2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas

2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas
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The 2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas is the second season of the reformed FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas; an annual competition for baja-style rally raid events for cars, buggies, and side-by-sides held in multiple countries.

Calendar edit

The initial calendar for the 2020 world cup featured eight cross-country baja events. Some events on the schedule are shared with the 2020 FIM Bajas World Cup.[1][2] Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the calendar suffered several changes.

Round Dates Rally name Ref.
1 6–9 February   Baja Russia - Northern Forest [3]
2 3–6 September   Baja Poland [4]
3 5–7 November   Baja Portalegre 500
4 10–12 December   Hail Baja 1 [5]
5 14–15 December   Hail Baja 2
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic[6][7]
Original Date Rally name
16–18 April   Jordan Baja
18–21 June   Italian Baja
23–25 July   Baja España Aragón
13–16 August   Hungarian Baja
26–28 November   Dubai International Baja

Regulation Changes edit

Starting with the 2020 season the vehicle classes have been reorganized into the following classifications:

  • T1.1 - 4x4 Prototype Cross-Country Vehicles - Petrol and Diesel
  • T1.2 - 4x2 Prototype Cross-Country Vehicles - Petrol and Diesel
  • T2 - Series Production Cross Country Vehicles
  • T3 - Improved Lightweight Prototypes Cross Country Vehicles
  • T4 - Improved Lightweight Series Side by Side Cross Country Vehicles

The FIA awards the world cup to drivers, co-drivers, and teams competing in the T1 category; whilst drivers and teams in the T3 and T4 categories are awarded FIA cups. The T2 production class will no longer be awarded an end of season trophy.[8]

Notable teams and drivers edit

Constructor Car Team Driver Co-driver Category Rounds
BMW BMW X3   G-Energy Team   Vladimir Vasilyev   Vitaliy Yevtyekhov T1 1
  MSK Rally Team   Denis Krotov   Dmytrio Tsyro 1
Can-Am Can-Am Maverick X3   Zavidovo Racing Team   Fedor Vorobyev   Kirill Shubin T3 1
  G-Force Motorsport   Reinaldo Varela   Youssef Haddad 1
  Snag Racing Team   Alexei Shmotev   Andrei Rudnitski 1
  Bernd Hans Hoffman   Bernd Hans Hoffman   Juan Carlos Carignani 1-3
  Automovil Club Alcalans   Enrique Reyes Medina   Daniel Conde Donaire 1
  Miguel Angel Valero Chulia   Jacqueline Ricci Ferris 1
  Biedrība Sports Racing Technologies
  Sports Racing Technologies
  Vasily Gryazin   Oleg Uperenko All
  Aleksandr Alekseev   Tatiana Sycheva   Aleksandr Alekseev 1
  South Racing   Guillaume De Mévius   Martijn Wydaeghe 3-5
Can-Am Maverick   Khalifa Al-Attiyah   Paolo Ceci T4 4-5
  Kees Koolen   Miriam Pol 3
  Jurgen van den Goorbergh 4-5
  Lorenço Rosa   Joaquim Dias 4-5
  Monster Energy Can-Am   Aron Damzala   Szymon Gospodarczyk 2
  Maciej Marton 3-5
  Gerard Farrés Guell   Armand Monleón Hernández 2
  Kees Koolen   Kees Koolen   Serge Bruynkens 2
GAZ GAZelle NEXT   Gaz Raid Sport   Evgenii Sukhovenko   Kirill Chapaev T1 1
  Alexey Ignatov   Evgeny Pavlov 1
G-Force G-Force BARS   G-Force Motorsport   Andrey Novikov   Vladimir Novikov T1 1
  NG-Energo   Andrey Rudskoy   Evgenii Zagorodniuk 1
Mini Mini John Cooper Works Rally   VRT   Vladimir Vasilyev   Dmitro Tsyro T1 3-5
  Michal Maluszynski   Michal Maluszynski   Julita Maluszynski 2
  X-raid Mini JCW Team   Denis Krotov   Konstantin Zhiltsov 4-5
  Viktor Khoroshavtsev   Anton Nikolaev 4-5
Mini All4 Racing   Stéphane Peterhansel   Edouard Boulanger 2
Mini John Cooper Works Buggy 4-5
  Carlos Sainz   Lucas Cruz 4-5
Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Pajero   Biedrība RE AUTOKLUBS   Tapio Lauronen   Lassi Turunen T1 1
  Toni Tapio Lauronen   Tapio Suominen 1
Mitsubishi Lancer   Ricardo Leal Dos Santos   Ricardo Leal Dos Santos   Joāo Serodio Fernandes 1
Nissan Nissan NP300 Pickup   Uspenskiy Rally Tecnica   Sergey Uspenskiy   Marina Danilova T1 1
Nissan Patrol   Federation Automobile Sport of Turkmenistan   Merdan Toylyyev   Shohrat Toylyyev T2 1
  Shamyrat Gurbanow   Muhammetmyrat Gurbanow 1
  Maksatmyrat Danatarow   Gurbanberdi Danatarow 1
Polaris Polaris Ranger RZR XP   Team Maria Oparina   Dmitry Ponomarenko   Dmitry Kozhukhov T3 1
Toyota Toyota Hilux   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Nasser Al-Attiyah   Mathieu Baumel T1 4-5
  Andrei Halabarodzka   Andrei Halabarodzka   Aliaksei Kraktun 1
Toyota Hilux Overdrive   Overdrive SA   Bernhard Ten Brinke   Tom Colsoul 2-5
  Yazeed Al-Rajhi   Dirk Von Zitzewitz 4-5
  Ronan Chabot   Gilles Pillot 5
  Orlen Team/Overdrive   Jakub Przygonski   Timo Gottschalk 2,4-5
Toyota LC 200   NOVGORODAUTOSPORT   Aldis Vilcans   Aleksandr Gorkov T2 1
  Anton Melnikov   Anton Nikolaev 1
Source:[9][10]

Results edit

Overall edit

Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Driver Car Time
1   Baja Russia - Northern Forest[11] 1   Vladimir Vasilyev
  Vitaliy Yevtyekhov
BMW X3 4:27:44
2   Andrey Novikov
  Vladimir Novikov
G-Force BARS 4:45:34
3   Denis Krotov
  Dmytro Tsyro
BMW X3 4:56:13
2   Baja Poland 1   Stéphane Peterhansel
  Edouard Boulanger
Mini All4 Racing 5:52:20
2   Bernhard Ten Brinke
  Tom Colsoul
Toyota Hilux Overdrive 6:05:08
3   Michal Małuszyński
  Julita Michal Małuszyńska
MINI John Cooper Works Rally 6:15:23
3   Baja Portalegre 500 1   Bernhard Ten Brinke
  Tom Colsoul
Toyota Hilux Overdrive 2:18:11
2   Guillaume de Mévius
  Martijn Wydaeghe
Can-Am Maverick X3 (T3) 2:19:28
3   Vladimir Vasilyev
  Dmitro Tsyro
Mini Cooper Countryman 2:19:31
4   Baja Hail 1 1   Nasser Al-Attiyah
  Mathieu Baumel
Toyota Hilux 6:14:27
2   Carlos Sainz
  Lucas Cruz
Mini John Cooper Works Buggy 6:20:37
3   Stephane Peterhansel
  Edouard Boulanger
Mini John Cooper Works Buggy 6:23:26
5   Baja Hail 2 1   Carlos Sainz
  Lucas Cruz
Mini John Cooper Works Buggy 4:51:24
2   Nasser Al-Attiyah
  Mathieu Baumel
Toyota Hilux 4:51:30
3   Stephane Peterhansel
  Edouard Boulanger
Mini John Cooper Works Buggy 4:52:40

T2 category edit

Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Driver Car Time
1   Baja Russia - Northern Forest 1   Aldis Vilcans
  Alexandr Gorkov
Toyota LC 200 5:44:48
2   Anton Melnikov
  Anton Nikolaev
Toyota LC 200 6:00:24
3   Andrey Sushentsov
  Igor Petenko
Toyota LC 200 6:24:39
2   Baja Poland 1   Patrycja Brochocka
  Rafal Marton
Toyota Land Cruiser 12:48:00
3   Baja Portalegre 500 1   João Ferreira
  David Monteiro
Nissan Pathfinder 2:55:13
2   Georgino Pedroso
  Carlos Silva
Isuzu D-Max 3:06:28
3   Nuno Corvo
  José Camilo Martins
Nissan Pathfinder 3:47:29
4   Baja Hail 1 1   Youssef Oudah A Alshammari
  Abdallah Alsuqairi
Nissan Patrol 9:42:18
2   Abdulaziz Alyaeesh
  Faisal Mohammed Ftyh
Isuzu D-Max 41:00:00
5   Baja Hail 1 1   Youssef Oudah A Alshammari
  Abdallah Alsuqairi
Nissan Patrol 6:37:31
2   Yaqoub Hejji Alshammari
  Nader Alshammari
Isuzu D-Max 7:57:25
3   Ibrahim Abdulrahman Bensahman
  Moad Al-Arja
Isuzu D-Max 16:50:11

T3 category edit

Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Driver Car Time
1   Baja Russia - Northern Forest 1   Fedor Vorobyev
  Kirill Shubin
Can-Am Maverick X3 4:58:10
2   Aleksei Shmotev
  Andrei Rudnitski
Can-Am Maverick X3 5:15:23
3   Tatiana Sycheva
  Aleksandr Alekseev
Can-Am Maverick X3 5:30:44
2   Baja Poland 1   Vasily Gryazin
  Oleg Uperenko
Can-Am Maverick X3 6:28:43
2   Bernd Hans Hoffmann
  Juan Carlos Carignani
Can-Am X3 Herrator 13:33:46
2   Baja Portalegre 500 1   Guillaume de Mévius
  Martijn Wydaeghe
Can-Am Maverick X3 2:19:28
2   Vasily Gryazin
  Oleg Uperenko
Can-Am Maverick X3 2:22:05
3   Laurent Poletti
  Cyril Debet
Can-Am Maverick X3 2:32:00
4   Baja Hail 1 1   Saleh Abdullah Alsaif
  Laurent Lichtleuchter
Can-Am X3 RR 7:10:19
2   Guillaume De Mévius
  Martijn Wydaeghe
Can-Am Maverick 7:19:08
3   Vasily Gryazin
  Oleg Uperenko
Can-Am Maverick 16:52:42
5   Baja Hail 2 1   Saleh Abdullah Alsaif
  Laurent Lichtleuchter
Can-Am X3 RR 5:55:45
2   Vasily Gryazin
  Oleg Uperenko
Can-Am Maverick 6:01:44
3   Guillaume De Mévius
  Martijn Wydaeghe
Can-Am Maverick 6:38:55

T4 category edit

Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Driver Car Time
1   Baja Russia - Northern Forest No competitors at start
2   Baja Poland 1   Aron Domżała
  Szymon Gospodarczyk
Can-Am X3 6:17:01
2   Gerard Farrés Guell
  Armand Monleón Hernández
Can-Am X3 9:28:14
3   Kees Koolen
  Serge Bruynkens
Can-Am X3 13:25:55
3   Baja Portalegre 500 1   Aron Domzala
  Marciel Marton
Can-Am Maverick 2:21:01
2   Alexandre Ré
  Pedro Ré
Can-Am Maverick 2:35:01
3   Kees Koolen
  Miriam Pol
Can-Am Maverick 2:40:08
4   Baja Hail 1 1   Kees Koolen
  Jurgen van den Goorbergh
Can-Am Maverick 7:41:43
2   Khalifa Al-Attiyah
  Paolo Ceci
Can-Am Maverick 7:49:05
3   Aron Domzala
  Maciej Marton
Can-Am Maverick 19:43:08
5   Baja Hail 2 1   Khalifa Al-Attiyah
  Paolo Ceci
Can-Am Maverick 6:00:19
2   Kees Koolen
  Jurgen van den Goorbergh
Can-Am Maverick 6:07:43
3   Lorenço Rosa
  Joaquim Dias
Can-Am Maverick 6:19:00

Championship standings edit

In order to score points in the Cup classifications, competitors must register with the FIA before the entry closing date of the first rally entered.

Points system
  • Points for final positions are awarded as per the following table:
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Overall Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Leg Points 1.5 1 .5 0

For the 2020 season points will be awarded to the top three finishing positions of each leg on each event. These points will only be awarded if the driver finishes in the overall classification of each event. If they do not then no leg points are awarded, but the following vehicles will not move up a position for leg points.[8]

Competitors were awarded with reduced points at the Baja Portalegre 500, which was shortened.[12]

FIA World Cup for Drivers, Co-Drivers, and Teams edit

Drivers' championship edit

Pos Driver RUS
 
POL
 
POR
 
SAU1
 
SAU2
 
Points
1   Vladimir Vasilyev 128 35 510 68 51
2   Bernhard Ten Brinke 126.5 18 68 76 48.5
3   Nasser Al-Attiyah 128 220.5 48.5
4   Carlos Sainz 219.5 126.5 46
5   Stephane Peterhansel NP 316.5 316.5 33
6   Yazeed Al Rahji 412 412.5 24.5
7   Denis Krotov 315 76 101 22
8   Jakub Przygonski 412 510 22
9   Andrey Novikov 219.5 19.5
10   Aron Domzala 315.5 44 19
11   Michal Maluszynski 219 19
12   Vasily Gryazin 510 53 13
13   Sergey Uspenskiy 412.5 12.5
14   Fedor Vorobyev 510 10
16   Alexei Shmotev 68 8
17   Guillaume De Mévius 26 6
Pos Driver RUS
 
POL
 
POR
 
SAU1
 
SAU2
 
Points
  • A total of 33 drivers scored points.[12]

Co-Drivers' championship edit

Pos Driver RUS
 
POL
 
POR
 
SAU1
 
SAU2
 
Points
1   Tom Colsoul 126.5 18 68 76 48.5
2   Mathieu Baumel 128 220.5 48.5
3   Lucas Cruz 219.5 126.5 46
4   Dmytro Tsyro 315 35 510 68 38
5   Edouard Boulanger 316.5 316.5 33
6   Vitaliy Yevtyekhov 128 28
7   Dirk Von Zitzewitz 412 412.5 24.5
8   Timo Gottschalk 412 510 22
9   Vladimir Novikov 219.5 19.5
10   Julita Maluszynska 219 19
Pos Driver RUS
 
POL
 
POR
 
SAU1
 
SAU2
 
Points
  • A total of 35 co-drivers scored points.[12]

Teams' championship edit

Pos Driver RUS
 
POL
 
POR
 
SAU1
 
SAU2
 
Points
1   X-raid Mini JCW Team 8 33 40 81
2   Overdrive SA 25 8 20 18 71
3   Toyota Gazoo Racing 25 18 43
4   G-Energy Team 25 25
5   Monster Energy Can-Am 19 4 23
6   VRT 5 10 8 23
7   Orlen Team/Overdrive 12 10 22
8   G-Force Motorsport 18 18
9   Maluszynski Michal 18 18
10   MSK Rally Team 15 15
Pos Driver RUS
 
POL
 
POR
 
SAU1
 
SAU2
 
Points
  • A total of 29 teams scored points.[12]

FIA T3 Cup for Drivers edit

Pos Driver RUS
 
POL
 
POR
 
SAU1
 
SAU2
 
Points
1   Vasily Gryazin 77.5 126.5 20 316 220 70
2   Saleh Abdullah Alsaif 53 128 127 58
3   Guillaume De Mévius 18 220 317 45
4   Bernd Hans Hoffmann 510 219 72 31
5   Fedor Vorobyev 127.5 27.5
6   Alexei Shmotev 219.5 19.5
7   Tatiana Sycheva 315.5 15.5
8   Enrique Reyes Medina 412 12
9   Reinaldo Varela 68 8
10   Laurent Poletti 35 5
Pos Driver RUS
 
POL
 
POR
 
SAU1
 
SAU2
 
Points
  • A total of 13 drivers scored points.[12]

FIA T4 Cup for Drivers and Teams edit

Drivers' championship edit

Pos Driver RUS
 
POL
 
POR
 
SAU1
 
SAU2
 
Points
1   Kees Koolen 315.5 35 127.5 219 67
2   Aron Domzala 126.5 18 316.5 415 64.5
3   Khalifa Al Attiyah 219.5 127 46.5
4   Gerard Farrés Guell 219 19
5   Lorenço Rosa 316.5 16.5
6   Alexandre Ré 26 6
Pos Driver RUS
 
POL
 
POR
 
SAU1
 
SAU2
 
Points

Teams championship edit

Pos Driver RUS
 
POL
 
POR
 
SAU1
 
SAU2
 
Points
1   South Racing 11 43 43 97
2   Monster Energy Can-Am 43 8 15 15 81
3   Kees Koolen 15 15
Pos Driver RUS
 
POL
 
POR
 
SAU1
 
SAU2
 
Points

References edit

  1. ^ "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". fia.com. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. ^ "FIM Bajas World Cup". fim-live.com. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Entry lists published". bajarussia.com. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  4. ^ Final classification Baja Poland
  5. ^ "Rally-Raid Network - SAUDI ARABia's HAIL TO HOST FINAL TWO ROUNDS OF FIA BAJA SERIES IN DECEMBER". 15 October 2020.
  6. ^ "FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championships" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Cancellation of the Silk Way Rally 2020". Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b "2020 Cross-Country Rally Sporting Regulations" (PDF). fia.com. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Baja Russia - Northern Forest entry list". bajarussia.com. Baja Russia - Northern Forest. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Baja Portalegre 500 RESULTS". Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  11. ^ "2020 Baja Russia - Northern Forest official results". bajarussia.com. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  12. ^ a b c d e CLASSIFICATIONS - 2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas, 29 January 2021

External links edit