Leontiev, Andrey Igorevich

Andrei Leontiev was born in Moscow on August 23, 1969. Mother - Carmen Vieska - teacher of Spanish , father - Igor Alekseevich Leontyev - aviation engineer. From an early age he was interested in everything related to automobile and aviation equipment . While studying in high school he attended the Young Motorist's Circle at the Pioneer Palace, was engaged in karting . Andrei Leontiev graduated from the school in 1985, in the same year he entered the Moscow State Institute of International Relations at the Faculty of International Journalism. During his studies, he worked in regional (Kazakhstan) and central newspapers ( Izvestia and Beyond Border). The graduation from the institute in 1991 coincided with dramatic events in the history of Russia . Not wanting to cooperate with the media , which occupy radical positions on either one or the other side, A. Leontiev tries himself in the entrepreneurial field - he is unsuccessfully engaged in advertising and real estate. Return to journalism takes place in 1992 with the appearance on the domestic television of the first specialized program “Auto Show”. Andrei joins a literally newborn team, assembled by a famous journalist, producer and television presenter Nikolai Petrov. Here, acquaintance with journalists Alexander Pikulenko, Sergey Aslanyan, Alexei Khresin, director Elena Sadova takes place. Elena and Andrei are still working. Since 1996, A. Leontiev became the Chief Editor of the Auto Show program. In parallel, there is a return to motorsport : the production company of Nikolai Petrov “Aqua Vita” implements the long-term hasty project “Racing for survival”, and Andrei becomes not only one of the leading projects, but also his direct participant. At the same time, Leontiev worked on radio as the morning air host and head of the information service (Radio 7), made a car program in the framework of the Delovaya Rossiya (RTR) channel, was accepted into the announcer department of Delovaya Rossiya under the guidance of the legendary Igor Kirillov, and conducted direct channel ethers, working together with real stars - Eugene Kochergin, Peter Kuleshov, Elena Nefedova, Elena Starostina. In 1997, he leads a car heading in the program "Good Morning, Russia" with Mikhail Gurevich. In 1996-1999, he worked with Maria Chugreeva, a television journalist, poet and composer, on a number of social non-automobile television projects (in particular, Good News, TVC). In 1998, Leontiev accepted the invitation of the “New Company” and led the program “In the World of Motors”, which aired on Channel 1 (host Tatyana Maslikova). Subsequently, Andrei becomes the Chief Director of the “New Company” on the projects “Morning on Channel 1”, “Good Morning” on NTV (hosted by Lev Novozhenov), where he daily presents a car heading on the air.

In 2002, Andrei Leontyev began to work on the concept of a cable and satellite round-the-clock channel specialized in motor topics. And begins to search for investors. However, only in the fourth attempt in 2006 did it succeed in deceiving the interested structure in the person of the newly created holding “Red Media”, which had a need for such a project. Auto Plus TV Channel aired on September 5, 2006. A. Leontiev is fully committed to this project, allowing himself only in 2007-2008 to conduct, together with Maria Rumyantseva, the Formula 1 program on Ren-TV. However, in 2010, subsequently of serious disagreements with the management of the holding regarding the development of the channel and the organization of production, Leontiev left the channel created according to his concept and with his direct participation. Almost the entire team is leaving with him. Created by Leontyev and his school friend and partner Alexander Vorobyov, LAV Productions begins production of programs for other federal and satellite channels. The “Weekend on Wheels” program with Aleksey Lysenkov as the host is on the Zvezda channel, the Automotive Mood at the TVC, and the Autonews on RBC TV. For the REN channel, the show "Auto Quest" is being shot. Subsequently, cooperation with DiscoveryChannel begins. Leontyev is the producer, author and host of the cycles Technogenics, Roads of Russia, Cities Living and Dead. Cooperation remains with traditional partners: RBC , TVC. Leontiev and Vorobyov own the formats “Weekend on Wheels”, “Technogenics”, “Roads of Russia”, “Cities Alive and Dead”, “People Alive and Hungry”, “Handwork”. Andrei Leontiev, together with Kirill Larin, are the authors of the Test Program format. This LAVProductions production program has been aired on Che since November 2017.

• Auto Show (1, TVC , 2X2) - presenter, editor, editor-in-chief.
• “Survival Races” (1, TVC , Channel 5) - presenter, editor, participant.
• "Auto Review" ( RTR - Russia) - Editor-in-chief, presenter.
• Delovaya Rossiya ( RTR - Russia) is a leading live broadcaster.
• "Autoclub" (Channel 5) - presenter, author.
• "Big Car Travel" ( Muscovy ) - the leader.
• "Hobby" ( NTV ) - the leader.
• “Good morning, Russia” ( RTR - Russia) - author, presenter.
• Good News ( TVC ) is the host.
• "Morning" (1) - Chief Director of the rubrics.
• “In the World of Motors” (1) - Editor-in-chief, producer.
• Good Morning on NTV ( NTV ) - director, host, author.
• Auto Top ( NTV ) - Editor-in-chief, producer, presenter.
• “Auto Plus TV Channel” ( Red Media ) - Author, producer and project manager, author, presenter.
• “Formula 1 on Ren-TV” ( Ren-TV ) is the presenter.
• “Weekend on Wheels” (Star, TVC , RBC-TV) - Chief producer, author, presenter.
• Automotive Mood ( TVC ) - The main producer, author, presenter.
• Dynasties (RBC-TV) - The main producer.
• "Fellow travelers" (RBC-TV) - The main producer.
• Autonews (RBC-TV) - Chief Producer, Editor-in-chief, author, presenter.
• Our Tests (Auto Plus) - Chief Producer, Editor-in-chief, author, presenter.
• “With Your Own Eyes” (Auto Plus) - Chief Producer, Chief Editor, author, presenter.
• Grand Test (Auto Plus) - Chief Producer, Editor-in-Chief.
• "Test Program" ( Che ) - Lead Producer.
• "Technogenics" ( Discovery Channel ) The main producer, author, presenter.
• "Roads of Russia" ( Discovery Channel ) The main producer, author, presenter.
• “Cities Alive and Dead” ( Discovery Channel ) The main producer, author, host.
• "Space. Start. The Future ”( Discovery Channel ) The main producer, author, presenter.
• "Handwork" ( Discovery Channel ) The main producer, author.

• Motor ( Radio 7 , Radio Rocks ) - project author, host
• Auto Forum ( Autoradio ) - Editor, Lead
• "Test Drive" ( Autoradio ) - author, host
• Auto Time (FINAM FM) - General Producer, Author, Lead

• “ Motorlive. ru » - General producer, author, leading

Andrei Leontiev has more than 20 years of experience performing in various disciplines of motorsport: karting , cross-country, circuit racing . He was the winner and winner of numerous competitions at the regional (Moscow) and republican levels ( RSFSR , RF ).

Since 2009, he devoted himself entirely to rally-raids , when, thanks to Semyon Yakubov, he was able to try his hand as a pilot in the KAMAZ- Master team. He was trained under the guidance of coaches of ten-time winner Dakar “King of the Desert” Vladimir Chagin and three-time participant Dakar Sergey Reshetnikov, who became a “playing” coach playing the role of a mechanic in the crew of Leontyev (journalist A. Mochalov, invited by A. Leontyev, acted as a navigator). As a result, 3 place at the stage of the Championship of Russia “Khazar Steppes” in 2010 and 11 place in the rally-marathon “Silk Way” 2010 (Silk Road). In 2013-14. A. Leont'ev acted as a pilot in the team he created together with the IRITO team IRITO-Sport on the Great Wall Hover H5. The navigator of the crew was the Russian Rally Champion, medalist of the World Championship stages, master of sports Anna Zakonchinskaya, trainer and team leader - three-time Dakar participant, legendary pilot of the KAMAZ- Master Sergey Reshetnikov team. The team debuted at the Silk Way 2013 rally marathon (gathering at stage 5). After that, she conducted a series of successful races in the framework of the Championship and the Cup of Russia, following which Leontiev became the Bronze Medalist of the Russian Championship 2013.

Andrei Leontiev is the 14-time Russian motor racing champion (speed records on ice and long distances). At the same time, he himself is the organizer of attempts to establish records - in particular, which have become traditional “Days of speed on the ice of Lake Baikal ."

- A. Leontiev and A. Conchinskaya also owns the record of continuous movement by car, registered in the “Book of Records of Russia”: in June 2013 a crew of two people in a Volvo XC 90 car started from Murmansk towards Magadan and covered 10124 kilometers in 138 hours.

- In June 2014, A. Leontiev and A. Conchinskaya immediately set 2 Russian records and an absolute world achievement: the crew started on a Subaru Outback car from Cape San Vicente (Portugal, the most remote southwestern point of Eurasia) and finished in Magadan (the most remote the north-eastern point of Eurasia, where year-round roads lead), breaking 16164 kilometers in 180 hours and showing an average speed of 89.2 km / h.

- In 2015, on a Porsche Panamera TurboS, he set an absolute record for Russia with an ice speed of 295 km / h. This is an absolute worldwide achievement for cars without special training in factory design and on standard tires.

- In 2016, the Leonov / Larin / Leontyev crew on a factory-made Bentley Flying Spur set a new record on 1000 km of natural ice, breaking this distance at an average speed of 96.1 km / h.

Andrei Leontiev has repeatedly won the stages of the World and European Championships in water-motor sports in hours-long races on sports boats.

• In 2011, as part of the Latvian team Aqva Shelf, he becomes the World Champion in the PR-2 class.
• In 2012, together with two-time World Boxing Champion Nina Abrosova, they create a new Nina Motorsport team. In the same year they become owners of the European Cup.
• In 2013, the team wins the European Championship stage - a 6-hour race in Pärnu.

In 1999, Andrei Leontyev became a member of the North Pole 1999 expedition, the task of which was for the first time in history to travel by car to the North Pole point. The success of the project and the first experience gained pushed Leontyev to continue such a topic that caught on to him.

As a result, the principles of organizing projects that were never violated were chosen once and for all:

• regardless of the complexity of the route, only STANDARD equipment with options provided by the manufacturer
• vehicles must be equipped exclusively with standard tires and fluids
• no modifications and alterations of cars during the project are allowed
• each project should contain a large local history component.

Since then, Andrei Leontyev, with the help of colleagues, friends and like-minded people, has implemented over 35 projects:

• The North Pole 1999 LADA Bronto “March” - member
• "In the Leninist places - Paris - Geneva - Prague - St. Petersburg - Moscow ." 2001. SAAB 9000 - project author, organizer, participant.
• "The Road of Life - to the 60th anniversary of the breaking of the Siege of Leningrad." 2003. GAZ-AA - project author, organizer, participant.
• "Royal rally London-Shanghai." 2004. Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III - member.
• "Russian North 2005". Peugeot 308 cc, Peugeot 407 sw - author of the project, organizer, participant.
• “The line of defense. To the 60th anniversary of the Great Victory. " 2005. GAZ-MM - project co-author, organizer, participant.
• "Russian North 2006". Cadillac SRX - author of the project, member.
• "Forgotten Sovza." 2007. Jeep Liberty, Nissan Patrol - project author, organizer, participant.
• "Paris-Beijing." 2008. Mercedes-Benz E 300 4 matic - member.
• "Around Baikal 2008". Land Rover Discovery 3 - project author, organizer, participant.
• "Moscow-Tiksi 2009". Mazda BT 50 - organizer, participant.
• "Moscow-Magadan 2009". Mazda 3 - organizer, participant.
• "Moscow-Tiksi 2010". Mercedes-Benz ML 320 D - organizer, participant.
• "Baikal Ice 2010". Audi Q5 - project author, organizer, participant. "Cheryomushki-Cheryomushki (Khakassia)." 2010. Mazda MX-5 - project author, organizer, participant.
• "Skoda Yeti Baikal Experince." 2010. Skoda Yeti - co-author of the project, organizer.
• "Patrol to the Sentry." 2011. Nissan Patrol - project author, organizer, participant.
• "Brest-Pevek 2011". Mazda BT 50 - project author, organizer, participant.
• "Baikal Ice 2011". Volkswagen Polo - project author, organizer.
• “Star City - Baikonur . to the 50th anniversary of the first flight into space. " 2011. Audi A8, Audi Q7, Audi A4 Allroad - project author, organizer, participant.
• "Moscow- Sakhalin 2011". Jaguar XK-R - author of the project, organizer, participant.
• “To the Children of Altai” 2011. Renault Koleos - project author, organizer, participant.
• "Moscow-Igarka 2012". Jaguar XF - project author, organizer, participant.
• Seoul-Vladivostok-Moscow. 2011. KIA Sorento - organizer.
• "From Santa Claus to Chyskhan ( Great Ustyug- Omyakon)." 2012. Subaru Outback, Subaru Forester - author of the project, organizer, participant.
• "Moscow-Dolgoshchelye ( Arkhangelsk region )." 2012. Hyundai i40 - author of the project, organizer, participant.
• "Moscow-Catherine Outpost". 2013. Jaguar XF, Jaguar XJ - author of the project, organizer, participant.
• "On the Circum-Baikal Railway ." 2013. Land Rover Defender - author of the project, organizer, participant.
• “Moscow-Baikonur. 25 years of Buran. " 2013. Chevrolet Camaro - author of the project, organizer, participant.
• "Land Rover opens Belarus." 2013. Land Rover and Range Rover range - organizer
• "Land Rover opens Kazakhstan." 2013. Range of Land Rover and Range Rover. - organizer, participant.
• "Route 3. Hiroshima - Frankfurt am Main ." 2013. Mazda 3 is a co-organizer.
• "911 hours on a Porsche 911 in Russia." 2013. Porsche 911 - project author, organizer, participant.
• "Great European Travel ( Moscow - South Ural )." 2013. Range Rover Evoque - project author, organizer, participant.
• "Moscow- Naryan-Mar 2014". Jaguar XF, Jaguar XJ - author of the project, organizer, participant.
• “Star City-Baikonur. Anniversary expedition 60 years to Baikonur, 25 years to Land Rover Discovery. " 2014. Land Rover Discovery - author of the project, organizer, participant.
• “Sacred Russia”, 06/20/2016, # Skoda35000km - author of the project, organizer, participant. Start - Nickel, finish - Magadan

The accumulated experience and the created team of logisticians, instructor drivers, mechanics and tourism specialists allowed A. Leontiev and A. Vorobyev to create the Auto Travel company under the LAV Travel brand, which provides professional services for organizing individual automobile expeditions for runs and adventures in the most inaccessible areas former Soviet space, and on asphalt.

• Winner of the European Cup (2012) and World Champion in Water Motor Sports (2011) in the PR-2 class (many hours of racing in single boats)
• 14-time Russian record holder (motorsport)
• Winner of the Championship of Russia (rally-raids)
• multiple winner and winner of rally raids and autocross competitions
• participant of the Silk Way rally marathon (2010, 2013).

Andrei Leontiev: HOMO inquietum in the magazine "Cars" No. 11 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140529232445/http://www.automobili.ru/magazine/2013/11/persons/main_hero/1928/

Andrey Leontyev welcomes you to motorlive.ru https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7ZjF73nYVg

Channel North about the expedition "Naryan-Mar-2014" http://www.trksever.ru/programs/detail.php?ELEMENT_ID=4231