FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies

FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies
CategoryRally raid
CountryInternational
Inaugural season1993
Folded2021
Last Drivers' champion Nasser Al-Attiyah (2021)
Last Makes' championToyota Hilux 4x4

The FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies was a rally raid series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver, co-driver, and team; with additional trophies awarded to T2 and T3 drivers & teams.

History

Starting with the 2011 season, the previous FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup was joined with the FIA's International Cup for Cross-Country Bajas to form the new competition.[1] From the beginning of the 2019 season the cup was once again split, with the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Bajas being held alongside the competition for "baja" style rally raids.[2]

From 2022, the cup merged with the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship to become the World Rally-Raid Championship.

Champions

Season Driver Co-driver Car 2nd 3rd
1993 Pierre Lartigue Michel Périn Citroën ZX Rallye-raid Timo Salonen Jean-Pierre Fontenay
1994 Pierre Lartigue Michel Périn Citroën ZX Rallye-raid Timo Salonen Jean-Louis Schlesser
1995 Pierre Lartigue Michel Périn Citroën ZX Rallye-raid Ari Vatanen Jean-Louis Schlesser
1996 Pierre Lartigue Michel Périn Citroën ZX Rallye-raid Ari Vatanen Jean-Louis Schlesser
1997 Ari Vatanen Fred Gallagher Citroën ZX Rallye-raid Pierre Lartigue Mikhail Naryshkin
1998 Jean-Louis Schlesser Philippe Monnet Buggy Schlesser Renault Kenjiro Shinozuka Jean-Pierre Fontenay
1999 Jean-Louis Schlesser Philippe Monnet Buggy Schlesser Renault Kenjiro Shinozuka José María Serviá
2000 Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne Buggy Schlesser Renault Jutta Kleinschmidt José María Serviá
2001 Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne Buggy Schlesser Renault Jutta Kleinschmidt Carlos Sousa
2002 Jean-Louis Schlesser Henri Magne Buggy Schlesser Renault Stéphane Peterhansel Aleksandr Khrol
2003 Carlos Sousa Henri Magne Mitsubishi L200 Strakar Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Pierre Strugo
2004 Khalifa Al Mutaiwei Alain Guehennec BMW X5 CC Stéphane Peterhansel Carlos Sousa
2005 Bruno Saby Michel Périn Volkswagen Race Touareg Stéphane Peterhansel Ronan Chabot
2006 Sergey Shmakov Konstantin Meshcheryakov Buggy ZIL Giniel De Villiers Luc Alphand
2007 Carlos Sainz Michel Périn Volkswagen Race Touareg 2 Giniel De Villiers Luc Alphand
2008 Nasser Al-Attiyah Tina Thörner BMW X3 CC X-Raid Krzysztof Hołowczyc Luc Alphand
2009 Guerlain Chicherit Tina Thörner BMW X3 CC X-Raid Orlando Terranova Yahya al-Heli
2010 Leonid Novitskiy Andreas Schulz BMW X3 CC X-Raid Jean-Louis Schlesser Laurent Rosso
2011 Leonid Novitskiy Andreas Schulz BMW X3 CC X-Raid Jean-Louis Schlesser Boris Gadasin
2012 Khalifa Al Mutaiwei Andreas Schulz Mini All4 Racing X-Raid Miroslav Zapletal Jean-Luis Schlesser
2013 Krzysztof Hołowczyc Andreas Schulz Mini All4 Racing X-Raid Jean-Louis Schlesser Joan Roma
2014 Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov Mini All4 Racing X-Raid Nasser al-Attiyah Yazeed Al-Rajhi
2015 Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel Mini All4 Racing X-Raid Vladimir Vasilyev Yazeed Al-Rajhi
2016 Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel Toyota Hilux 4x4 Vladimir Vasilyev Yazeed Al-Rajhi
2017 Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel Toyota Hilux 4x4 Jakub Przygoński Aron Domzala
2018 Jakub Przygoński Tom Colsoul MINI JCW Rally X-Raid Martin Prokop Vladimir Vasilyev
2019 Stéphane Peterhansel Andrea Peterhansel MINI JCW Buggy X-Raid Nasser al-Attiyah Reinaldo Varela
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel Toyota Hilux 4x4 Lucio Álvarez Denis Krotov
World Rally-Raid Championship

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 2019-01-03.