FIA World Baja Cup

FIA World Baja Cup
CategoryCross-country bajas
CountryInternational
Inaugural season2002
Drivers' champion Nasser Al-Attiyah (O/A)
Otávio Sousa Leite (T3)
Cristiano de Sousa Batista (T4)
Co-Drivers' champion Mathieu Baumel (O/A)
Teams' championOverdrive Racing (O/A)
South Racing Can-Am (T4)
Official websiteFIA World Baja Cup
Current season

The FIA World Baja Cup, formerly known as the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas, is a baja rally series organized by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver, co-driver, and team across each category.

History

Starting with the 2002 season, the previous FIA's International Cup for Cross-Country Bajas was joined with the FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup to form the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies.[1] From the beginning of the 2019 season the cup was once again split, with the World Cup for Cross Country Bajas being held alongside the competition for "baja" style rally raids.[2]

It was renamed to the World Baja Cup in 2024.[3]

From the 2022 season, the competition runs separately to the World Rally-Raid Championship, and together with the FIM Bajas World Cup. It also has regional counterparts with the FIA European Baja Cup and FIA Middle East Baja Cup.

Champions

Season Driver Co-driver Car 2nd 3rd Designation
2002 Jean-Louis Schlesser[4] Henri Magne Buggy Schlesser Miguel Barbosa Mikhail Naryshkin FIA European Cup for Cross-Country Bajas
2003 Carlos Sousa[5] Henri Magne Mitsubishi Miguel Barbosa Hiroshi Masuoka
Luc Alphand
2004 Carlos Sousa[6] Henri Magne Mitsubishi Khalifa Al-Mutaiwei Colin McRae
2005 Marc Blazquez[7] Ignacio Salvador Nissan Pick-Up D22 Rui Sousa Joan Roma
Luc Alphand
Nasser Al-Attiyah
2006 Marc Blazquez[8] Ignacio Salvador Nissan Navara Josef Sykora Edi Orioli
Carlos Sousa
Miguel Barbosa
2007 Boris Gadasin[9] Nissan Hamad bin Eid Al-Thani Miroslav Zapletal
2008 Nasser Al-Attiyah[10] Tina Thörner BMW X-Raid Boris Gadasin Tonnie van Deijne
2009 Boris Gadazin[11] Vladimir Demyanenko Nissan Overdrive Miroslav Zapletal Tonnie van Deijne
2010 Krzysztof Hołowczyc[12] Jean-Marc Fortin Nissan Navara Boris Gadasin Bogdan Novitskiy
2011–2018 Merged with FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup
2019[13] Orlando Terranova Ronnie Graue Mini JCW Rally X-Raid Jakub Przygonski Vladimir Vasilyev FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas
2020 Vladimir Vasilyev[14] Tom Colsoul Mini JCW Rally X-Raid Bernhard ten Brinke Nasser Al-Attiyah
2021 Yazeed Al-Rajhi[15] Michael Orr Toyota Hilux Yasir Seaidan Krzysztof Holowicz
2022 Yazeed Al-Rajhi[16] Dirk V. Zitzewitz Toyota Hilux Miroslav Zapletal Fernando Alvarez
2023 Nasser Al-Attiyah[17] Mathieu Baumel Toyota Hilux Dakar Yazeed Al-Rajhi Joao Ferreira
2024 João Ferreira Filipe Palmeiro X-Raid Mini JCW Team Fernando Alvarez Eduardo Pons FIA World Baja Cup

See also

References

  1. ^ "Press Release World Motor Sport Council 23/06/2010". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2010-06-23. Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
  2. ^ "2019 FIA World Cup Calendar". Rally Raid Network. Archived from the original on 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  3. ^ Nguyen, Justin (19 October 2023). "FIA rally raid categories, Bajas Cups renamed for 2024". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  4. ^ Classements 2002
  5. ^ Classements 2003
  6. ^ Classements 2004
  7. ^ Classements 2005
  8. ^ Classements 2006
  9. ^ Classements 2007
  10. ^ Classements 2008
  11. ^ Classements 2009
  12. ^ "Classements 2010". www.web4x4.org. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  13. ^ Orlando Terranova es el campeón del mundo FIA de Bajas | Somos Dakar
  14. ^ "Classifications". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  15. ^ "Saudi champion Yazeed Al-Rajhi wins World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas title". Arab News. 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  16. ^ "Saudi Arabia's Rajhi lifts World Cup title with victory at Dubai International Baja". Gulf Today. 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  17. ^ "Al Attiyah wins in Dubai to sign off Bajas campaign on high note". The Peninsula. 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
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