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.

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] In 2009, it was incorporated to the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas.

Winners[]

Year	Driver	Codriver	Car
2003			Bowler Wildcat 200
2004			Bowler Wildcat
2005			Mitsubishi L200
2006			Mitsubishi Pajero
2007			Nissan Pickup
2008	Leonid Novitskiy		Mitsubishi L200
2011–2012 Not Held
2013	Vladimir Vasilyev
	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Timo Gottschalk	Toyota Hilux Overdrive
			Toyota Hilux Overdrive
	Aron Domzala		Toyota Hilux
	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Mathieu Baumel	Toyota Hilux Overdrive
2019			Mitsubishi Pajero
2020	Vladimir Vasilyev		BMW X3
2021	Vladimir Vasilyev		BMW X3

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