Alexey Lukyanuk
Alexey Vasilyevich Lukyanuk (; born 12 December 1980) is a Russian rally driver, two-times European Rally Champion (2018) and (2020), a master of rally sports, the overall Champion of Russia and Estonia, the only holder of nine times Colin McRae Flat Out Trophy. From 2009 his co-driver is Aleksey Arnautov. Results. European Rally Championship. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Season still in progress. Career. Born in Moscow, Lukyanuk started rallying in 2005. His first car was Zhiguli VAZ 2105 at Club Rally round in Staraya Shuya Rally (Ралли «Старая Шуя»). Then he started occasionally 2–3 times a year. He  finished sometimes but more often Lukyanuk retired by technical reasons although his rivals could not ignore his pace. The great powerful car Opel Astra GTC came a little bit later but unfortunately it had troubles with reliability. In 2009 Lukyanuk met his co-driver Aleksey Arnautov. In December the crew won Rally “Svetogorsk-2009”. Simultaneously with races in Russia the crew competed abroad, in nearby Estonia. This country is reach in rally traditions, it offers perfect roads, good race organisation and close competition in all categories. Crews that had performed well in Russia rarely achieved high results in Baltics. But Alexey  Lukyanuk showed he deserved more: 2011 – a new attempt to win Russia Cup. The season final turned to be unexpected. Thanks to businessman Vadim Kuznetsov support Lukyanuk had the opportunity to participate in legendary rally “Saaremaa” in four-wheel drive Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7, and he took the fifth place in overall standings. 2013 – Estonian Rally Championship. Businessman Vadim Kuznetsov and ASRT team decided to place the entry for Alexey Lukyanuk for the whole year in Estonian and Latvian Championships at the wheel of Lancer Evo X in N4 category. World Rally Championship, Finland, Neste Oil Rally. In 2013 Alexey  Lukyanuk tried himself at WRC round. Legendary rapid Finnish roads, with many jumps, where the car flies more often than it drives, are ruthless to newcomers. But the crew got used to them very fast and set the eighth time overall at spectators' special stage. By the end of the second day Lukyanuk moved up to the 12th position with ten-minute advantage over closest category rival. A pity puncture at the legendary Ouninpohja special stage dropped the crew back to the 16th place in overall standings, but their first place in Class 3 remained unbeatable. 2015 – European Rally Championship . result: 3rd, wins: 2, points: 157, stage wins: 32