| 2016 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship | |||
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The 2016 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship season is the 14th season of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship.
The calendar for the 2016 season featured five rallies. [1] Some of the rallies were also part of FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup.
| Round | Dates | Rally name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2–7 April |  Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge |
| 2 | 17–22 April |  Sealine Cross-Country Rally |
| 3 | 2–7 June |  Sardegna Rally Race |
| 4 | 28 August – 4 September |  Atacama Rally |
| 5 | 1–7 October |  Rallye OiLibya du Maroc |
| Constructor | Bike | Team | Rider | Rounds | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honda | Honda CRF450 | Abu Dhabi Spirit Racing | Khalid Al-Falasi | 1 | ||
 VVI Rally Team |  Ján Zaťko | 1 | ||||
| Honda CRF450R |  CPW Motoparts | Jacob Smith | 1 | |||
| Honda CRF 450 Rally |  Honda HRC Rally |  Kevin Benavides | 3–5 | |||
 Paulo Gonçalves | 4–5 | |||||
| Husqvarna | Husqvarna 450 Rally Factory |  Rockstar Husqvarna Factory Racing Team | Pablo Quintanilla | 1–2, 4–5 | ||
 Pierre Renet | 1–2, 4–5 | |||||
| Husqvarna 450 Rally Replica |  HT Husqvarna Rally Team |  Txomin Arana | 1 | |||
| Arjan Bos | 1 | |||||
 Joikef Sveinbjörnsson | 1 | |||||
 David Thomas | 1 | |||||
| Husqvarna FC 450 |  MobilEx Racing Team | Yevgeniya Nesterová | 1 | |||
| Husqvarna FE 450 | Scott Britnell | Scott Britnell | 1–2 | |||
| KTM | KTM 450 EXC | Ahmed Fahad Alkuwari | Ahmed Fahad Alkuwari | 2 | ||
| KTM 450 Rally Factory | José Ignacio Cornejo Florimo | José Ignacio Cornejo Florimo | 2 | |||
 Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Racing Team KTM Factory Racing | Toby Price | 1–2, 4–5 | ||||
| Laia Sanz | 1–2, 4 | |||||
| Sam Sunderland | 1–2, 4–5 | |||||
| Matthias Walkner | 4–5 | |||||
| KTM 450 Rally Replica |  Autonet Motorcycle Team | Emanuel Gyenes | 1 | |||
| Crazy Camel Racing | Carlo Seminara | 1 | ||||
 Ibrahim Alrubaian | Ibrahim Alrubaian | 1 | ||||
| José Ignacio Cornejo Florimo | José Ignacio Cornejo Florimo | 1, 3–4 | ||||
 Juan Carlos Salvatierra | Juan Carlos Salvatierra | 2 | ||||
| Kurt Burroughs | Kurt Burroughs | 2 | ||||
 Marek Podlipny | Marek Podlipny | 1 | ||||
 Miran Stanovnik | Miran Stanovnik | 1 | ||||
| Mohammed Al Balooshi | Mohammed Al Balooshi | 1–2 | ||||
 Orlen Team | Jakub Piątek | 1–2, 5 | ||||
| Paweł Stasiaczek | 1 | |||||
| Ben Young | 1 | |||||
 Team Kaiser | Stephan Preuss | 1 | ||||
| Thomas Preuss | 1 | |||||
| Tony Schattat | Tony Schattat | 1 | ||||
| Vendetta Racing UAE | David Mabbs | 1 | ||||
| David McBride | 1 | |||||
| Paul Middleton | 1 | |||||
| Slovakia Rally Team | Stefan Svitko | 5 | ||||
| KTM SXF 450 | Mark Davidson | Mark Davidson | 1 | |||
| Sherco | Sherco 450 RTR | Sherco TVS Rally Factory | Juan Pedrero | 3, 5 | ||
| Adrien Metge | 5 | |||||
 Aravind Prabhakar | 5 | |||||
| Yamaha | Yamaha WR450F | Crazy Camel Racing | Rodney Faggoter | 1 | ||
| Sonik Team | Julián Villarrubia | 1 | ||||
| Yamalube Yamaha Official Rally Team | Hélder Rodrigues | 1–3, 5 | ||||
| Adrien van Beveren | 2–3, 5 | |||||
| Alessandro Botturi | 3, 5 | |||||
| Sources: [2] [3] | ||||||
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rider | Bike | Time | ||
| 1 | Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge [4] | 1 | Toby Price | KTM 450 Rally Factory | 18:18:24 |
| 2 | Sam Sunderland | KTM 450 Rally Factory | 18:20:35 | ||
| 3 | Pablo Quintanilla | Husqvarna 450 Rally Factory | 18:21:47 | ||
| 2 | Sealine Cross-Country Rally [5] | 1 | Sam Sunderland | KTM 450 Rally Factory | 19:14:07 |
| 2 | Pablo Quintanilla | Husqvarna 450 Rally Factory | 19:23:45 | ||
| 3 | Hélder Rodrigues | Yamaha WR450F | 19:44:53 | ||
| 3 | Sardegna Rally Race [6] | 1 | Juan Pedrero | Sherco 450 | 14:31:15 |
| 2 | Xavier de Soultrait | Yamaha WR450F | 14:31:58 | ||
| 3 | Armand Monleón | Husqvarna 450 | 14:33:32 | ||
| 4 | Atacama Rally | 1 | Pablo Quintanilla | Husqvarna 450 | 11:48:38 |
| 2 | Toby Price | KTM 450 Rally Factory | 11:49:07 | ||
| 3 | Kevin Benavides | Honda 450 | 11:58:13 | ||
| 5 | Rallye OiLibya du Maroc | 1 | Toby Price | KTM 450 Rally Factory | 13:06:35 |
| 2 | Sam Sunderland | KTM 450 Rally Factory | 13:14:19 | ||
| 3 | Pablo Quintanilla | Husqvarna 450 | 13:23:37 | ||
| Pos | Rider | ABU | QAT | SAR | CHL | MAR | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pablo Quintanilla | 320 | 226 | 131 | 319 | 96 | |
| 2 | Sam Sunderland | 223 | 129 | 514 | 223 | 89 | |
| 3 | Toby Price | 130 | Ret3 | 224 | 130 | 87 | |
| 4 | Hélder Rodrigues | 215 | 319 | 811 | 416 | 51 | |
| 5 | Pierre Renet | 515 | 514 | 910 | 910 | 49 | |
| 6 | Juan Pedrero | 130 | 811 | 41 | |||
| 7 | José Cornejo | 712 | 913 | 154 | 811 | 40 | |
| 8 | Xavier De Soultrait | 224 | 514 | 38 | |||
| 9 | Kevin Benavides | 613 | 319 | Ret4 | 36 | ||
| 10 | Adrien van Beveren | Ret3 | 712 | 613 | 28 | ||
| 11 | Matthias Walkner | 613 | 713 | 26 | |||
| 12 | Laia Sanz | 613 | Ret3 | 109 | 25 | ||
| 13 | Alessandro Botturi | 418 | 384 | 22 | |||
| 14 | Paulo Gonçalves | 417 | Ret4 | 21 | |||
| 15 | Armand Monleon | 319 | 19 | ||||
| 16 | Mohammed Al Balooshi | 416 | Ret3 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Jakub Piątek | 811 | Ret3 | 374 | 18 | ||
| 18 | Scott Britnell | 174 | 813 | 17 | |||
| 19 | Juan Carlos Salvatierra | 416 | 16 | ||||
| 20 |  Ricky Brabec | 712 | 354 | 16 | |||
| Pos | Rider | ABU | QAT | SAR | CHL | MAR | Points |
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