| 2019 FIM Bajas World Cup | |||
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The 2019 FIM Bajas World Cup season was the 8th season of the FIM Bajas World Cup, an international rally raid competition for motorbikes and quads.
The calendar for the 2019 season will feature four baja-style events. [1] Some of the bajas are also part of 2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas.
| Round | Dates | Rally name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7-9 March |  Dubai International Baja |
| 2 | 23-24 March |  Baja do Pinhal |
| 3 | 26-28 July |  Baja Aragón |
| 4 | 9-11 August |  Hungarian Baja |
| Constructor | Bike | Team | Rider | Rounds | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honda | Honda CRF450R | Lodovico Paravicini | Lodovico Paravicini | 1 | ||
| Honda 450RX | Ivan Donoso | Ivan Donoso | 2 | |||
| Honda 700 TRX | Boomer Team UAE | Khalifa Al Raisse | 1-2 | |||
| Humaid AlmaShghouni | Humaid AlmaShghouni | 1 | ||||
 Roger Martin | Roger Martin | 1 | ||||
 Dirk van den Donk | Dirk van den Donk | 1 | ||||
| Husqvarna | Husqvarna 450FC |  Aaron Mare | Aaron Mare | 1 | ||
| Antoine Jaillet | Antoine Jaillet | 1 | ||||
| Ryan Rogers | Ryan Rogers | 1 | ||||
| Husqvarna 450FR | HT Rally Raid |  Jakub Piatek | 1 | |||
| Husqvarna FC 450 | SRG - Motorsports | Ryan Blair | 1 | |||
| Husqvarna FX 450 | Mark Ackerman | Mark Ackerman | 1 | |||
| SRG - Motorsports | Andrew Haddon | 1 | ||||
| Stuart Murray | Stuart Murray | 1 | ||||
| Kawasaki | Kawasaki KX450 | Mohammed Al Balooshi | Mohammed Al Balooshi | 1 | ||
| Sultan Balooshi | Sultan Balooshi | 1 | ||||
| Abdullah Taleb Al Shatti | Abdullah Taleb Al Shatti | 1 | ||||
| KTM | KTM 450 SXF | Benjamin Melot | Benjamin Melot | 1-2 | ||
 Mohammed Jaffar | Mohammed Jaffar | 1 | ||||
| Shannon O'Connor | Shannon O'Connor | 1 | ||||
| Crazy Camel Racing | Darko Marasovic | 1 | ||||
| Khaled Ahmed al Bahar | Khaled Ahmed al Bahar | 1 | ||||
| Faisal Adel al Yaqout | Faisal Adel al Yaqout | 1 | ||||
| KTM 450 EXC | Orlen Team | Adam Tomiczek | 1 | |||
| Orlen Team | Maciej Giemza | 1 | ||||
| Mohammed Anis | Mohammed Anis | 1 | ||||
| KTM 450 XCF | Christopher Wilding | Christopher Wilding | 1 | |||
 Mishal Alghuneim | Mishal Aighuneim | 1 | ||||
 Jason Black | Jason Black | 1 | ||||
| KTM 450 Rally Replica | Vendetta Racing | David McBride | 1 | |||
| Vendetta Racing | David Mabbs | 1 | ||||
| Vendetta Racing | William McBride | 1 | ||||
 Tomas Da Gavardo | Tomas Da Gavardo | 1-2 | ||||
| SRG - Motorsports | Alan Wilkinson | 1 | ||||
| Kobus Roos | Kobus Roos | 1 | ||||
| KTM EVC 500 | Tomas Kristofferson | Tomas Kristofferon | 1 | |||
| Sheika Nader al Nouri | Sheika Nader al Nouri | 1 | ||||
 George El Hacham | George El Hacham | 1 | ||||
| Derek Hitchcock | Derek Hitchcock | 1 | ||||
 Stan Murray | Stan Murray | 1 | ||||
| KTM 525 XC | Mohammed al Shamsi | Mohammed al Shamsi | 1 | |||
| Suzuki | Suzuki LTR | Arnaldo Martins | Arnaldo Martins | 2 | ||
| Yamaha | Yamaha WR450F | Crazy Camel Racing |  Manuel Lucchese | 1 | ||
| Crazy Camel Racing |  Aishwarya Pissay | 1-2 | ||||
| Crazy Camel Racing | Tamas Esche | 1 | ||||
| Crazy Camel Racing | Mattia Riva | 1 | ||||
| Ashish Raorane | Ashish Raorane | 1-2 | ||||
| Daniel Jordão | Daniel Jordão | 2 | ||||
| Sara Garcia | Sara Garcia | 2 | ||||
| Yamaha YZ450F | Abdulla bin Dakhan | Abdulla bin Dakhan | 1 | |||
| Yamaha YZ450FX | Crazy Camel Racing | Richard Brewer | 1 | |||
| Ali Laghar | Ali Laghar | 1 | ||||
| Hergen Fekken | Hergen Fekken | 1 | ||||
| Yamaha 450 YZ | Kalid al Falasi | Kalid al Falasi | 1 | |||
| Yamaha Raptor 700R | Fahad al Musallam | Fahad al Musallam | 1 | |||
 Antonin Pacanda | Antonin Pacanda | 2 | ||||
| Yamaha YFM 700R |  Aleksandr Maksimov | Aleksandr Maksimov | 1-2 | |||
 Juraj Varga | Juraj Varga | 2 | ||||
| Yamaha YFZ 450 | Abdulmajeed Aakhulaifi | Abdulmajeed Aakhulaifi | 1 | |||
| Momammed al Khulaifi | Momammed al Khulaifi | 1 | ||||
| Stuart Isaacs | Stuart Isaacs | 1 | ||||
| Luís Engeitado | Luís Engeitado | 2 | ||||
| Sources: [2] [3] | ||||||
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rider | Bike | Time | ||
| 1 | Dubai International Baja | 1 | Aaron Mare | Husqvarna 450 FC | 6:10:13 |
| 2 | Benjamin Melot | KTM 450 XCF | 6:17:55 | ||
| 3 | Mark Ackerman | Husqvarna FX 450 | 6:18:58 | ||
| 2 | Baja do Pinhal | 1 | Benjamin Melot | KTM 450 SXF | 6:31:49 |
| 2 | Jakub Piatek | Husqvarna 450FR | 6:44:23 | ||
| 3 | Tomas De Gavardo | KTM 450 Rally Replica | 6:54:42 | ||
| 3 | Baja Aragón | 1 | Michael Metge | Sherco Rally | 6:30:21 |
| 2 | Tosha Shareina Marzal | Husqvarna FE 450 | 6:34:00 | ||
| 3 | Juan Pedrero | KTM 450 | 6:37:39 | ||
| 4 | Hungarian Baja | 1 | Adam Tomiczek | Husqvarna FE 450 | 6:01:48 |
| 2 | Stefan Svitko | KTM 450 Rally | 6:04:25 | ||
| 3 | Marciej Giemza | Husqvarna FE 450 | 6:29:26 | ||
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rider | Quad | Time | ||
| 1 | Dubai International Baja | 1 | Khalifa Al Raisse | Honda 700 TRX | 7:8:14 |
| 2 | Abdulmajeed Al Khulaifi | Yamaha YFZ 450 | 7:25:59 | ||
| 3 | Aleksandr Maksimov | Yamaha YFM 700R | 7:54:04 | ||
| 2 | Baja do Pinhal | 1 | Luís Engeitado | Yamaha YFZ 450 | 6:08:35 |
| 2 | Juraj Varga | Yamaha YFM 700R | 6:50:17 | ||
| 3 | Aleksandr Maksimov | Yamaha Raptor 700R | 6:54:12 | ||
| 3 | Baja Aragón | 1 | Daniel Vila Vaques | Yamaha Raptor 700R | 6:56:11 |
| 2 | Mario Gajon Garcia | KTM 525 XC | 7:10:43 | ||
| 3 | Toni Vingut | KTM 450HC | 7:15:21 | ||
| 4 | Hungarian Baja | 1 | Juraj Varga | Yamaha YFM 700 R | 8:06:25 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Maksimov | Yamaha YFM 700 R | 8:20:02 | ||
| 3 | Paweł Otwinowski | Yamaha Raptor | 8:22:49 | ||
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | DUB | PIN | ARA | HUN | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Melot | 220 | 125 | 88 | 413 | 66 |
| 2 | Jakub Piatek | 106 | 220 | 124 | 511 | 41 |
| 3 | Sultan Al Balooshi | 511 | 67 | 133 | 610 | 31 |
| 4 | Adam Tomiczek | 115 | 125 | 30 | ||
| 5 | Tomas De Gavardo | 133 | 316 | 231 | 88 | 28 |
| 6 | Maciej Giemza | 610 | 316 | 26 | ||
| 7 | Michael Metge | 125 | 25 | |||
| 8 | Aaron Mare | 125 | 25 | |||
| 9 | Abdullah T. Alshatti | 79 | 106 | 142 | 124 | 21 |
| 10 | Štefan Svitko | 220 | 20 | |||
| 11 | Tosha Schareina Marzal | 220 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Ashish Raorane | 181 | 88 | 291 | 79 | 19 |
| 13 | Juan Pedrero | 316 | 16 | |||
| 14 | Mark Ackermann | 316 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Rita Vieira | 610 | 251 | 115 | 16 | |
| 16 | Sara Garcia Alvarez | 79 | 271 | 106 | 16 | |
| 17 | Lorenzo Santolino | 413 | 13 | |||
| 18 | Ivan Donoso Silva | 413 | 13 | |||
| 19 | Mohammad Jaafar Meshari | 413 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Mohammed Al Balooshi | 241 | 511 | 12 | ||
| 21 | Martin Michek | 511 | 11 | |||
| 22 | Ryan Blair | 610 | 10 | |||
| 23 | Aishwarya Madhusudhan Pissay | 211 | 115 | 331 | 133 | 10 |
| 24 | Narith Noah Koitha Veettil | 79 | 9 | |||
| 25 | Shannon O'Connor | 88 | 8 | |||
| 26 | Rosa Romero | 241 | 97 | 8 | ||
| 27 |  Christian España Muñoz | 97 | 7 | |||
| 28 | Ryan Rogers | 97 | 7 | |||
| 29 | Santosh Chunchungguppe S | 106 | 7 | |||
| 30 | Antoine Jaillet | 115 | 5 | |||
| 31 | William Mcbride | 124 | 4 | |||
| 32 | Thomas Childs | 142 | 2 | |||
| 33 | David Mabbs | 151 | 1 | |||
| 34 | Mishal Al Ghuneim | 161 | 1 | |||
| 35 |  Mohamed Anis | 171 | 1 | |||
| 36 | Bruno Bony | 261 | 1 | |||
| 37 | Khalid Al Falasi | 191 | 1 | |||
| 38 | Margot Llobera | 281 | 1 | |||
| 39 | David McBride | 201 | 1 | |||
| 40 | Fabrice Lardon | 301 | 1 | |||
| 41 | Alan Wilkinson | 221 | 1 | |||
| 42 | Enzo Cilote | 321 | 1 | |||
| 43 | Andrew Haddon | 231 | 1 | |||
| 44 | Joaquim Rodrigues | 341 | 1 | |||
| Pos | Rider | DUB | PIN | ARA | HUN | Points |
| Pos | Rider | DUB | PIN | ARA | HUN | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandr Maksimov | 316 | 316 | 511 | 220 | 63 |
| 2 | Juraj Varga | 220 | 97 | 125 | 51 | |
| 3 | Daniel Vila Vaquez | 125 | 25 | |||
| 4 | Luis Engeitado | 125 | 25 | |||
| 5 | Khalifa Al Raeesi | 125 | 25 | |||
| 6 | Mario Gajon Garcia | 220 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Abdulmajeed Al Khulaifi | 220 | 20 | |||
| 8 | Paweł Otwinowski | 316 | 16 | |||
| 9 | Toni Vingut | 316 | 16 | |||
| 10 | Jérôme Connart | 413 | 13 | |||
| 11 | Antonin Pacanda | 413 | 13 | |||
| 12 | Mohammad J. Alkhulaifi | 413 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Romain Dutu | 610 | 10 | |||
| 14 | Alexandre Giroud | 79 | 9 | |||
| 15 | Miguel Angel Arranz Lopez | 88 | 8 | |||
| 16 | Sergei Redkov | 106 | 6 | |||
| 17 |  Artur Ardavichus | 115 | 5 | |||
| Pos | Rider | DUB | PIN | ARA | HUN | Points |
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