FIA World Baja Cup

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FIA World Baja Cup
FIA Bajas World Cup logo.jpeg
Category Cross-country bajas
CountryInternational
Inaugural season2002
Drivers' champion Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah (O/A)
Flag of Brazil.svg Otávio Sousa Leite (T3)
Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano de Sousa Batista (T4)
Co-Drivers' champion Flag of France.svg Mathieu Baumel (O/A)
Teams' championOverdrive Racing (O/A)
South Racing Can-Am (T4)
Official website FIA World Baja Cup
Motorsport current event.svg Current season

The FIA World Baja Cup, formerly known as the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas, is a baja rally series organized by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver, co-driver, and team across each category.

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History

Starting with the 2002 season, the previous FIA's International Cup for Cross-Country Bajas was joined with the FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup to form the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies. [1] From the beginning of the 2019 season the cup was once again split, with the World Cup for Cross Country Bajas being held alongside the competition for "baja" style rally raids. [2]

It was renamed to the World Baja Cup in 2024. [3]

From the 2022 season, the competition runs separately to the World Rally-Raid Championship, and together with the FIM Bajas World Cup. It also has regional counterparts with the FIA European Baja Cup and FIA Middle East Baja Cup.

Champions

SeasonDriverCo-driverCar2nd3rdDesignation
2002 Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser [4] Flag of Andorra.svg Henri Magne Buggy Schlesser Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Barbosa Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Naryshkin FIA European Cup for Cross-Country Bajas
2003 Flag of Portugal.svg Carlos Sousa [5] Flag of Andorra.svg Henri Magne Mitsubishi Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Barbosa Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Masuoka
Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand
2004 Flag of Portugal.svg Carlos Sousa [6] Flag of Andorra.svg Henri Magne Mitsubishi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Khalifa Al-Mutaiwei Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin McRae
2005 Flag of Spain.svg Marc Blazquez [7] Flag of Spain.svg Ignacio Salvador Nissan Pick-Up D22 Flag of Portugal.svg Rui Sousa Flag of Spain.svg Joan Roma
Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand
Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah
2006 Flag of Spain.svg Marc Blazquez [8] Flag of Spain.svg Ignacio Salvador Nissan Navara Flag of Slovakia.svg Josef Sykora Flag of Portugal.svg Edi Orioli
Flag of Portugal.svg Carlos Sousa
Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Barbosa
2007 Flag of Russia.svg Boris Gadasin [9] Nissan Flag of Qatar.svg Hamad bin Eid Al-Thani Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miroslav Zapletal
2008 Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah [10] Flag of Sweden.svg Tina Thörner BMW X-Raid Flag of Russia.svg Boris Gadasin Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tonnie van Deijne
2009 Flag of Russia.svg Boris Gadazin [11] Vladimir Demyanenko Nissan Overdrive Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miroslav Zapletal Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tonnie van Deijne
2010 Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Hołowczyc [12] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jean-Marc Fortin Nissan Navara Flag of Russia.svg Boris Gadasin Flag of Russia.svg Bogdan Novitskiy
2011–2018Merged with FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup
2019 [13] Flag of Argentina.svg Orlando Terranova Flag of Argentina.svg Ronnie Graue Mini JCW Rally X-Raid Flag of Poland.svg Jakub Przygonski Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Vasilyev FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas
2020 Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Vasilyev [14] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Colsoul Mini JCW Rally X-Raid Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bernhard ten Brinke Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah
2021 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yazeed Al-Rajhi [15] Flag of Ireland.svg Michael Orr Toyota Hilux Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yasir Seaidan Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Holowicz
2022 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yazeed Al-Rajhi [16] Flag of Germany.svg Dirk V. Zitzewitz Toyota Hilux Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miroslav Zapletal Flag of Argentina.svg Fernando Alvarez
2023 Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah [17] Flag of France.svg Mathieu Baumel Toyota Hilux Dakar Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yazeed Al-Rajhi Flag of Portugal.svg Joao Ferreira
2024 Flag of Portugal.svg João Ferreira Flag of Portugal.svg Filipe Palmeiro X-Raid Mini JCW Team Flag of Argentina.svg Fernando Alvarez Flag of Spain.svg Eduardo Pons FIA World Baja Cup

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Press Release World Motor Sport Council 23/06/2010". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 2010-06-23. Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
  2. ↑ "2019 FIA World Cup Calendar". Rally Raid Network. Archived from the original on 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  3. ↑ Nguyen, Justin (19 October 2023). "FIA rally raid categories, Bajas Cups renamed for 2024". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  4. ↑ Classements 2002
  5. ↑ Classements 2003
  6. ↑ Classements 2004
  7. ↑ Classements 2005
  8. ↑ Classements 2006
  9. ↑ Classements 2007
  10. ↑ Classements 2008
  11. ↑ Classements 2009
  12. ↑ "Classements 2010". www.web4x4.org. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  13. ↑ Orlando Terranova es el campeón del mundo FIA de Bajas | Somos Dakar
  14. ↑ "Classifications". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  15. ↑ "Saudi champion Yazeed Al-Rajhi wins World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas title". Arab News. 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
  16. ↑ "Saudi Arabia's Rajhi lifts World Cup title with victory at Dubai International Baja". Gulf Today. 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  17. ↑ "Al Attiyah wins in Dubai to sign off Bajas campaign on high note". The Peninsula. 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
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