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.[1] 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.
| Year | Class | Vehicle | Position | Stages won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Car | Nissan | 25 | 0 |
| 2007 | Mitsubishi | 20 | 0 | |
| 2008 | Event cancelled – replaced by the 2008 Central Europe Rally | |||
| 2009 | Car | BMW | 8 | 0 |
| 2010 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2011 | DNF | 0 | ||
| 2012 | Mini | 4 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3rd | 0 |