2023 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas

2023 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas
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The 2023 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas is the fifth season of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas; an annual competition for baja rally events for cars, buggies, and side-by-sides held in multiple countries.

Calendar

The initial calendar for the 2023 world cup features eight cross-country baja events.[1] The calendar was revised in March.[2] Some events on the schedule are shared with the 2023 FIM Bajas World Cup.

Round Dates Rally name
1 2—4 February Saudi Baja[3] [4]
2 16–18 March Qatar International Baja[5]
3 7–9 July 30º Italian Baja
4 20–23 July Baja España Aragón
5 24–27 August Baja Poland
6 26–28 October Baja Portalegre 500
7 9–11 November Dubai International Baja
8 23–25 November Jordan Baja

Regulation

The following groups and classes are allowed:

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

The FIA awards the world cup to drivers, co-drivers, teams, T3 and T4 drivers and T4 teams.[6]

Teams and drivers

T1 & T2 Teams & Drivers
Constructor Car Team Driver Co-driver Rounds
BAIC BJ40 BAIC ORV Zhang Guoyu Oriol Mena 2
Zi Yunliang Sha He 2
Ford F150 EVO Offroad Sport CZ Miroslav Zapletal Marek Sykora 3
Ming Racing Sports František Brutovský Petr Hauptmann 3
Ford Ranger T1+ M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Nani Roma Alex Haro 4
Gareth Woolridge Boyd Dreyer 4
Mini John Cooper Works Rally Plus X-Raid Mini JCW Team Krzysztof Hołowczyc Lukasz Kurzeja 1–4
João Ferreira Filipe Palmeiro 3–4
Michał Maluszynski Szymon Gospodarczyk 3
Sebastian Halpern Bernardo Graue 4
Unique Racing Team Vaidotas Žala Paulo Fiuza 4
Mitsubishi Pajero DID Stefano Moro Francesco Proietti 2
Nissan Patrol Team Al-Thunayyan Racing Majed Al-Thunayyan Fahad Al-Sufyani 2
Suzuki New Gran Vitara Alfio Bordonaro Stefano Lovisa 3
Lorenzo Codeca' Mauro Toffoli 3
Toyota Hilux Overdrive Overdrive Racing Juan Cruz Yacopini Daniel Oliveras 1–4
Denis Krotov Konstantin Zhiltsov 2–3
Ronan Chabot Gilles Pillot 2
Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk 3–4
Francisco Barreto Carlos Silva 3–4
Lucas Moraes Kaique Bentivoglio 4
Rokas Baciuška Oriol Vidal 4
Nasser Racing Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel 1
GR DKR Hilux Toyota Gazoo Racing 2–4
Hilux Finarto Racing Tomasz Baranowski Maciej Marton 3
Varga Racing Team ASE Imre Varga Jozsef Toma 3
Proxcars TME Rally Team Magdalena Zajac Jacek Czachor 3–4
Tiago Reis Valter Cardoso 4
Romain Dumas Max Delfino 4
T3 Teams & Drivers
Constructor Car Team Driver Co-driver Roundsf
Bedu Pro X3 Bedu Racing Csaba Miklos Albert Horn 3
Miklos Trebitsch Sandor Trebitsch 3
Can-Am Maverick X3 Dark Horse Saleh Alsaif Nasser Al-Kuwari 1
Mshari Althefiri Oriol Vidal 3
South Racing Can-Am 1
Otavio Sousa Leite João Ferreira 1–4
Fernando Álvarez Xavier Panseri 1–4
Hector Diego Martínez Sergio Lafuente 1–2
Dania Akeel Laurent Lichtleuchter 1–2
Calheine Perry 3–4
Anja Van Loon Floor Maten 3
Erik Van Loon Sébastien Delaunay 3
Hein Verschuuren 4
João Monteiro Nuno Morais 4
FN Speed Team Santiago Navarro Adrien Metge 1
Pol Ros 3
QMMF Team Nasser Al-Kuwari François Cazalet 2
Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Alexei Kuzmich 2
Ahmad Al-Muhannadi Mubarak Al-Khelaifi 2
Rashid Al-Muhannadi Szymon Gospodarczyk 2
Sports Racing Technologies Egidijus Valeiša Mindaugas Varža 3–4
Mshari Althefiri Dennis Zenz 4
Marbet Lipsko Rally Team Piotr Otko Karolina Otko 3
Andrea Castagnera Alberto Marcon 3
Elvis Borsoi Stefano Pelloni 3
Federico Butto Elisa Tassile 3
Santag Racing João Dias Pedro Re 4
Armindo Araujo Luis Ramalho 4
Paulo Rodrigues Miguel Salvador 4
Romain Locmane Jean-François Palissier 4
Duarte Silva Nuno Silva 4
Classic Cars Andorra Jordi Pons Jessica Nebra 4
Paulo Casaca João Serodio 4
Andrea Lafarja Ricardo Torlaschi 4
G Rally Team OT3 G Rally Team Kees Koolen Wouter Rosegaar 1–4
Lionel Baud Lucie Baud 2
Guillaume De Mévius François Cazalet 4
Claude Fournier Andre Leyh 4
Herrator HRX-3 C.A. Herrador Competición Roberto Rodríguez Herman Rodríguez 4
JMPR T3 Escuderia JMP Racing Rui Carneiro Manuel Porem 4
José Maria Naranjo José Antonio Alvarez 4
MCE-5 T3M Mshari Althefiri Oriol Vidal 2
Gunter Hinkelmann Enio Bozzano 4
MMP T3 Rally Raid Benjamin Favre Jean-Pierre Garcin 4
Christophe Cresp Jean Brucy 4
Jedidia Favre Thibaud Darroux 4
Laurent Poletti Pascal Larroque 4
Stephane Consani Thibault de la Haye 4
PH-Sport Zephyr Jean-Luc Ceccaldi Laurent Magat 2
Taurus T3 Max T3M Sec. Esp. RACC Motor Sport Laia Sanz Maurizio Gerini 4
Wevers Sport Mitch Guthrie Kellon Walch 4
VM Competicion Ordaz-R Gedeser XXI Enrique Reyes Fina Román 4
Yamaha X-Raid 1000R Turbo X-Raid Yamaha Supported Team Miquel Prat Mario González 4
T4 Teams & Drivers
Constructor Car Team Driver Co-driver Rounds
BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo South Racing Can-Am Cristiano Batista Fausto Mota 1–4
Ricardo Ramilo Andrei Rudnitski 1, 3
Marc Sola 2
Bruno Jacomy 4
FN Speed Team Pau Navarro Michael Metge 1
Gonçalo Reis 2–4
Rebecca Busi Alba Sanchez 3–4
Stefano Marrini Silvio Valentini 2
Jérôme de Sadeleer Michael Metge 4
Colegio Mayor Elías Ahuja Fidel Castillo Marc Sola 4
Polaris Pro R Jeremie Warnia Loïc Minaudier 1–4
Luis Henderson Juan Carlos Carignani 1
Bruno Jacomy 2
Michele Cinotto Maurizio Dominella 1
Pietro Cinotto 2
Dario De Lorenzo Aldo De Lorenzo 3
Jean-Luc Ceccaldi Sébastien Delaunay 4
Yamaha YXZ 1000R Quaddy Racing Amerigo Ventura Mirko Brun 3

Results

Overall

Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Driver Car Time
1 Saudi Baja 1 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Mathieu Baumel
Toyota Hilux Overdrive 3:56:17
2 Juan Cruz Yacopini
Daniel Oliveras
Toyota Hilux Overdrive 4:15:19
3 Krzysztof Hołowczyc
Łukasz Kurzeja
Mini John Cooper Works Plus 4:26:36
2 Qatar International Baja 1 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Mathieu Baumel
Toyota GR DKR Hilux 4:51:49
2 Denis Krotov
Konstantin Zhiltsov
Toyota Hilux Overdrive 5:08:11
3 Zhang Guoyu
Oriol Mena
BAIC ORV BJ40 5:11:00
3 Italian Baja[7] 1 Yazeed Al-Rajhi
Timo Gottschalk
Toyota Hilux Overdrive 4:41:12
2 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Mathieu Baumel
Toyota GR DKR Hilux 4:50:40
3 João Ferreira
Filipe Palmeiro
Mini John Cooper Works Plus 4:53:51
4 Baja España Aragón 1 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Mathieu Baumel
Toyota GR DKR Hilux 6:18:37
2 Lucas Moraes
Kaique Bentivoglio
Toyota Hilux Overdrive 6:20:20
3 Vaidotas Žala
Paulo Fiuza
Mini John Cooper Works Plus 6:28:28
5 Baja Poland 1 Krzysztof Hołowczyc

Lukasz Kurzeja

Mini John Cooper Works Plus 4:11:59
2 Michał Maluszynski

Julita Maluszynska

Mini John Cooper Works Plus 4:21:57
3 Wlodzimierz Grajek

Dominik Jazic

Toyota Hilux 4:35:53
6 Baja Portalegre 500 1 João Ferreira

Filipe Palmeiro

Mini John Cooper Works Plus 4:54:16
2 Yazeed Al-Rajhi
Timo Gottschalk
Toyota Hilux Overdrive 4:56:37
3 Nasser Al-Attiyah

Mathieu Baumel

Prodrive Hunter T1+ 4:58:42
7 Jordan Baja (Cancelled)[8] 1
2
3
8 Dubai International Baja 1 Nasser Al-Attiyah

Mathieu Baumel

Prodrive Hunter T1+ 5:22:52
2 Yazeed Al-Rajhi
Timo Gottschalk
Toyota Hilux Overdrive 5:28:06
3 Juan Cruz Yacopini
Daniel Oliveras
Toyota Hilux Overdrive 5:48:35

T3

Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Driver Car Time
1 Saudi Baja 1 Saleh Alsaif
Nasser Al-Kuwari
Can-Am Maverick 4:33:28
2 Fernando Álvarez
Xavier Panseri
Can-Am Maverick 4:39:59
3 Dania Akeel
Laurent Lichtleuchter
Can-Am Maverick 4:42:49
2 Qatar International Baja 1 Mshari Althefiri
Oriol Vidal
MCE-5 T3M 5:30:32
2 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari
Alexei Kuzmich
Can-Am Maverick 5:38:05
3 Nasser Al-Kuwari
François Cazalet
Can-Am Maverick 5:44:23
3 Italian Baja 1 Otavio Sousa Leite
João Ferreira
Can-Am Maverick 5:08:46
2 Egidijus Valeiša
Mindaugas Varža
Can-Am Maverick X3 5:10:24
3 Mshari Althefiri
Oriol Vidal
Can-Am Maverick 5:24:55
4 Baja España Aragón 1 Guillaume De Mévius
François Cazalet
G Rally Team OT3 6:39:30
2 João Dias
Pedro Re
Can-Am Maverick X3 6:43:39
3 João Monteiro
Nuno Morais
Can-Am Maverick 6:52:18
5 Baja Poland 1 Mshari Althefiri
Oriol Vidal
Can-Am Maverick X3 4:34:23
2 Otavio Sousa Leite

João Ferreira

Can-Am Maverick 4:44:43
3 Dania Akeel

Calheine Perry

Can-Am Maverick 5:13:07
6 Baja Portalegre 500 1 João Dias

Joao Miranda

Can-Am Maverick X3 4:56:55
2 Armindo Araujo

Luis Ramalho

Can-Am Maverick X3 4:57:29
3 Adam Thomelius

Oscar Andersson

Can-Am Maverick 5:00:30
7 Jordan Baja (Cancelled)[8] 1
2
3
8 Dubai International Baja 1 Otavio Sousa Leite

João Ferreira

Can-Am Maverick 6:04:05
2 Cristiano Batista

Fausto Mota

Can-Am Maverick 6:09:34
3 Dania Akeel

Calheine Perry

Can-Am Maverick 6:30:50

T4

Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Driver Car Time
1 Saudi Baja 1 Pau Navarro
Michael Metge
BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo 4:42:35
2 Jeremie Warnia
Loïc Minaudier
Polaris Pro R 4:43:32
3 Michele Cinotto
Maurizio Dominella
Polaris Pro R 4:54:53
2 Qatar International Baja 1 Jeremie Warnia
Loïc Minaudier
Polaris Pro R 5:45:51
2 Cristiano Batista
Fausto Mota
BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo 5:46:21
3 Pau Navarro
Gonçalo Reis
BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo 6:02:01
3 Italian Baja 1 Cristiano Batista
Fausto Mota
BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo 5:08:38
2 Amerigo Ventura
Mirko Brun
Yamaha YXZ 1000R 5:09:43
3 Dario De Lorenzo
Aldo De Lorenzo
Polaris RZR Pro R 6:10:27
4 Baja España Aragón 1 Cristiano Batista
Fausto Mota
BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo 7:02:08
2 Pau Navarro
Gonçalo Reis
BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo 7:08:40
3 Eduard Pons
Jaume Betriu
BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo 7:13:58
5 Baja Poland 1 Cristiano Batista

Fausto Mota

BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo 4:46:52
2 Jeremie Warnia
Loïc Minaudier
Polaris Pro R 4:55:27
3 Ricardo Ramilo

Dmytro Tsyro

Can-Am Maverick X3 5:03:46
6 Baja Portalegre 500 1 Cristiano Batista

Robledo Nicoletti

BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo 5:07:36
2 Alexander Toril Boquol

Pedro Lopez Chavez

BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo 5:24:59
3 Sean Haran

Martin Hales

Polaris RZR Pro R 5:47:35
7 Jordan Baja (Cancelled)[8] 1
2
3
8 Dubai International Baja 1 João Ferreira

Filipe Palmeiro

BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo 5:48:48
2 Amerigo Ventura
Mirko Brun
Yamaha YXZ 1000R 6:25:42
3 Atif Alzarouni

Patrick McMurren

Yamaha YXZ 1000R 7:06:46

Championship standings

Points system
  • Points for final positions are awarded as per the following table:
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Overall Points 30 25 20 17 15 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
Leg Points 5 4 3 2 1 0

For the 2023 season points will be awarded to the top five 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.

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

Drivers' & Co-Drivers' championships

Teams championship

Pos Team SAU
QAT
ITA
ESP
POL
POR
JOR
DUB
Points
1 Overdrive Racing 30 55 50 47 182
2 South Racing Can-Am 31 37 30 24 122
3 X-Raid Mini JCW Team 25 0 40 45 110
4 G Rally Team 15 13 11 22 61
5 FN Speed Team 30 15 0 14 59
6 Sports Racing Technologies 0 9 9
Pos Team SAU
QAT
ITA
ESP
POL
POR
JOR
DUB
Points

FIA T3 World Cup for Drivers

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver SAU
QAT
ITA
ESP
POL
POR
JOR
DUB
Points
1 Mshari Althefiri Ret 139 323 615 77
2 Otavio Sousa Leite 517 418 140 Ret 75
3 Fernando Álvarez 230 518 125 515 68
4 Dania Akeel 325 118 421 125 59
5 Kees Koolen 422 811 518 98 59
6 Guillaume De Mévius 140 40
7 Saleh Alsaif 138 38
8 João Dias 233 33
9 Egidijus Valeiša 233 Ret 33
10 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari 232 32
11 Nasser Al-Kuwari 325 25
12 João Monteiro 324 33
13 Armindo Araujo 419 19
14 Hector Diego Martínez 711 98 19
15 Santiago Navarro 618 Ret 18
16 Erik Van Loon 116 711 17
17 Lionel Baud 614 14
18 Piotr Otko 614 14
19 Csaba Miklos 712 12
20 Rashid Al-Muhannadi 711 11
21 Andrea Castagnera 89 9
22 Laia Sanz 89 9
23 Anja Van Loon 98 8
24 Ahmad Al-Muhannadi 107 7
25 Paulo Rodrigues 107 7
26 Miklos Trebitsch 107 7
27 Benjamin Favre 116 6
28 Jean-Luc Ceccaldi 125 5
29 Christophe Cresp 134 4
30 Jedidia Favre 143 3
31 Mitch Guthrie 213 3
32 Romain Locmane 152 2
Duarte Silva 16 0
Claude Fournier 17 0
Enrique Reyes 18 0
Miquel Prat 19 0
Rui Carneiro 20 0
Roberto Rodríguez 22 0
Jordi Pons 23 0
Elvis Borsoi Ret 0
Federico Butto Ret 0
Laurent Poletti Ret 0
Paulo Casaca Ret 0
José Maria Naranjo Ret 0
Gunter Hinkelmann Ret 0
Stephane Consani Ret 0
Andrea Lafarja Ret 0
Pos Driver SAU
QAT
ITA
ESP
POL
POR
JOR
DUB
Points

FIA T4 World Cup for Drivers and Teams

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver SAU
QAT
ITA
ESP
POL
POR
JOR
DUB
Points
1 Jeremie Warnia 232 138 70
2 Pau Navarro 138 325 63
3 Cristiano Batista 618 233 51
4 Ricardo Ramilo 422 419 41
5 Luis Henderson 516 616 32
6 Michele Cinotto 324 24
7 Stefano Marrini 517 17
8 Pietro Cinotto 713 13
Pos Driver SAU
QAT
ITA
ESP
POL
POR
JOR
DUB
Points

Teams championship

Pos Team SAU
QAT
ITA
ESP
POL
POR
JOR
DUB
Points
1 FN Speed Team 30 25 55
2 South Racing Can-Am 25 30 55
Pos Team SAU
QAT
ITA
ESP
POL
POR
JOR
DUB
Points

References

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  4. ^ "Al Rajhi and Al Attiyah top car list at Saudi Baja-Hail". thepeninsulaqatar.com. thepeninsulaqatar.com. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
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  8. ^ a b c "2023 Jordan Baja cancelled". www.fim-moto.com. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2024.