# Russian Automobile Federation

The Russian Automobile Federation (RAF) (Russian: Российская автомобильная федерация, romanized: Rossiyskaya avtomobilnaya federatsiya) is an FIA-affiliated association of motorists based in Russia founded in 1991.

## History

On 11 December 1992, the FIA General Assembly accepted the RAF as a member of the FIA and granted the RAF the right to exercise sports power throughout the national territory of the Russian Federation.
Victor Kiryanov served as President of the RAF from 2003 to 2024. Boris Rotenberg was elected as his successor in May 2024.

### Use as a representative nationality

Beginning in 2021, Russian motorsport competitors are designated as representatives of the RAF after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the ban on Russia, barring it from competing under its flag in international sporting events following the doping scandal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
The following entrants were listed as RAF competitors while they were banned from representing Russia.
| Entrant | Type | Years | Notes |
| Formula One |||||
| Nikita Mazepin | Driver | 2021 | #9 Haas F1 Team |
| FIA World Endurance Championship |||||
| G-Drive Racing | Team | 2021–2022 | |
| Roman Rusinov | Driver | 2021 | |
| Sergey Sirotkin | Driver (reserve entry) | 2021 | |
| Daniil Kvyat | Driver | 2022 | |
| World Rally Championship-2 |||||
| Nikolay Gryazin | Driver | 2021 | Toksport WRT 2 |
| Konstantin Aleksandrov | Co-driver | 2021 | Toksport WRT 2 |
| Dakar Rally |||||
| Quads |||||
| Chyr Mari | Team | 2022 | #193 Yamaha YFM 700R |
| Aleksandr Maksimov | Driver | 2022 | #193 Yamaha YFM 700R |
| Cars |||||
| VRT Team | Team | 2022 | #208 BMW X5 |
| Vladimir Vasilyev | Driver | 2022 | #208 BMW X5 |
| MSK Rally Team | Team | 2022 | #216 Mini John Cooper Works Buggy |
| Denis Krotov | Driver | 2022 | #216 Mini John Cooper Works Buggy |
| Konstantin Zhiltsov | Co-driver | 2022 | #216 Mini John Cooper Works Buggy |
| Alexey Kuzmich | Co-driver | 2022 | #218 X-raid–Mini John Cooper Works Buggy |
| Light Prototypes |||||
| MSK Rally Team | Team | 2022 | #312 Can-Am Maverick |
| Pavel Lebedev | Driver | 2022 | #312 Can-Am Maverick |
| Kirill Shubin | Co-driver | 2022 | #312 Can-Am Maverick |
| Boris Gadasin | Driver | 2022 | #315 G-Force Motorsport – G-Force T3GF |
| Dmitry Pavlov | Co-driver | 2022 | #315 G-Force Motorsport – G-Force T3GF |
| Andrey Novikov | Driver | 2022 | #320 G-Force Motorsport – G-Force T3GF |
| Dmitrii Kozhukhov | Co-driver | 2022 | #320 G-Force Motorsport – G-Force T3GF |
| Team Maria Oparina | Team | 2022 | #323 Can-Am Maverick X3 |
| Maria Oparina | Driver | 2022 | #323 Can-Am Maverick X3 |
| Light Prototypes (SSV) |||||
| Xesha Motorsport | Team | 2022 | #465 BRP Maverick X3 |
| Tatiana Sycheva | Driver | 2022 | #465 BRP Maverick X3 |
| Aleksandr Alekseev | Co-driver | 2022 | #465 BRP Maverick X3 |
| Trucks |||||
| Kamaz-Master | Team | 2022 | |
| Dmitry Sotnikov | Driver | 2022 | #500 Kamaz K5 435091 |
| Ruslan Akhmadeev | Co-driver | 2022 | #500 Kamaz K5 435091 |
| Ilgiz Akhmetzianov | Technician | 2022 | #500 Kamaz K5 435091 |
| Anton Shibalov | Driver | 2022 | #501 Kamaz 43509 |
| Dmitrii Nikitin | Co-driver | 2022 | #501 Kamaz 43509 |
| Ivan Tatarinov | Technician | 2022 | #501 Kamaz 43509 |
| Eduard Nikolaev | Driver | 2022 | #505 Kamaz K5 435091 |
| Evgenii Iakovlev | Co-driver | 2022 | #505 Kamaz K5 435091 |
| Vladimir Rybakov | Technician | 2022 | #505 Kamaz K5 435091 |
| Andrey Karginov | Driver | 2022 | #509 Kamaz 43509 |
| Andrey Mokeev | Co-driver | 2022 | #509 Kamaz 43509 |
| Ivan Malkov | Technician | 2022 | #509 Kamaz 43509 |

## World Rally Cup results

The RAF entered the 1994 Rally Finland in the 2-litre category, with one car retiring and the other coming in 22nd (but winning in the A6 class).
| Year | Entrant | Car | No | Driver | Rally | Rally | Rally | Rally | Rally | Rally | Rally | Rally |
| Year | Entrant | Car | No | Driver | SWE | PRT | GRC | FIN | AUS | ITA | ESP | WLS |
| 1994 | Russian Automobile Federation | Lada Samara | 41 | Sergey Alyasov | | | | Ret | | | | |
| 1994 | Russian Automobile Federation | Lada Samara | 43 | Aleksandr Nikonenko | | | | 22 | | | | |