To win second career title the Russians did not stop even quadrocycles caught under the wheels battle MINI Portuguese race Baja Portalegre.
Leonid Novitsky is a two - time winner of the world Cup rally-radelfingen in fifth place ended Leonid Novitsky competition Baja Portalegre in Portugal, the final stage of the world Cup rally-raids. More than half the distance of a Russian speaker together with co-driver Andreas Schulz on the MINI All4, was in the lead but in the second day of the competition in the dust "rested" in quadrocycles, which could not overtake. Chase in conditions of limited visibility ended with a puncture, and the fleeting by the standards of rally-raids 500-mile race lost on the wheel time to play is very difficult. Novitskiy and his co-driver Andreas Schulz perform four wheel MINI All4 German team X-RaidВпрочем, at stake was a victory not only in race, but throughout the championship. Fortunately, the margin on points at the crew Novitsky was decent, in addition to competing crew - Jean-Louis Schlesser and his Navigator of the Russian Konstantin Zhiltsov - Portugal descended from a line of the race due to technical problems with the new car Mitsubishi L200. The winner of the race was a local pilot Philip Campos, piotrovschii another combat Mini. This season Novitsky has won two world cups (in Tunisia and Hungary), and was twice storyline Nowicki: "We participated for the first time in Baja Portalegre 500 - race and I really enjoyed it. The track here is quite complex, very "taxi", technically, winding traditionally Portuguese competitions. I am full of impressions and pleased that we successfully finished, retained the title. I am very happy for our crew, for the team and for everyone who worked with us on this victory." After the end of fighting in world Cup all thoughts Leonid - of course, the "Dakar-2012"