Evgeny Novikov
Novikov at the 2013 Rallye de France — Alsace
Personal information
NationalityRussian
Born (1990-09-19) 19 September 1990
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
World Rally Championship record
Active years2007–2009, 2011–2013
TeamsCitroën Junior Team, Stobart Ford, Team Abu Dhabi
Rallies49
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums2
Stage wins15
Total points173
First rally2007 Wales Rally GB
Last rally2013 Wales Rally GB

Evgeny Maksimovich Novikov (Russian: Евгений Максимович Новиков, romanized: Yevgeniy Maksimovich Novikov; born 19 September 1990) is a former Russian rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship from 2007 to 2013.

Career

Novikov driving a Citroën C4 WRC at the 2009 Cyprus Rally

Born in Moscow, Novikov won the Russian Rally Cup in 2006 and finished runner-up in both Estonian and Russian national championships in 2007.[1] The 2007 season also saw him debut in the World Rally Championship at the season-ending 2007 Wales Rally GB.

In the 2008 season, Novikov contested a full six-event Production World Rally Championship programme as the series' youngest driver. He retired in four rallies and collected his only PWRC points at the Rally Japan, where he impressively led the category until suspension problems on the last stage dropped him narrowly behind Juho Hänninen. He still managed to stay 2.9 seconds ahead of Toshi Arai and with the eight points for the second place, he placed 13th in the championship standings.

For the 2009 season, Novikov was signed by the debuting Citroën Junior Team, Citroën Total's satellite team. With Sébastien Ogier and Conrad Rautenbach as his teammates, he will drive the Citroën C4 WRC in at least eight of the twelve rallies.[2] He scored his first WRC points with a fifth place at the Rally d'Italia Sardegna,[3] and his first stage win in the following event, the Acropolis Rally in Greece.[4] He became both the first Russian and the youngest-ever driver to top the time sheets in the series.[5]

After one year off from competition, Novikov returned to the World Rally Championship partway through in the 2011 season, making his first appearance at the Rally Mexico in a Stobart M-Sport-prepared Ford.[6] He competed in eight of the thirteen rallies, scoring twelve points over the course of the season to finish the year seventeenth overall.

In 2012, Novikov joined M-Sport full-time. He scored his first podium at the 2012 Rally de Portugal, finishing third overall. He was promoted to second place when Citroën driver Mikko Hirvonen was excluded from the results.

For the 2013 season, Novikov joined the Qatar M-Sport WRT alongside Mads Østberg.[7]

At the beginning of the 2013 Acropolis Rally, Novikov was the early leader after winning the first 2 stages and had a 40-second lead over Jari-Matti Latvala after stage 3. A puncture dropped him down to 8th and ruled him out for his maiden win, Latvala eventually won the rally.

Novikov failed to secure a drive for the 2014 season.[8]

Complete WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2007 Evgeny Novikov Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR
Ret		 NC 0
2008 Evgeny Novikov Subaru Impreza WRX STi MON SWE MEX ARG
Ret		 JOR ITA NC 0
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX GRE
35		 TUR
Ret		 FIN GER NZL
Ret		 ESP FRA JPN
11		 GBR
Ret
2009 Citroën Junior Team Citroën C4 WRC IRE NOR
11		 CYP
Ret		 POR
Ret		 ARG ITA
5		 GRE
15		 POL
9		 FIN
Ret		 AUS ESP
Ret		 GBR 13th 4
2011 M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC SWE MEX
Ret		 POR JOR ITA
14		 ARG GRE
20		 FIN
Ret		 GER AUS
Ret		 FRA
24		 17th 12
ALM Russia Citroën DS3 WRC ESP
7
Team Abu Dhabi Ford Fiesta RS WRC GBR
7
2012 M-Sport Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON
5		 SWE
5		 MEX
Ret		 POR
2		 ARG
8		 GRE
Ret		 NZL
4		 FIN
36		 GER
Ret		 GBR
6		 FRA
7		 ITA
2		 ESP
10		 6th 88
2013 Qatar M-Sport Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON
Ret		 SWE
9		 MEX
10		 POR
4		 ARG
4		 GRE
9		 ITA
Ret		 FIN
6		 GER
9		 AUS
7		 FRA
5		 ESP
5		 GBR
19		 7th 69

PWRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points
2008 Evgeny Novikov Subaru Impreza WRX STi SWE ARG
Ret		 13th 8
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX GRE
15		 TUR
Ret		 FIN NZL
Ret		 JPN
2		 GBR
Ret

References

  1. ↑ "P-WRC drivers: 35 – Evgeny Novikov (Russia)". WRC.com. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "Citroen announce junior WRC team". Rally-Live.com. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "Novikov scores his first WRC points". Eurosport. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  4. ↑ "Maiden stage win for Novikov!". Rally-Live.com. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  5. ↑ "A record for Novikov and the Citroen Junior Team". Rally-Live.com. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  6. ↑ World Rally Championship – News – Prevot: Novikov has huge potential. Wrc.com. Retrieved on 2012-09-10.
  7. ↑ "World Rally Championship - Results - Rallye Monte-Carlo". Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
  8. ↑ "World Rally Championship - News - Novikov to miss 2014 WRC". Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
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