Leonid Novitskiy (born 1 July 1968, in
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...
) is a Russian
cross-country rally driver. He won the
FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup
The FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies was a rally raid series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver, co-driver, and team; with additional trophies awarded to T2 and T3 drivers & teams.
Starting with the 2011 season, the p ...
in both 2010 and 2011, driving for the
X-Raid BMW team.
He made his
Dakar Rally
The Dakar Rally (or simply "The Dakar"; formerly known as the "Paris–Dakar Rally") is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Most events since the inception in 1978 were staged from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal ...
debut in 2006, and finished eighth in 2009. He took his first Dakar stage victory on the opening stage of the
2012 Dakar Rally
The 2012 Dakar Rally was the 34th running of the event. It was held in South America for the fourth successive time.
Summary
By 17 March 2011, Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that the start would be in Mar del Plata, ...
, driving a
Mini
The Mini is a small, two-door, four-seat car, developed as ADO15, and produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors, from 1959 through 2000. Minus a brief hiatus, original Minis were built for four decades and sold during ...
All4 Racing for the X-Raid team to lead the event overall.
Dakar Rally results
References
External links
Official website
Russian rally drivers
Off-road racing drivers
1968 births
Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk
Dakar Rally drivers
Living people
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