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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]
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]
Round | Dates | Rally name | Ref. |
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1 | 22–27 February | Qatar Cross-Country Rally | [4] |
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic [5] [6] | |||
Original Date | Rally name | ||
24-29 May | Rally Kazakhstan | ||
2-16 July | Silk Way Rally | ||
9-14 October | Rallye du Maroc | ||
20-26 March | Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge |
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]
Constructor | Car | Team | Driver | Co-driver | Category | Rounds |
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Can-Am | Can-Am Maverick X3 | Snag Racing | Aleksei Shmotev | Andrei Rudnitski | T3 | 1 |
Saleh Alsaif | Saleh Alsaif | Ali Hassan Obaid | 1 | |||
QMMF Team | Ahmed Al-Kuwari | Manuel Lucchese | 1 | |||
Rashid Al-Mohannadi | Pedro Santos | 1 | ||||
Mubarak Al-Hajri | Laurent Lichtleuchter | 1 | ||||
Mohammed Al-Harqan | Vili Oslaj | 1 | ||||
South Racing | Austin Jones | Gustavo Gugelmin | 1 | |||
Chevrolet | Chevrolet Buggy | Mohammed Al-Meer | Mohammed Al-Meer | Dmytro Tsyro | T1 | 1 |
G-Force | G-Force T3GF | Adel Abdulla | Adel Abdulla | Jean-Michel Polato | T3 | 1 |
Jeep | Jeep | Abdulla Al-Rabban | Abdulla Al-Rabban | Igor Chudaykin | T1 | 1 |
Nissan | Nissan Patrol | Khaled Ahmed Alferaihi | Khaled Ahmed Alferaihi | Wleed Alfiuam | T1 | 1 |
Opel | Opel Grandland X | Balazs Szalay | Balazs Szalay | Laszlo Bunkozci | T1 | 1 |
Overdrive | Overdrive OT3 | Zavidovo Racing Team | Fedor Vorobyev | Kirill Shubin | T3 | 1 |
Overdrive Racing | Kees Koolen | Sege Bruynkens | 1 | |||
Polaris | Polaris RZR 1000 Turbo | QMMF Team | Khalid Al-Mohannadi | Sebastien Delaunay | T3 | 1 |
Gonzalo S. Guayasamin | Gonzalo S. Guayasamin | Ricardo Adrian Torlaschi | 1 | |||
Toyota | Toyota Hilux | Toyota Gazoo Racing | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Mathieu Baumel | T1 | 1 |
Overdrive Racing | Yazeed Al-Rajhi | Michael Orr | 1 | |||
Orlen Team/Overdrive | Jakub Przygoński | Timo Gottschalk | 1 | |||
Source: [8] | ||||||
T2, T4 and T5 categories had no competitors in the only event held.
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | |||
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Rank | Driver | Car | Time | ||
1 | Qatar Cross Country Rally | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel | Toyota Hilux | 11:48:56 |
2 | Yazeed Al-Rajhi Michael Orr | Toyota Hilux | 13:20:36 | ||
3 | Jakub Przygoński Timo Gottschalk | Toyota Hilux | 13:50:19 |
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | |||
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Rank | Driver | Car | Time | ||
1 | Qatar Cross Country Rally | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel | Toyota Hilux | 11:48:56 |
2 | Yazeed Al-Rajhi Michael Orr | Toyota Hilux | 13:20:36 | ||
3 | Jakub Przygoński Timo Gottschalk | Toyota Hilux | 13:50:19 |
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | |||
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Rank | Driver | Car | Time | ||
1 | Qatar Cross Country Rally | 1 | Ahmed Al-Kuwari Manuel Lucchese | Can-Am Maverick X3 | 15:25:09 |
2 | Saleh Alsaif Ali Hassan Obaid | Can-Am Maverick X3 | 15:36:06 | ||
3 | Khalid Al-Mohannadi Sebastien Delaunay | Polaris RZR 1000 Turbo | 15:39:30 |
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