Sergei Remennik || Rally Driver
Sergei Remennik, driver
Ekaterinburg, Russia (born Asbest, Sverdlovsk Region). Date of birth – 21.04.1984
Sports title – International Master of Motorsport of Russia
The number of starts in the high-ranking national and international series is 63 (updated once a month). Retirements: 19.0% of the number of starts.
Sergei Remennik got into motorsport in the late 90’s; he first started at the third category rally “Pobeda 1998” as his father’s co-driver. In the meantime he realized he definitely liked the sport. Remennik took part in motor multidiscipline competitions. Since 2005, he has ventured into autocross and achieved success at the regional level. Since 2009 he has performed at the first category rallies. Before the 2016 season, the crew of Sergei Remennik and Mark Rozin took part in the rallies from 2004 to 2006. The first joint victory was in the third category rally (navigational rally) “Autumn Chelyabinsk 2005”, Sport standings.
Everyday life: Sergei Remennik is a Candidate of Economic Sciences, a graduate of the Ural State Mineral Resources University. He is the Head of the strategic development department of the OJSC “Uralasbest”, Ural mining and processing enterprise, and is a co-owner of popular restaurants in Ekaterinburg. Remennik is married and has two children. He and his co-driver Mark Rozin are cousins. In addition to motorsport, he is fond of snowboarding, skateboarding, surfing, etc.
Personal sports titles:
- 2007 – Champion of Ural Federal District in Autocross
- 2015 – Rally Champion of Ural Federal District and Volga Federal District
- 2016 – Champion of Russia in N4 category (production cars)
- 2016 – Bronze medalist of Russian Rally Championship in overall standings
- 2016 – Baltic Rally Trophy winner in ERT
- 2016 – Bronze medalist of the European Rally Trophy in ERT2 (production cars)
- 2017 – Bronze medalist of the FIA European Rally Championship in the ERC2 (production cars)
- 2018 – Silver medalist of the FIA European Rally Championship in the ERC2 (production cars)
- 2018 – European Rally Trophy winner in ERT2 (production cars)
- 2018 – Baltic Rally Trophy winner in ERT2 (production cars)
Team achievements:
- 2014 – Rally Cup of Russia Runner-up in team standings
- 2015 and 2016 – Rally Cup of Russia Holder in team standings
- 2016 – Champion of Russia in team standings
- 2018 – Bronze medalist of the FIA European Rally Championship in team standings
“I still love motorsports, rallies and really miss the FIA European Rally Championship races atmosphere. While the priority is to study at the TRIUM Global Executive MBA, we can’t plan long weekly trips to participate in rally competitions in Europe or Latvia, but highly likely we can be able to participate in “home” Russian rallies.”.
Marina Danilova, co-driver
Moscow, Russia. Date of birth – 02.05.1978
Sports title – Master of Motorsport of Russia
The number of starts in the high-ranking national and international series is 163 (updated once a month). Retirements: 25.8% of the number of starts.
The first steps in motorsport were made at the third category rally (navigational rally), the first start was Podmoskovye 1999 rally. For three years Marina Danilova has participated in the navigational rallies, car sprints and other amateur competitions both as a co-driver and a driver of competing crews and distance cars (cars passing the route before the participants to check safety and readiness). During her career, she assisted 16 drivers, reading the pacenotes in both Russian and English. Danilova has performed at all possible ranks of the competitions from the Championship and the Cup of Russia rallies and the national championships of other countries events to the rounds of the FIA World Rally Championship.
Everyday life: Marina Danilova studied in school with advanced English; she is a management science graduate of All-Russian State Distance-Learning Institute of Finance and Economics. Danilova is the “Uspensky Rally Tecnica” team coordinator; she is the competition organizer of the rallies Peno and Novorossiysk as part of the “Professional Center” regional sports social agency. She is also a sports judge in motorsport (rally), the first referee category.
Personal sports titles:
- 2006 – Bronze medalist of the Rally Cup of Russia in overall standing
- 2007 – Rally Cup of Russia Holder in overall standings
- 2012 – Russian Rally Champion in overall standings
- 2014 – Silver medalist of the Latvian Rally Championship in N4 category (production cars)
- 2015 – Silver medalist of the Russian Rally Championship in overall standings
- 2016 – Russian Rally Champion in overall standings
- 2017 – Russian Rally Champion in overall standings
- 2018 – European Rally Trophy winner in ERT2 (production cars)
- 2018 – Russian Rally Champion in overall standings
Polina Mukhina, co-driver
Moscow, Russia. Date of birth – 28.10.1987
Sports title – Master of Motorsport of Russia
The number of starts in the high-ranking national and international series is 74 (updated once a month). Retirements: 31.1% of the number of starts.
Polina started her career in motorsport with a navigational rally Podmoskovye 2005 (the third category rally), and the first “real” event was rally Ermak 2006. Since then, she has been participating in the first category rallies as a co-driver at the competitions of various ranks in Russia and in Europe.
Everyday life: Polina Mukhina graduated from Moscow State Law University n. a. O. E. Kutafin (Moscow State Law Academy) and for some time worked as a lawyer. Currently, she has been working as a project manager at the BMW Driving Experience Center for Driving Skills and Emergency Training, sometimes combining her ongoing duties with the position of instructor of the same company. In addition to motorsports, Polina enjoys skateboarding, snowboarding and wakeboarding. Sometimes she takes up music – plays the drums.
Personal sports titles:
- 2011 – Rally Cup of Russia Holder in overall standings
- 2016 – Silver medalist of the Russian Rally Championship in N4 category (production cars)
- 2016 – Fourth place of the Russian Rally Championship in overall standings
Mark Rozin, co-driver
Ekaterinburg, Russia (born Asbest, Sverdlovsk Region). Date of birth – 19.08.1985
Sports title – International Master of Motorsport of Russia
The number of starts as a co-driver in the high-ranking national and international series is 49 (updated once a month). Retirements: 26.5% of the number of starts.
Mark Rozin got into motorsport in 2000; he first started at the third category rally “Pobeda 2000” as his uncle’s co-driver (Sergei Remennik’s father). Since 2004 he has performed at the first category rallies both as a driver and a co-driver. From 2004 to 2006 the crew of Sergei Remennik and Mark Rozin took part in the rallies. In 2007 Rozin ventured into autocross, but almost every race ended up with rollover car wreck. In 2009-2010 he started at the Rally Cup of Russia rounds as the first driver and won some prizes in 1400N 2WD scoring category. In 2011-2015 Rozin was Alexander Koshkarov’s co-driver. The most memorable rally is “Gornye Vershiny 2011”, where the crew secured the second position in the 2000N scoring category.
Everyday life: Mark Rozin studied in school with advanced English and then mathematics learning, he is a graduate of the Ural State Mineral Resources University. From 2005 to 2007, having won a grant, he studied in the United States of America. Just like Remennik, Rozin is a “miner” in the third generation; he is the Head of the trading house of OJSC “Uralasbest”, Ural mining and processing plant. He is married and has two children. Mark Rozin is Sergei Remennik’s cousin. From 7 to 14 years he was engaged in tennis in the Olympic Reserve School and achieved the 1st ranking in this discipline.
Personal sports titles and achievements:
- First place in Sport standings at the third category rally “Autumn Chelyabinsk 2005”
- First place in 1400N category at “Gorny Len 2010” rally (driver, Lada-21083)
- First place in 1400N category at “Alyance-Auto” rally (driver, Lada-21083)
- 2016 – Champion of Russia in N4 category
- 2016 – Silver medalist of Russian Rally Championship in overall standings
- 2016 – Baltic Rally Trophy winner in ERT
- 2016 – Bronze medalist of the European Rally Trophy in ERT2 (production cars)
- 2017 – Bronze medalist of the FIA European Rally Championship in the ERC2 (production cars)
- 2018 – Silver medalist of the FIA European Rally Championship in the ERC2 (production cars)
- 2018 – Baltic Rally Trophy winner in ERT2 (production cars)
Team achievements:
- 2016 – Rally Cup of Russia Holder in team standings
- 2016 – Champion of Russia in team standings
- 2018 – Bronze medalist of the FIA European Rally Championship in team standings