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The 2015 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship season was the 13th season of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship. [1]
Austria's Matthias Walkner, riding a KTM, was the winner of the championship by 7 points ahead of Great Britain's Sam Sunderland, who also rode a KTM. [2] Walkner won the season's fourth event, the Sardegna Rally Race, while Sunderland was the winner of the final event, the Rallye OiLibya du Maroc. Third place in the championship, 11 points further behind Sunderland, went to the best-placed Honda rider, Paulo Gonçalves. Defending champion Marc Coma finished fourth, after announcing his retirement [3] midway through the season – he was the only rider to win more than one event, winning the first two events at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge and the Sealine Cross-Country Rally. Two other riders won races in 2015; Pablo Quintanilla won his home event at the Atacama Rally, and Poland's Jakub Piątek won the Rallye des Pharaons.
The calendar for the 2015 season featured six rallies. [1] Some of the rallies were also part of FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup. The Atacama Rally replaced Rallye dos Sertões for the 2015 season.
| Round | Dates | Rally name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 March – 2 April |  Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge |
| 2 | 20–24 April |  Sealine Cross-Country Rally |
| 3 | 12–16 May |  Rallye des Pharaons |
| 4 | 6–11 June |  Sardegna Rally Race |
| 5 | 30 August – 5 September |  Atacama Rally |
| 6 | 3–9 October |  Rallye OiLibya du Maroc |
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rider | Bike | Time | ||
| 1 | Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge [4] | 1 |  Marc Coma | KTM 450 Rally | 14:49:05 |
| 2 |  Sam Sunderland | KTM 450 Rally | 15:01:00 | ||
| 3 | Pablo Quintanilla | KTM 450 Rally | 15:09:21 | ||
| 2 | Sealine Cross-Country Rally [5] | 1 | Marc Coma | KTM 450 Rally | 19:56:48 |
| 2 | Joan Barreda | Honda CRF 450 Rally | 20:01:28 | ||
| 3 |  Paulo Gonçalves | Honda CRF 450 Rally | 20:03:21 | ||
| 3 | Rallye des Pharaons [6] | 1 |  Jakub Piątek | KTM 450 Rally | 17:44:59 |
| 2 |  Juan Carlos Salvatierra | KTM 450 Rally | 17:48:18 | ||
| 3 | Mohammed Balooshi | KTM 450 Rally | 19:21:03 | ||
| 4 | Sardegna Rally Race [7] | 1 |  Matthias Walkner | KTM 450 Rally | 16:30:26 |
| 2 | Armand Monleón | KTM 450 Rally | 16:32:59 | ||
| 3 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha WR450F | 16:35:32 | ||
| 5 | Atacama Rally [8] | 1 | Pablo Quintanilla | KTM 450 Rally | 11:07:34 |
| 2 | Matthias Walkner | KTM 450 Rally | 11:10:23 | ||
| 3 | Sam Sunderland | KTM 450 Rally | 11:10:48 | ||
| 6 | Rallye OiLibya du Maroc [9] | 1 | Sam Sunderland | KTM 450 Rally | 15:38:00 |
| 2 | Matthias Walkner | KTM 450 Rally | 15:38:34 | ||
| 3 | Paulo Gonçalves | Honda CRF 450 Rally | 16:07:08 | ||
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | ABU | QAT | PHA | SAR | CHL | MAR | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthias Walkner | 314 | 712 | 128 | 223 | 223 | 90 | |
| 2 | Sam Sunderland | 223 | 613 | 319 | 128 | 83 | ||
| 3 | Paulo Gonçalves | 304 | 319 | 416 | 514 | 319 | 72 | |
| 4 | Marc Coma | 128 | 128 | 514 | 70 | |||
| 5 | Pablo Quintanilla | 319 | 514 | 174 | 128 | Ret3 | 68 | |
| 6 | Mohammed Al Balooshi | 613 | 109 | 319 | 811 | Ret3 | 55 | |
| 7 | Jakub Piątek | 344 | 910 | 128 | 594 | 128 | 54 | |
| 8 | Jordi Viladoms | 416 | 712 | 416 | Ret3 | 47 | ||
| 9 | Rubén Faria | 416 | Ret3 | 811 | 514 | 44 | ||
| 10 | Armand Monleón | 383 | 811 | 223 | 37 |
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