardus pajeros, the Pampas Cat which is native to the Patagonia plateau region of southern Argentina. However, since pajero is an offensive term for "wanker" in Spanish, alternative names have... |
| 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 |
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