FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies

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FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies
Category Rally raid
CountryInternational
Inaugural season1993
Folded2021
Last Drivers' champion Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah (2021)
Last Makes' champion Toyota Hilux 4x4

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.

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Starting with the 2011 season, the previous FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup was joined with the FIA's International Cup for Cross-Country Bajas to form the new competition. [1] From the beginning of the 2019 season the cup was once again split, with the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Bajas being held alongside the competition for "baja" style rally raids. [2]

From 2022, the cup merged with the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship to become the World Rally-Raid Championship.

Champions

SeasondriverCo-driverCar2nd3rd
1993 Flag of France.svg Pierre Lartigue Flag of France.svg Michel Périn Citroën ZX Rallye-raid Flag of Finland.svg Timo Salonen Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Fontenay
1994 Flag of France.svg Pierre Lartigue Flag of France.svg Michel Périn Citroën ZX Rallye-raid Flag of Finland.svg Timo Salonen Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser
1995 Flag of France.svg Pierre Lartigue Flag of France.svg Michel Périn Citroën ZX Rallye-raid Flag of Finland.svg Ari Vatanen Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser
1996 Flag of France.svg Pierre Lartigue Flag of France.svg Michel Périn Citroën ZX Rallye-raid Flag of Finland.svg Ari Vatanen Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser
1997 Flag of Finland.svg Ari Vatanen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Fred Gallagher Citroën ZX Rallye-raid Flag of France.svg Pierre Lartigue Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Naryshkin
1998 Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser Flag of France.svg Philippe Monnet Buggy Schlesser Renault Flag of Japan.svg Kenjiro Shinozuka Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Fontenay
1999 Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser Flag of France.svg Philippe Monnet Buggy Schlesser Renault Flag of Japan.svg Kenjiro Shinozuka Flag of Spain.svg José María Serviá
2000 Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser Flag of Andorra.svg Henri Magne Buggy Schlesser Renault Flag of Germany.svg Jutta Kleinschmidt Flag of Spain.svg José María Serviá
2001 Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser Flag of Andorra.svg Henri Magne Buggy Schlesser Renault Flag of Germany.svg Jutta Kleinschmidt Flag of Portugal.svg Carlos Sousa
2002 Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser Flag of Andorra.svg Henri Magne Buggy Schlesser Renault Flag of France.svg Stéphane Peterhansel Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Khrol
2003 Flag of Portugal.svg Carlos Sousa Flag of Andorra.svg Henri Magne Mitsubishi L200 Strakar Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Strugo
2004 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Khalifa Al Mutaiwei Flag of France.svg Alain Guehennec BMW X5 CC Flag of France.svg Stéphane Peterhansel Flag of Portugal.svg Carlos Sousa
2005 Flag of France.svg Bruno Saby Flag of France.svg Michel Périn Volkswagen Race Touareg Flag of France.svg Stéphane Peterhansel Flag of France.svg Ronan Chabot
2006 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Shmakov Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Meshcheryakov Buggy ZIL Flag of South Africa.svg Giniel De Villiers Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand
2007 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Flag of France.svg Michel Périn Volkswagen Race Touareg 2 Flag of South Africa.svg Giniel De Villiers Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand
2008 Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah Flag of Sweden.svg Tina Thörner BMW X3 CC X-Raid Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Hołowczyc Flag of France.svg Luc Alphand
2009 Flag of France.svg Guerlain Chicherit Flag of Sweden.svg Tina Thörner BMW X3 CC X-Raid Flag of Argentina.svg Orlando Terranova Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Yahya al-Heli
2010 Flag of Russia.svg Leonid Novitskiy Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Schulz BMW X3 CC X-Raid Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser Flag of France.svg Laurent Rosso
2011 Flag of Russia.svg Leonid Novitskiy Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Schulz BMW X3 CC X-Raid Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser Flag of Russia.svg Boris Gadasin
2012 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Khalifa Al Mutaiwei Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Schulz Mini All4 Racing X-Raid Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miroslav Zapletal Flag of France.svg Jean-Luis Schlesser
2013 Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Hołowczyc Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Schulz Mini All4 Racing X-Raid Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser Flag of Spain.svg Joan Roma
2014 Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Vasilyev Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Zhiltsov Mini All4 Racing X-Raid Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser al-Attiyah Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yazeed Al-Rajhi
2015 Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah Flag of France.svg Mathieu Baumel Mini All4 Racing X-Raid Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Vasilyev Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yazeed Al-Rajhi
2016 Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah Flag of France.svg Mathieu Baumel Toyota Hilux 4x4 Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Vasilyev Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yazeed Al-Rajhi
2017 Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah Flag of France.svg Mathieu Baumel Toyota Hilux 4x4 Flag of Poland.svg Jakub Przygoński Flag of Poland.svg Aron Domzala
2018 Flag of Poland.svg Jakub Przygoński Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Colsoul MINI JCW Rally X-Raid Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Prokop Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Vasilyev
2019 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Peterhansel Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Peterhansel MINI JCW Buggy X-Raid Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser al-Attiyah Flag of Brazil.svg Reinaldo Varela
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah Flag of France.svg Mathieu Baumel Toyota Hilux 4x4 Flag of Argentina.svg Lucio Álvarez Flag of Russia.svg Denis Krotov
World Rally-Raid Championship

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