2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies

Last updated July 17, 2023

2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies
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The 2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies was the 27th season of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies; an annual competition for rally raid events for cars, buggies, side-by-sides, and trucks held in multiple countries.

Calendar

The 2019 edition of the world cup featured five cross country rallies. The shorter 'baja' style events are now included in their international competition, the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas.^[1] Some events on the schedule were shared with the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship.^[2]

The FIA awards the world cup to drivers, co-drivers, and teams competing in the T1 category; whilst drivers and teams in the T2 and T3 categories are awarded FIA cups. The T4 'truck' category is recognized, but not awarded any end-of-season cup or trophy.

Due to irreconcilable differences between the FIA and Turkmenistan, the Turkmen Desert Race was cancelled for 2019; thereby leaving the calendar with just four events.^[3]

Round	Dates	Rally name	Ref.
1	21–26 February	Manateq Qatar Cross-Country Rally	^[4]
2	30 March - 4 April	Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge	^[5]
C	5–11 May	Turkmen Desert Race (cancelled)	^[3]
3	26 May - 1 June	Rally Kazakhstan	^[6]
4	4–8 October	Rallye OiLibya du Maroc

Notable teams and drivers

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Category	Rounds
Borgward	Borgward BX7 DKR EVO	Borgward Rally Team	Joan "Nani" Roma	Dani Oliveras	T1	4
BMW	BMW X3	VRT	Vladimir Vasilyev	Konstantin Zhiltsov	T1	1-2
Can-Am	Can-Am Maverick X3	Monster Energy Can-Am	Reinaldo Marquez Varela	Gustavo Souza Gugelmin	T3	1-4
			Casey Currie	Laurent Lichtleuchter		2
			Casey Currie	Sean Berriman		4
			Gerard Farres Guell	Armand Monleon Hernandez		4
		Ahmed Fahad Alkuwari	Ahmed Fahad Alkuwari	Manuel Mucchese		1-2
		QMMF Team	Adel Abdulla	Marc Serra		1
		QMMF Team	Mohammed Al-Attiyah	Sergio Lafuente		1
		South Racing	Hernan Garces	Juan Pablo Latrach		2, 4
			Aron Domzala	Maciej Marton		4
			Ilya Rouss	Anton Yarashuk		4
			Austin Jones	Kellon Walch		4
			Antonio Marmolejo	Eduardo Blanco		4
		Zavidovo Racing Team	Fedor Vorobyev	Kirill Shubin		1-4
		AZ Racing Team	Abdullah Al Zubair	Nasser Al Kuwari		1–2, 4
		Saled Abdullahs Alsaif	Saleh Alsaif			1-2
		Sports Racing Technologies	Aleksandr Dorosinskiy	Oleg Uperenko		4
		Kees Koolen	Kees Koolen	Monica Plaza		4
		Team Maria Oparina	Maria Oparina	Lyudmila Petenko		3
		Team Maria Oparina	Tatiana Sycheva	Aleksandr Alekseev		3
		Dmitry Pitulov	Dmitry Pitulov	Andrei Chipenko		3
Century	Century Racing CR6	Mathieu Serradori	Mathieu Serradori	Fabian Lurquin	T1	4
Chevrolet	Chevrolet Silverado	Khalid Al Jafla	Khalid Al Jafla	Andrei Rudnitski	T1	2
Chevrolet	Chevrolet Jeep	Abdullah Al Rabban	Abdullah Al Rabban	Dennis Nikitopulis	T1	1
Desert Warrior	Rally Raid UK Desert Warrior III	Ahmed Al Shamy	Ahmed Al Shamy	Alain Besançon	T1	1-2
Ford	Ford Raptor RS Cross Country	MP-Sports	Martin Prokop	Viktor Chytka	T1	2, 4
	Ford F150	OFFROADSPORT	Miroslav Zapletal	Marek Sykora		1-3
		Off Road Kazakhstan	Andrey Cherednikov	Dimitri Tsyro		2
		Off Road Kazakhstan	Andrey Cherednikov	Ignat Falkov		3
	Ford 2WD Buggy	Two Wheels Drive	Eugenio Amos	Sebastien Delaunay		1-2
GAZ	GAZelle NEXT	Gaz Raid Sport	Evgenii Sukhovenko	Kirill Chapaev	T1	3
	GAZelle NEXT		Alexey Ignatov	Evgeny Pavlov	T4	3
	Sadko NEXT		Mikhail Shklyaev	Aleksandr Laguta		3
	Sadko NEXT		Alexey Khlebov	Stanislav Dolgov		3
G-Force	Bars	Viktor Khoroshavtsev	Viktor Khoroshavtsev	Anton Nokolaev	T1	3
G-Force	Bars	G-Force Motorsport	Boris Gadasin	Dmitry Pavlov	T1	3
Hummer	H3 Evo VIII	Mobilex Racing Team	Yuriy Sazanov	Yitaliy Yevtyekhov	T1	3
Iveco	Iveco PowerStar	Big Shock Racing	Martin Macik	Frantisek Tomasek	T4	4
Iveco	Iveco PowerStar	Valtr Racing Team	Jaroslav Valtr Sr	Jaroslav Valtr Jr	T4	4
Jeep	Jeep Wrangler	AZ Racing Team	Zubair Al Zubair	Faisal Al Raisi	T1	2
Kamaz	43509	Kamaz Master Team	Eduard Nikolaev	Evgeny Yakovlev	T4	3
Kamaz	43509	Kamaz Master Team	Dmitry Sotnikov	Ruslan Akhmadeev	T4	3
Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes Unimog Truck	Ibrahim Al Muhana	Ibrahim Al Muhana	Osama Alsanad	T4	1-2
Mini	Mini JCW Rally X-Raid	Orlen Team/X-Raid	Jakub Pryzgonski	Timo Gottschalk	T1	1, 3-4
		Yasir Hamad Seaidn	Yasir Hamad Seaidn	Laurent Lichtleuchter		1
		X-Raid Mini JCW Team	Stephane Peterhansel	Andrea Peterhansel		2
		X-Raid Mini JCW Team	Boris Garafulic	Felipe Palmeiro		3-4
		MSK Rally Team	Denis Krotov	Dmytrio Tsyro		3-4
		Auto Sport Federation of Turkmenistan	Gurbanberdi Danatarov	Rafael Gaynulin		3
		VRT	Vladimir Vasilyev	Konstantin Zhiltsov		3
	Mini JCW Buggy X-Raid	Orlen Team/X-Raid	Jakub Przygoński	Timo Gottschalk	T1	2
		X-Raid Mini JCW Team	Cyril Despres	Daniel Oliveras		2
			Stephane Peterhansel	Andrea Peterhansel		3-4
			Carlos Sainz	Lucas Cruz		4
	Mini All4 Racing		Stephen Schott	Felipe Palmeiro	T1	2
	Mini All4 Racing	Yasir Hamad Seaidn	Yasir Hamad Seaidn	Paulo Fiuza	T1	4
Nissan	Nissan Navara	Saudi Arabia Racing Team	Yasir Hamad Seaidn	Ariff Mohammed	T1	2
		Sabertooth Motoring Adventure	Thomas Bell	Patrick McMurren		2
		ED Racing Team	Essa Al Dossery	Ali Hassan Obaid		2
		Yahya Al Helei	Yahya Al Helei	Khalid Alkendi		2
	Nissan Pathfinder	Yara Shalaby	Yara Shalaby	Ala Eshtaiwai	T1	2
	Nissan Patrol	Mohammed Al-Meer	Mohammed Al-Meer	Alexey Kuzmich	T2	2
		QMMF Team	Mohammed Saad Al Harqan	Sebastien Delaunay		1
		QMMF Team	Abdullah Najeeb Al Baker	Mohammed Abuhassan		1
		Aktau Motorsport	Kirill Chernenkov	Alexey Mun		3
		Auto Sport Federation of Turkmenistan	Muhammetmyrat Gurbanov	Shamyrat Gurbanov		3
	Nissan Patrol Pickup	Khaled Alferaihi	Khaled Alferaihi	Wleed Suleman Alfiuam	T1	1-2
Peugeot	Peugeot 3008 DKR	Abu Dhabi Racing	Khalid Al Qassimi	Xavier Panseri	T1	2
Polaris	Polaris RZR 1000 XP	Jose Luis Pena Campo	Jose Luis Pena Campo	Rafael Tornabell	T3	2-4
		Michel Fadel	Michel Fadel	Craig Tyson		1-2
		CR Racing	Michele Cinotto	Marco Arnoletti		1-3
		Claudiu Barbu	Claudiu Barbu	Paul Spiridon		1
		QMMF Team	Khalid Faraj Al Mohannadi	Loic Minaudier		1
			Rashid Juma Al Mohannadi	Ahmad Alfares		1
			Mubarak Khalifa Alkhelaifi	Szymon Gospodarczk		1
		Dmitrii Ponomarenko	Dmitrii Ponomarenko	Dmitrii Karpov		3
Predator	Predator X Buggy	Saluki Motorsport	Matthew Telling	James Bourke	T1	1-2
SMG	SMG Buggy	Mohammed Abu Issa	Mohammed Abu Issa	Xavier Panseri	T1	1
Snag	Snag Proto	Snag Racing Team	Sergei Kariakin	Anton Vlasiuk	T3	4
Snag	Snag Proto	Snag Racing Team	Aleksei Shmotev	Andrei Rudnitski	T3	4
Toyota	Toyota Hilux	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Mathieu Baumel	T1	1, 3-4
			Bernhard ten Brinke	Tom Colsoul		1-4
			Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Dirk von Zitzewitz		1-4
			Giniel De Villiers	Alex Haro		4
			Fernando Alonso	Marc Coma		4
		Overdrive Racing	Erik van Loon	Sebastien Delaunay		4
			Aron Domzala	Maciej Marton		2
			Viktor Khoroshavtsev	Anton Nikolaev		4
			Ronan Chabot	Gilles Pillot		4
		4WD Jaton Racing	Antonio Leonidas Marmolejo	Eduardo Blanco		2
		Mobilex Racing Team	Yerden Shagirov	Arslan Sakhimov		3
	Toyota Land Cruiser 200	VA Motorsports	Aldis Vilcans	Janis Stepanovis	T2	2
		VA Motorsports	Alexander Baranenko	Alexander Gorkov		2
		QMMF Team	Mohammed Al-Meer	Alexey Kuzmich		1, 3-4
		Auto Sport Federation of Turkmenistan	Guvanchmyrat Hommadov	Serdar Mollamyradov		3
		Tomasz Baranowski	Tomasz Baranowski	Grzegorz Konczak		4
Yamaha	Yamaha YXZ 1000R	Camelia Liparoti	Camelia Liparoti	Rosa Romero	T3	1–2, 4
Source:^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

Results

Overall

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Qatar Cross Country Rally	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Toyota Hilux/Overdrive Racing	13:18:44
		2	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota Hilux/Overdrive Racing	13:29:54
		3	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	BMW X3	14:14:32

2	Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge	1	Stephane Peterhansel Andrea Peterhansel	Mini JCW Rally X-Raid	18:03:45
		2	Khalid Al Qassimi Xavier Panseri	Peugeot 3008 DKR	18:12:33
		3	Aron Domzala Maciej Marton	Toyota Hilux/Overdrive Racing	18:50:01

3	Rally Kazakhstan	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	Toyota Hilux/Overdrive Racing	17:58:06
		2	Stephane Peterhansel Andrea Peterhansel	Mini JCW Buggy X-Raid	18:03:27
		3	Jakub Przygonski Timo Gottschalk	Mini JCW Rally X-Raid	18:45:56

4	Rallye du Maroc	1	Giniel de Villiers Alex Haro	Toyota Hilux/Overdrive Racing	17:48:44
		2	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz	Mini JCW Buggy X-Raid	18:06:26
		3	Jakub Przygonski Timo Gottschalk	Mini JCW Rally X-Raid	18:47:11

T2 category

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Qatar Cross Country Rally	1	Mohammed Al-Meer Alexey Kuzmich	Toyota Land Cruiser 200	117:09:03
		2
		3

2	Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge	1	Mohammed Al-Meer Alexey Kuzmich	Nissan Patrol	499:59:30
		2	Aldis Vilcans Janis Stepanovis	Toyota Land Cruiser 200	513:59:21
		3	Alexander Baranenko Alexander Gorkov	Toyota Land Cruiser 200	530:35:27

3	Rally Kazakhstan	1	Mohammed Al-Meer Alexey Kuzmich	Toyota Land Cruiser 200	27:22:10
		2	Muhammetmyrat Gurbanov Shamyrat Gurbanov	Nissan Patrol	93:53:29
		3	Kirill Chernenkov Alexey Mun	Nissan Patrol	162:41:58

4	Rallye du Maroc	1	Tomasz Baranowski Gregorz Konczak	Toyota Land Cruiser KDJ 155	246:50:24
		2
		3

T3 category

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Qatar Cross Country Rally	1	Reinaldo Varela Gustavo Gugelmin	Can-Am Maverick X3	19:14:08
		2	Fedor Vorobyev Kirill Shubin	Can-Am Maverick X3	21:47:20
		3	Camelia Liparoti Max Delfino	Yamaha YZX 1000 R	23:05:26

2	Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge	1	Casey Currie Laurent Lichtleuchter	Can-Am Maverick X3	19:43:18
		2	Reinaldo Varela Gustavo Souza Gugelmin	Can-Am Maverick X3	19:44:30
		3	Fedor Vorobyev Kirill Shubin	Can-Am Maverick X3	151:53:41

3	Rally Kazakhstan	1	Reinaldo Varela Gustavo Gugelmin	Can-Am Maverick X3	24:21:22
		2	Jose Luis Pena Campo Rafael Tornabell	Polaris RZR 1000 XP	25:53:32
		3	Maria Oparina Lyudmila Petenko	Can-Am Maverick X3	83:03:45

4	Rallye du Maroc	1	Reinaldo Varela Gustavo Gugelmin	Can-Am Maverick X3	20:39:35
		2	Sergei Kariakin Anton Vlasiuk	Snag Proto	20:41:07
		3	Aleksandr Dorosinskiy Oleg Uperenko	Can-Am Maverick X3	20:49:00

T4 category

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Qatar Cross Country Rally	1	Ibrahim Al-Muhana Osama Alsanad	Mercedes Unimog	119:30:24
		2
		3

2	Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge	1
		2
		3

3	Rally Kazakhstan	1	Dmitry Sotnikov Ruslan Akhmadeev	Kamaz 43509	21:31:45
		2	Mikhail Shklyaev Aleksandr Laguta	GAZ Sadko NEXT	33:44:38
		3	Alexey Khlebov Stanislav Dolgov	GAZ Sadko NEXT	36:02:44

4	Rallye du Maroc	1	Jaroslav Valtr Sr. Jaroslav Valtr Jr.	Iveco PowerStar Torpedo	29:36:46
		2	Martin Macik Frantisek Tomasek	Iveco PowerStar Torpedo	100:47:06
		3

Championship standings

In order to score points in the Cup classifications, competitors must register with the FIA before the entry closing date of the first rally entered.

Points system

Points for final positions are awarded as per the following table:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Overall Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
T1/T2/T3 Points	5	3	1	0

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

Drivers' & Co-Drivers' championships

Pos	Driver	QAT	ABU	TKM	KAZ	MAR	Points
1	Stéphane Peterhansel		1³⁰	C	2²¹	4¹²	63
2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	1³⁰		C	1³⁰		60
3	Reinaldo Marquez Varela	6¹³	5¹³	C	8⁹	7¹¹	46
4	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	2²¹		C	7⁶	5¹⁰	37
5	Jakub Przygonski			C	3¹⁶	3¹⁶	32
6	Giniel De Villiers			C		1³⁰	30
7	Vladimir Vasilyev	3¹⁶	6⁸	C			24
8	Khalid Al Qassimi		2²¹	C			21
9	Carlos Sainz			C		2²¹	21
10	Casey Currie		4¹⁷	C			17
11	Aron Domzala		3¹⁶	C			16
12	Miroslav Zapletal	10¹		C	4¹²		13
13	Yasir Hamad Seaidan	4¹²		C			12
14	Mohammed Al Meer	14⁵		C	10⁶		11
15	Denis Krotov			C	5¹⁰		10
16	Bernhard Ten Brinke	5¹⁰		C			10
17	Fedor Vorobyev	7⁹	14¹	C			10
18	Andrey Cherednikov			C	6⁸		8
19	Joan “Nani” Roma			C		6⁸	8
20	Sergei Kariakin			C		8⁷	7
21	Martin Prokop		7⁶	C			6
22	Camelia Liparoti	8⁵		C			5
23	Jose-Luis Pena Campo			C	9⁵		5
24	Cyril Despres		8⁴	C			4
25	Aleksandr Dorosinskiy			C		9³	3
26	Samyrat Gurbanov			C	14³		3
27	Eugenio Amos	9²		C			2
28	Thomas Bell		9²	C			2
29	Khalid Al Jafla		10¹	C			1
30	Austin Jones			C		10¹	1
31	Maria Oparina			C	13¹		1
32	Kirill Chernenkov			C	17¹		1
Pos	Driver	QAT	ABU	TKM	KAZ	MAR	Points

Pos	Co-Driver	QAT	ABU	TKM	KAZ	MAR	Points
1	Andrea Peterhansel		1³⁰	C	2²¹	4¹²	63
2	Matthieu Baumel	1³⁰		C	1³⁰		60
3	Gustavo Souza Gugelmin	6¹³	5¹³	C	8⁹	7¹¹	46
4	Timo Gottschalk			C	3¹⁶	3¹⁶	32
5	Alex Haro			C		1³⁰	30
6	Laurent Lichtleuchter	4¹²	4¹⁷	C			29
7	Dirk von Zitzewitz	2²¹		C	7⁶		27
8	Konstantin Zhiltsov	3¹⁶	6⁸	C			24
9	Lucas Cruz			C		2²¹	21
10	Xavier Panseri		2²¹	C			21
11	Maciej Marton		3¹⁶	C			16
12	Marek Sykora	10¹		C	4¹²		13
13	Daniel Oliveras		8⁴	C		6⁸	12
14	Alexey Kuzmich	14⁵		C	10⁶		11
15	Tom Colsoul	5¹⁰		C			10
16	Michael Orr			C		5¹⁰	10
17	Dmytro Tsyro			C	5¹⁰		10
18	Kirill Shubin	7⁹	14¹	C			10
19	Ignat Falkov			C	6⁸		8
20	Anton Vlasiuk			C		8⁷	7
21	Viktor Chytka		7⁶	C			6
22	Max Delfino	8⁵		C			5
23	Rafael Tornabell			C	9⁵		5
24	Oleg Uperenko			C		9³	3
25	Muhammetmyrat Gurbanov			C	14³		3
26	Sebastien Delaunay	9²		C			2
27	Patrick McMurren		9²	C			2
28	Andrei Rudnitski		10¹	C			1
29	Kellon Walch			C		10¹	1
30	Lyudmila Petenko			C	13¹		1
31	Alexey Mun			C	17¹		1
Pos	Co-Driver	QAT	ABU	TKM	KAZ	MAR	Points

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	QAT	ABU	TKM	KAZ	MAR	Points
1	X-Raid Mini JCW Team		30	C	21	21	72
2	Nasser Al-Attiyah Team	30		C	30		60
3	Overdrive Racing	21	16	C	8	10	55
4	Monster Energy Can-Am	13	17	C	11	11	52
5	Orlen X-Raid Team			C	16	16	32
6	Toyota Gazoo Racing			C		30	30
7	VRT	16	8	C			24
8	Abu Dhabi Racing		21	C			21
9	MSK Rally Team			C	12		12
10	Saudi Arabia	12		C			12
11	Zavidovo Racing Team	9	1	C	1		11
12	Off Road Kazakhstan			C		10	10
13	QMMF Team			C	9		9
14	Borgsward Rally Team			C		8	8
15	Snag Racing Team			C		7	7
16	MP-Sports		6	C			6
17	Camelia Liparoti	5		C			5
18	Sports Racing Technologies			C		3	3
19	Team Maria Oparina			C	3		3
20	GAZ Raid Sport			C	2		2
21	Sabertooth Motoring		2	C			2
22	Auto Sport Federation of Turkmenistan			C	1		1
23	South Racing Can-Am			C		1	1
23	Aktau Motorsport			C	1		1
Pos	Team	QAT	ABU	TKM	KAZ	MAR	Points

FIA T2 Cup for Drivers and Teams

Pos	Driver	QAT	ABU	TKM	KAZ	MAR	Points
1	Mohammed Al-Meer	1²⁵		C	1²⁵		50
2	Tomasz Baranowski			C		1²⁵	25
3	Samyrat Gurbanov			C	2¹⁸		18
4	Kirill Chernenkov			C	3¹⁵		15
5	Guvanchmyrat Hommadov			C	4¹²		12
Pos	Driver	QAT	ABU	TKM	KAZ	MAR	Points

Pos	Team	QAT	ABU	TKM	KAZ	MAR	Points
1	QMMF Team	25		C	25		50
2	Tomasz Baranowski			C		25	25
3	Auto Sport Federation of Turkmenistan			C	18		18
4	Aktau Motorsport			C	15		15
Pos	Team	QAT	ABU	TKM	KAZ	MAR	Points

FIA T3 Cup for Drivers and Teams

Pos	Driver	QAT	ABU	TKM	KAZ	MAR	Points
1	Reinaldo Marques Varela	1²⁵	2¹⁸	C	1²⁵	1²⁵	93
2	Fedor Vorobyev	2¹⁸	3¹⁵	C	4¹²	7⁶	51
3	Jose-Luis Pena Campo		7⁶	C	2¹⁸	6⁸	32
4	Camelia Liparoti	3¹⁵	4¹²	C		10¹	38
5	Casey Currie		1²⁵	C			25
6	Sergei Kariakin			C		2¹⁸	18
7	Aleksandr Dorosinskiy			C		3¹⁵	15
8	Maria Oparina			C	3¹⁵		15
9	Abdullah Al Zubair	4¹²		C		9²	14
10	Hernan Garces		5¹⁰	C		8⁴	14
11	Michele Cinotto	7⁶	6⁸	C			14
12	Austin Jones			C		4¹²	12
13	Adel Abdulla	5¹⁰		C			10
14	Aleksei Shmotev			C		5¹⁰	10
15	Khalid Faraj Al Mohannadi	6⁸		C			8
16	Ahmed Alkuwari	8⁴		C			4
17	Michel Fadel		8⁴	C			4
18	Mohammed Al Attiyah	9²		C			2
19	Rashid Juma Al-Mohannadi	10¹		C			1
Pos	Driver	QAT	ABU	TKM	KAZ	MAR	Points

Pos	Team	QAT	ABU	TKM	KAZ	MAR	Points
1	Monster Energy Can-Am	25	25	C	25	25	100
2	Zavidovo Racing Team	18	15	C	15	6	54
3	Camelia Liparoti	15	12	C		1	28
4	South Racing		10	C		12	22
5	Snag Racing Team			C		18	18
6	Team Maria Oparina			C	18		18
7	Sports Racing Technologies			C		15	15
8	AZ Racing Team	12		C		2	14
9	CR Racing	6	8	C			14
10	Jose Luis Pena Campo		6	C		8	14
11	QMMF Team	10		C			10
12	Michel Fadel		4	C			4
Pos	Team	QAT	ABU	TKM	KAZ	MAR	Points

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Vladimir Gennadiyevich Chagin is a Russian rally raid driver. He has won the Dakar Rally driving Kamaz trucks in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2011, becoming the most successful single category pilot in the history of the tournament earning him the nickname "The Tsar of Dakar".

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.

The Silk Way Rally is an annual rally raid type of off-road race. The first Silk Way Rally was raced in 2009 from Kazan, Russia to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. From 2010 to 2013, the race has taken place in Russia. The 2016 edition had a Moscow-Astana-Beijing route, the 2017 edition starts in Moscow and finishes in Xi'an, China.

The 2015 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup season is the 23rd season of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Antanas Juknevičius</span>

Antanas Juknevičius is a Lithuanian rally driver. He is one of the most experienced and successful professional Rally-raid drivers in Lithuania. Juknevicius is the only driver from the Baltic states to participate in every single stage of the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies.

The 2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup season is the 24th season of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup.

In relation to motorsport, Group T4 is a set of technical specifications for modified production cross-country side-by-side vehicles used in off-road Cross-Country Rallying. The group is governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and defined in appendix J, article 286a of its International Sporting Code. The vehicles are modified for competition purposes from vehicles manufactured in numbers greater than 250 in a 12 month period. They must be road legal, but typically differ from the 'cars' defined in Group T1 and Group T2 by a much lower minimum weight (900 kg)and no requirement for parts such as a windscreen or windows. The vehicles must be powered by one engine and without driving aids such as traction control or ABS. Though the vehicles do not need to be homologated, a reference vehicle needs to be provided to the FIA for approval.

X-raid is a private German rally team based in Trebur. It has been competing in cross-country rallies since 2002, including the Dakar Rally. The company is based in Trebur near Frankfurt am Main. Since 2002, vehicles for the Dakar Rally and individual cross-country rally events worldwide as well as the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies have been developed and built there. The X-raid team has won thirteen World Cup titles since its inception and the car category of the legendary Dakar Rally in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, and 2021.

The FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas is a rally raid series organized by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver, co-driver, and team; with additional trophies awarded to T3 and T4 drivers & teams.

The 2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas was the first season of the reformed FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas; an annual competition for baja-style rally raid events for cars, buggies, side-by-sides, and trucks held in multiple countries. The championship was last held in 2010, after which the baja events were combined with the longer cross-country rallies to form the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies.

The 2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies was set to be the 28th season of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies; an annual rally raid competition for cars, buggies, side-by-sides, and trucks held in multiple countries. Due to COVID-19 pandemic all events but one were cancelled, and FIA considered that only one event wasn't enough to award a World title and cancelled the season.

The 2020 Dakar Rally was the 42nd edition of the event and the first edition held in Saudi Arabia. The event started in Jeddah on 5 January and finished in Al-Qiddiya on 17 January after 12 stages of the competition.

The 2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas is the second season of the reformed FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas; an annual competition for baja-style rally raid events for cars, buggies, and side-by-sides held in multiple countries.

The 2021 FIM Bajas World Cup season was the 10th season of the FIM Bajas World Cup, an international rally raid competition for motorbikes, quads and SSV.

The World Rally-Raid Championship is a rally raid series organised by the Amaury Sport Organization and co-sanctioned by the FIA and FIM. The championship's seasons culminate with world championship titles in both automobile and motorcycle categories.

Austin Jones is an American off-road racing driver. He won the Dakar Rally in 2022 in the SSV T4 category. He also won the 2021 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies in the SSV T4 category and is a 2x Baja 1000 winner and SCORE International Champion in the Trophy Truck Spec Class.

The 2023 World Rally-Raid Championship is the second season of the annual competition for rally raid events sanctioned by both the FIA and FIM. The Amaury Sport Organization is in the second of a five-year contract to promote the championship.

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-style rally raid events for cars, buggies, and side-by-sides held in multiple countries.

References

↑ "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". fia.com. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
↑ Krywult, Sebastian (2019-02-22). "Can-Am: Qatar Cross Country Rally 2019". UTVUnderground.com. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
1 2 "Turkmen Desert Race 2019 cancelled". rallyraidnetwork.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
↑ "Qatar to flag off FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies next year". thepeninsulaqatar.com. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
↑ "DESERT CHALLENGE SUCCESS STORY ADDS FRESH CHAPTER WITH HH SHEIKH HAMDAN BIN ZAYED'S PATRONAGE". abudhabidesertchallenge.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
↑ ""Rally Kazakhstan 2019" – A new challenge for participants!". rallykazakhstan.com. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
↑ "Manateq Qatar Cross-Country Rally entry list" (PDF). qatarcrosscrountry.com. Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation . Retrieved 23 February 2019.
↑ "Monster Energy Can-Am Team's Varela eyes T3 class glory in Qatar". www.thepeninsulaqatar.com. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
↑ "Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge entry list" (PDF). abudhabidesertchallenge.com. Automobile and Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
↑ "Rally Kazakhstan entry list" (PDF). rallykazakhstan.com. Automosport Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan . Retrieved 27 May 2019.
↑ "TWO CREWS OF KAMAZ-MASTER TEAM WILL TAKE PART IN RALLY KAZAKHSTAN 2019". kamazmaster.ru. Kamaz Master Team. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
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[1] "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". fia.com. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[2] Krywult, Sebastian (2019-02-22). "Can-Am: Qatar Cross Country Rally 2019". UTVUnderground.com. Retrieved 2019-02-25.

[Turkmen_race_cancelled-3] 1 2 "Turkmen Desert Race 2019 cancelled". rallyraidnetwork.com. Retrieved 2019-03-14.

[4] "Qatar to flag off FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies next year". thepeninsulaqatar.com. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-25.

[5] "DESERT CHALLENGE SUCCESS STORY ADDS FRESH CHAPTER WITH HH SHEIKH HAMDAN BIN ZAYED'S PATRONAGE". abudhabidesertchallenge.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2019-03-12.

[6] ""Rally Kazakhstan 2019" – A new challenge for participants!". rallykazakhstan.com. Retrieved 2019-05-17.

[7] "Manateq Qatar Cross-Country Rally entry list" (PDF). qatarcrosscrountry.com. Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation . Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[8] "Monster Energy Can-Am Team's Varela eyes T3 class glory in Qatar". www.thepeninsulaqatar.com. Retrieved 2019-02-25.

[9] "Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge entry list" (PDF). abudhabidesertchallenge.com. Automobile and Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

[10] "Rally Kazakhstan entry list" (PDF). rallykazakhstan.com. Automosport Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan . Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[11] "TWO CREWS OF KAMAZ-MASTER TEAM WILL TAKE PART IN RALLY KAZAKHSTAN 2019". kamazmaster.ru. Kamaz Master Team. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

[12] "Rally Kazakhstan: 18 Autos und 4 Trucks am Montag gestartet". johntim.de. JohnTim.DE. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

[13] "Rallye du Maroc FIA Car entry list" (PDF). rallyemaroc.com. FRMSA. Retrieved 25 December 2019.

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Marathons	Dakar Rally‎ Africa Eco Race‎ Silk Way Rally‎
Rallies	Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge Rally Kazakhstan Andalucía Rally Rallye du Maroc Merzouga Rally
Bajas	Baja Russia - Northern Forest Baja Aragón Dubai International Baja Jordan Baja
Series	World Rally-Raid Championship FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas European Cup Middle-East Cup FIM Bajas World Cup Dakar Series
Defunct	FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Rallye des Pharaons
Organizations	Amaury Sport Organization Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
Related	Off-road racing Desert racing Rallying Extreme E SCORE International Baja 1000 Baja 500 San Felipe 250 Best in the Desert Mint 400 World Rally Championship