2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies

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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. [1]

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Calendar

The original calendar for the 2020 edition of the world cup featured five events; four cross-country rallies and one cross-country marathon; the Silk Way Rally, which was included for the first time. [2] Four events on the schedule are shared with the 2020 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship; the Qatar round being the only exception. [3]

RoundDatesRally nameRef.
122–27 February Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Cross-Country Rally [4]
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic [5] [6]
Original DateRally name
24-29 May Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Rally Kazakhstan
2-16 July Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Silk Way Rally
9-14 October Flag of Morocco.svg Rallye du Maroc
20-26 March Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge

Regulation Changes

Starting with the 2020 season the vehicle classes have been reorganized into the following classifications:

The FIA awards the world cup to drivers, co-drivers, and teams competing in the T1 category; whilst drivers and teams in the T3 and T4 categories are awarded FIA cups. The T2 production class will no longer be awarded an end of season trophy. Likewise, the T5 'truck' category is recognized, but not awarded any end-of-season cup or trophy. [7]

Notable teams and drivers

ConstructorCarTeamDriverCo-driverCategoryRounds
Can-Am Can-Am Maverick X3 Flag of Russia.svg Snag Racing Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Shmotev Flag of Belarus.svg Andrei RudnitskiT31
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saleh Alsaif Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saleh Alsaif Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ali Hassan Obaid1
Flag of Qatar.svg QMMF Team Flag of Qatar.svg Ahmed Al-Kuwari Flag of Italy.svg Manuel Lucchese1
Flag of Qatar.svg Rashid Al-Mohannadi Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Santos1
Flag of Qatar.svg Mubarak Al-Hajri Flag of France.svg Laurent Lichtleuchter1
Flag of Qatar.svg Mohammed Al-Harqan Flag of Slovakia.svg Vili Oslaj1
Flag of Germany.svg South Racing Flag of the United States.svg Austin Jones Flag of Brazil.svg Gustavo Gugelmin1
Chevrolet Chevrolet Buggy Flag of Qatar.svg Mohammed Al-Meer Flag of Qatar.svg Mohammed Al-Meer Flag of Ukraine.svg Dmytro TsyroT11
G-ForceG-Force T3GF Flag of Qatar.svg Adel Abdulla Flag of Qatar.svg Adel Abdulla Flag of France.svg Jean-Michel PolatoT31
Jeep Jeep Flag of Qatar.svg Abdulla Al-Rabban Flag of Qatar.svg Abdulla Al-Rabban Flag of Russia.svg Igor ChudaykinT11
Nissan Nissan Patrol Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Khaled Ahmed Alferaihi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Khaled Ahmed Alferaihi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Wleed AlfiuamT11
Opel Opel Grandland X Flag of Hungary.svg Balazs Szalay Flag of Hungary.svg Balazs Szalay Flag of Hungary.svg Laszlo BunkozciT11
OverdriveOverdrive OT3 Flag of Russia.svg Zavidovo Racing Team Flag of Russia.svg Fedor Vorobyev Flag of Russia.svg Kirill ShubinT31
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Overdrive Racing Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kees Koolen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sege Bruynkens1
Polaris Polaris RZR 1000 Turbo Flag of Qatar.svg QMMF Team Flag of Qatar.svg Khalid Al-Mohannadi Flag of France.svg Sebastien DelaunayT31
Flag of Ecuador.svg Gonzalo S. Guayasamin Flag of Ecuador.svg Gonzalo S. Guayasamin Flag of Argentina.svg Ricardo Adrian Torlaschi1
Toyota Toyota Hilux Flag of South Africa.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah Flag of France.svg Mathieu Baumel T11
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Overdrive Racing Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yazeed Al-Rajhi Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Orr1
Flag of Poland.svg Orlen Team/Overdrive Flag of Poland.svg Jakub Przygoński Flag of Germany.svg Timo Gottschalk 1
Source: [8]

Results

T2, T4 and T5 categories had no competitors in the only event held.

Overall

RoundRally namePodium finishers
RankDriverCarTime
1 Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Cross Country Rally 1 Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah
Flag of France.svg Mathieu Baumel
Toyota Hilux 11:48:56
2 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yazeed Al-Rajhi
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Orr
Toyota Hilux 13:20:36
3 Flag of Poland.svg Jakub Przygoński
Flag of Germany.svg Timo Gottschalk
Toyota Hilux 13:50:19

T1 category

RoundRally namePodium finishers
RankDriverCarTime
1 Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Cross Country Rally 1 Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah
Flag of France.svg Mathieu Baumel
Toyota Hilux 11:48:56
2 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yazeed Al-Rajhi
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Orr
Toyota Hilux 13:20:36
3 Flag of Poland.svg Jakub Przygoński
Flag of Germany.svg Timo Gottschalk
Toyota Hilux 13:50:19

T3 category

RoundRally namePodium finishers
RankDriverCarTime
1 Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Cross Country Rally 1 Flag of Qatar.svg Ahmed Al-Kuwari
Flag of Italy.svg Manuel Lucchese
Can-Am Maverick X3 15:25:09
2 Flag of Qatar.svg Saleh Alsaif
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Ali Hassan Obaid
Can-Am Maverick X3 15:36:06
3 Flag of Qatar.svg Khalid Al-Mohannadi
Flag of France.svg Sebastien Delaunay
Polaris RZR 1000 Turbo 15:39:30

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