Leonid Novitskiy

Leonid Novitskiy (born 1 July 1968, in Chelyabinsk) is a Russian cross-country rally driver. He won the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup in both 2010 and 2011, driving for the X-Raid BMW team.{{cite news|url=http://www.marathonrally.com/news/sa_dakar_2012_leonid_novitskiy_i_will_do_my_best_to_reach_podium_in_lima.19693.0.html|title=SA-Dakar 2012: Leonid Novitskiy "I will do my best to reach podium in Lima".|date=26 December 2011|accessdate=2 January 2012|work=marathonrally.com}} He made his Dakar Rally debut in 2006, and finished eighth in 2009. He took his first Dakar stage victory on the opening stage of the 2012 Dakar Rally, driving a Mini All4 Racing for the X-Raid team to lead the event overall.

Dakar Rally results

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Year !Class !Vehicle !Position !Stages won
2006 \|rowspan=2\|Car \|Nissan \|align="center" style="background:#CFCFFF;"\|25 \|align="center"\|0
2007 \|Mitsubishi \|align="center" style="background:#CFCFFF;"\|20 \|align="center"\|0
2008 \|colspan=4 align=center\|Event cancelled – replaced by the 2008 Central Europe Rally
2009 \|rowspan=5\|Car \|rowspan=3\|BMW \|align="center" style="background:#DFFFDF;"\|8 \|align="center"\|0
2010 \|align="center" style="background:#CFCFFF;"\|11 \|align="center"\|0
2011 \|align="center" style="background:#EFCFFF;"\|DNF \|align="center"\|0
2012 \|rowspan=2\|Mini \|align="center" style="background:#DFFFDF;"\|4 \|align="center"\|2
2013 \|align="center" style="background:#FFDF9F;"\|3rd \|align="center"\|0

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Year

!Class

!Vehicle

!Position

!Stages won

2006

|rowspan=2|Car

|Nissan

|align="center" style="background:#CFCFFF;"|25

|align="center"|0

2007