2020 FIM Bajas World Cup

2020 FIM Bajas World Cup
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The 2020 FIM Bajas World Cup season was the 9th season of the FIM Bajas World Cup, an international rally raid competition for motorbikes, quads, and SSV.

Calendar edit

The calendar for the 2020 season had six baja-style events originally scheduled; two of which in Portugal, with some of the bajas also being part of 2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas. Due to COVID-19 pandemic a new, reduced schedule was issued.[1]

Round Dates Rally name
1 19-20 September   Baja do Pinhal
2 5-7 November   Baja Portalegre 500
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic[2][3]
Original Date Rally name
16-18 April   Jordan Baja
23-25 July   Baja 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 categories:

  • Category 1: Bike (up to 450cc)
  • Category 2: Quads (three-wheeled vehicles are forbidden)
  • Category 3: SSV
  • Category 4: Women
  • Category 5: Junior
  • Category 6: Veterans

The FIM will award the world cup to both rider and manufacturers of the bike category; as well as to riders only in the quad, SSV, woman, and junior categories. A trophy is awarded to the winners of the veterans category. No awards are given to anything above 450cc.[4]

Teams and riders edit

Constructor Bike Team Rider Rounds
  Hero Hero 450 Hero MotoSports Team Rally   Sebastian Buhler All
  CS Santosh 1
  Joaquim Rodrigues 2
  KTM KTM 450 Rally Crédito Agricola   Mario Patrão 2
Patrão Motorsport   Tomas de Gavardo All
Can-Am Off Road Portugal   Micael Simão All
KTM 350EXCF Nani Racing   Rosa Romero All
KTM Exc   Konrad Dabrowski 2
  Yamaha Yamaha WR450F Pont Grup Yamaha   Sara Garcia All
Yamaha Raptor 700   Olga Roučková 1
Yamaha YZF450 Yamaha Bluemotor   Luis Engeitado 1
Yamaha Raptor 686 Visit Sant Antoni - Ibiza   Toni Vingut All
  Husqvarna Husqvarna FE450 Orlen Team   Adam Tomiczek 1
  Maciej Giemza All
  Honda Honda CRF450 RX Team Bianchi Prata Honda   Pedro Bianchi Prata All
  Rui Ferreira All
Honda CRF300 RF   Janaina Souza All

Results edit

  • Positions shown are not overall race positions but positions within the FIM Bajas World Cup. Both classifications may coincide.

Motorbikes edit

Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Rider Bike Time
1   Baja do Pinhal 1   Sebastian Bühler Hero 450 4:15:05
2   Adam Tomiczek Husqvarna FE450 4:18:07
3   Maciej Giemza Husqvarna FE450 4:20:51
2   Baja Portalegre 500 1   Sebastian Bühler Hero 450 1:55:16
2   Joaquim Rodrigues Hero 450 1:56:30
3   Micael Simão KTM Exc-F 450 2:08:52

Quads edit

Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Rider Bike Time
1   Baja do Pinhal 1   Luis Engeitado Yamaha YZF450 4:22:01
2   Toni Vingut Yamaha Raptor 686 4:46:28
3   Olga Roučková Yamaha Raptor 700 5:15:55
2   Baja Portalegre 500 1   Toni Vingut Yamaha Raptor 700 2:51:52
2 None
3 None

SSV edit

Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Rider Bike Time
1   Baja do Pinhal 1   João Dias Can-Am X3 4:19:42
2   Alexandre Pinto
  Fábio Belo
Can-Am X3 4:20:41
3   Luis Cidade
  Pedro Mendonça
Maverick XRC 4:23:56
2   Baja Portalegre 500 1   João Dias Can-Am 2:02:54
2   Alexandre Pinto
  Fábio Belo
Can-Am 2:03:14
3   Luis Cidade
  Pedro Mendonça
Bombardier 2:04:46

Championship standings edit

Riders' championship edit

  • Points for final positions are awarded as follows:
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th+ 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Motorbikes edit

  • Positions shown are not overall race positions but positions within the FIM Bajas World Cup classification.
Pos Rider PIN
 
POR
 
Points
1   Sebastian Bühler 1 1 50
2   Micael Simão 4 3 29
3   Maciej Giemza 3 4 29
4   Tomas De Gavardo 5 5 22
5   Joaquim Rodrigues 2 20
6   Adam Tomiczek 2 20
7   Pedro Bianchi Prata 7 7 18
8   Janaina Souza 8 8 16
9   Sara Garcia 9 11 12
10   Rui Ferreira 10 10 12
11   Konrad Dabrowski 6 10
12   CS Santosh 6 10
13   Rosa Romero 9 7
Pos Rider PIN
 
POR
 
Points

Quads edit

Pos Rider PIN
 
POR
 
Points
1   Toni Vingut 2 1 45
2   Luis Engeitado 1 25
3   Olga Roučková 3 16
Pos Rider PIN
 
POR
 
Points

Women, Junior & Veteran edit

Winners
Women Junior Veteran Trophy
  Janaina Souza   Maciej Giemza   Pedro Bianchi Prata

SSV edit

Pos Rider PIN
 
POR
 
Points
1   João Dias 1 1 50
2   Alexandre Pinto 2 2 40
3   Luis Cidade Pires 3 3 32
Pos Rider PIN
 
POR
 
Points

References edit

  1. ^ "FIM Cross-Country and Bajas calendar update". fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Caancellation of the Silk Way Rally 2020". Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 FIM Bajas World Cup regulations". fim-live.com. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

External links edit