X-raid

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Team principal(s) Sven Quandt  [ de ]

X-raid is a private German rally team based in Trebur. It has been competing in cross-country rallies since 2002, including the Dakar Rally. The company is based in Trebur near Frankfurt am Main. Since 2002, vehicles for the Dakar Rally and individual cross-country rally events worldwide as well as the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies have been developed and built there. The X-raid team has won thirteen World Cup titles since its inception and the car category of the legendary Dakar Rally in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, and 2021.

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In addition, X-raid also sells aftermarket parts for Mini Countryman, under their "Powered by X-raid" label.

Successes

Winner of the Cross Country Championship Portugal [1]

YearDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
2008Filipe Campos/Jaime BaptistaFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal BMW X3 CC
2009Filipe Campos/Jaime BaptistaFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal BMW X3 CC
2010Filipe Campos/Jaime BaptistaFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal BMW X5 CC
2014Ricardo Porém/Manuel PorémFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal MINI ALL4 Racing

Winner of the Silk Way Rally [2]

YearDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
2011Krzysztof Holowczyc /Jean-Marc FortinFlag of Poland.svg  Poland / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium BMW X3 CC
2018Yazeed Al-Rajhi/Timo GottschalkFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI John Cooper Works Rally

Winner of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas [1]

YearDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
2008Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah/Christina „Tina“ ThörnerFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar / Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden BMW X3 CC
2019Orlando Terranova/Ronnie GraueFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina / Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina MINI John Cooper Works Rally
2020Vladimir VasilyevFlag of Russia.svg  Russia MINI John Cooper Works Rally

Winner of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup [1]

YearDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
2004Khalifa Al Mutaiwei/Alain GuehennecFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates / Flag of France.svg  France BMW X5 CC
2008Nasser Al-Attiyah/Kristina „Tina“ ThörnerFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar / Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden BMW X3 CC
2009Guerlain Chicherit/Christina „Tina“ ThörnerFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden BMW X3 CC
2010Leonid Novitskiy/Andreas SchulzFlag of Russia.svg  Russia / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany BMW X3 CC
2011Leonid Novitsky/Andreas SchulzFlag of Russia.svg  Russia / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany BMW X3 CC

Winner of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies [1]

YearDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
2012Khalifa Al Mutaiwei/Andreas SchulzFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI ALL4 Racing
2013Krzysztof Holowczyc /Andreas SchulzFlag of Poland.svg  Poland / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI ALL4 Racing
2014Vladimir Vasilyev /Konstantin ZhiltsovFlag of Russia.svg  Russia / Flag of Russia.svg  Russia MINI ALL4 Racing
2015Nasser Al-Attiyah/Mathieu BaumelFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
2018Jakub Przygonski/Tom ColsoulFlag of Poland.svg  Poland / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium MINI John Cooper Works Rally
2019Stéphane Peterhansel/Andrea PeterhanselFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI John Cooper Works Buggy

Winner of the Dakar Rally [1]

YearDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
2012Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul CottretFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of France.svg  France Mini ALL4 Racing
2013Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul CottretFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
2014Nani Roma/Michel PérinFlag of Spain.svg  Spain / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
2015Nasser Al-Attiyah/Mathieu BaumelFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
2020Carlos Sainz/Lucas CruzFlag of Spain.svg  Spain / Flag of Spain.svg  Spain MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
2021Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard BoulangerFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of France.svg  France MINI John Cooper Works Buggy

Placements at the Dakar Rally

Paris-Dakar 2005 (Africa) [1]

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
9.José Luis Monterde/Rafa TornabellFlag of Spain.svg  Spain / Flag of Spain.svg  Spain BMW X5 CC

Paris-Dakar 2006 (Africa) [1]

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
9.Guerlain Chicherit/Mathieu BaumelFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of France.svg  France BMW X3 CC
15.Alfie Cox/Ralph PitchfordFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa / Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa BMW X3 CC
24.José Luis Monterde/Tiziano SivieroFlag of Spain.svg  Spain / Flag of Italy.svg  Italy BMW X3 CC

Paris-Dakar 2007 (Africa) [1]

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
6.Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah/Alain GuehennecFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar / Flag of France.svg  France BMW X3 CC
15.Jutta Kleinschmidt/Christina „Tina“ ThörnerFlag of Germany.svg  Germany / Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden BMW X3 CC
16.José Luis Monterde/Jean-Marie LurguinFlag of Spain.svg  Spain / Flag of France.svg  France BMW X5 CC
37.Paulo Nobre/Filippe PalmeiroFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal BMW X5 CC

Dakar 2009 (Argentina, Chile) [1]

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
8.Leonid Novitskiy/Oleg TyupenkinFlag of Russia.svg  Russia / Flag of Russia.svg  Russia BMW X3 CC
9.Guerlain Chicherit/Mathieu BaumelFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of France.svg  France BMW X3 CC
18.René Kuipers/Filipe PalmeiroFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal BMW X3 CC

Dakar 2010 (Argentina, Chile) [1]

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
4.Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul CottretFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of France.svg  France BMW X3 CC
5.Guerlain Chicherit/Christina „Tina“ ThörnerFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden BMW X3 CC
11.Leonid Novitskiy/Andreas SchulzFlag of Russia.svg  Russia / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany BMW X3 CC

Dakar 2011 (Argentina, Chile) [1]

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
4.Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul CottretFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of France.svg  France BMW X3 CC
5.Krzysztof Holowczyc/Jean-Marc FortinFlag of Poland.svg  Poland / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium BMW X3 CC
7.Ricardo Leal Dos Santos/Paulo FiúzaFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal BMW X3 CC
20.Stephan Schott/Holm SchmidtFlag of Germany.svg  Germany / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany BMW X3 CC

Dakar 2012 (Argentina, Chile, Peru) [3]

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
1.Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul CottretFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
2.Nani Roma/Michel PerinFlag of Spain.svg  Spain / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
4.Leonid Novitskiy/Andreas SchulzFlag of Russia.svg  Russia / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI ALL4 Racing
7.Ricardo Leal Dos Santos/Paulo FiúzaFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal MINI ALL4 Racing
9.Krzysztof Holowczyc/Jean-Marc FortinFlag of Poland.svg  Poland / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium MINI ALL4 Racing
11.Boris Garafulic/Gilles PicardFlag of Chile.svg  Chile / Flag of France.svg  France BMW X3 CC
15.Alexander Mironenko/Sergey LebedevFlag of Russia.svg  Russia / Flag of Russia.svg  Russia BMW X3 CC
30.Stephan Schott/Holm SchmidtFlag of Germany.svg  Germany / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany BMW X3 CC

Dakar 2013 (Argentina, Chile, Peru) [3]

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
1.Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul CottretFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
3.Leonid Novitskiy/Konstantin ZhiltsovFlag of Russia.svg  Russia / Flag of Russia.svg  Russia MINI ALL4 Racing
4.Nani Roma/Michel PerinFlag of Spain.svg  Spain / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
5.Orlando Terranova/Paulo FiúzaFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal BMW X3 CC
12.Boris Garafulic/Gilles PicardFlag of Chile.svg  Chile / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
48.Stephan Schott/Holm SchmidtFlag of Germany.svg  Germany / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI ALL4 Racing

Dakar 2014 (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile) [3]

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
1.Nani Roma/Michel PérinFlag of Spain.svg  Spain / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
2.Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul CottretFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
3.Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah/Lucas CruzFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar / Flag of Spain.svg  Spain MINI ALL4 Racing
5.Orlando Terranova/Paulo FiúzaFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal MINI ALL4 Racing
6.Krzysztof Holowczyc/Konstantin ZhiltsovFlag of Poland.svg  Poland / Flag of Russia.svg  Russia MINI ALL4 Racing
9.Martin Kaczmarski/Filipe PalmeiroFlag of Poland.svg  Poland / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal MINI ALL4 Racing
10.Vladimir Vasilyev/Vitaliy YevtyekhovFlag of Russia.svg  Russia / Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine MINI ALL4 Racing
11.Boris Garafulic/Gilles PicardFlag of Chile.svg  Chile / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
12.Federico Villagra/Jorge Perez CompancFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina / Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina MINI ALL4 Racing
19.Stephan Schott/Holm SchmidtFlag of Germany.svg  Germany / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI ALL4 Racing
31.Zhou Yong/Hong Yu PanFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China MINI ALL4 Racing

Dakar 2015 (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile) [3]

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
1.Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah/Mathieu BaumelFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar / Flag of France.svg  France MINI All4 Racing
3.Krzysztof Holowczyc/Xavier PanseriFlag of Poland.svg  Poland / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
4.Erik van Loon/Wouter RosegaarFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands / Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands MINI ALL4 Racing
5.Vladimir Vasilyev/Konstantin ZhiltsovFlag of Russia.svg  Russia / Flag of Russia.svg  Russia MINI ALL4 Racing
9.Aidyn Rakhimbayev/Anton NikolaevFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan / Flag of Russia.svg  Russia MINI ALL4 Racing
12.Boris Garafulic/Filipe PalmeiroFlag of Chile.svg  Chile / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal MINI ALL4 Racing
13.Yong Zhou/Andreas SchulzFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI ALL4 Racing
18.Orlando Terranova/Bernardo GraueFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina / Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina MINI ALL4 Racing
22.Stephan Schott/Holm SchmidtFlag of Germany.svg  Germany / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI ALL4 Racing

Dakar 2016 (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile) [3]

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
2.Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah/Mathieu BaumelFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
4.Mikko Hirvonen/Michel PérinFlag of Finland.svg  Finland / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
6.Nani Roma/Alex HaroFlag of Spain.svg  Spain / Flag of Spain.svg  Spain MINI ALL4 Racing
5.Harry Hunt/Andreas SchulzFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI ALL4 Racing
12.Orlando Terranova/Ronnie GraueFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina / Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina MINI ALL4 Racing
13.Erik van Loon/Wouter RosegaarFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands / Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands MINI ALL4 Racing
15.Jakub Przygonski/Andrei RudnitskiFlag of Poland.svg  Poland / Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus MINI ALL4 Racing
23.Boris Garafulic/Filipe PalmeiroFlag of Chile.svg  Chile / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal MINI ALL4 Racing
43.Nazareno Lopez/Sergio LafuenteFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina / Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay MINI ALL4 Racing
52.Adam Malysz/Xavier PanseriFlag of Poland.svg  Poland / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing

Dakar 2017 (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay) [3]

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
6.Orlando Terranova/Andreas SchulzFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI John Cooper Works Rally
7.Jakub Przygonski/Tom ColsoulFlag of Poland.svg  Poland / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium MINI ALL4 Racing
10.Mohamed Abu Issa/Xavier PanseriFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar / Flag of France.svg  France MINI ALL4 Racing
13.Mikko Hirvonen/Michel PérinFlag of Finland.svg  Finland / Flag of France.svg  France MINI John Cooper Works Rally
15.Stephan Schott/Paulo FiúzaFlag of Germany.svg  Germany / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal MINI ALL4 Racing
18.Sylvio de Barros/Rafael CapoaniFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil / Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil MINI ALL4 Racing
27.Yazeed Al-Rajhi/Timo GottschalkFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI John Cooper Works Rally

Dakar 2018 (Peru, Bolivia, Argentina) [3]

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
5.Jakub Przygonski/Tom ColsoulFlag of Poland.svg  Poland / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium MINI John Cooper Works Rally
13.Boris Garafulic/Filipe PalmeiroFlag of Chile.svg  Chile / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal MINI John Cooper Works Rally
19.Mikko Hirvonen/Andreas SchulzFlag of Finland.svg  Finland / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
20.Orlando Terranova/Ronnie GraueFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina / Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina MINI John Cooper Works Rally

Dakar 2019 (Peru) [3]

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
2.Nani Roma/Alex Haro BravoFlag of Spain.svg  Spain / Flag of Spain.svg  Spain MINI John Cooper Works Rally
4.Jakub Przygonski/Tom ColsoulFlag of Poland.svg  Poland / Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium MINI John Cooper Works Rally
5.Cyril Despres/Jean-Paul CottretFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of France.svg  France MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
7.Yazeed Al-Rajhi/Timo GottschalkFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia / Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI John Cooper Works Rally
8.Boris Garafulic/Filipe PalmeiroFlag of Chile.svg  Chile / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal MINI John Cooper Works Rally
13.Carlos Sainz/Lucas CruzFlag of Spain.svg  Spain / Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Mini John Cooper Works Buggy

Dakar 2020 (Saudi Arabia)

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
1.Carlos Sainz/Lucas CruzFlag of Spain.svg  Spain / Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Mini John Cooper Works Buggy
3.Stéphane Peterhansel/Paulo FiúzaFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Mini John Cooper Works Buggy
6.Orlando Terranova/Ronnie GraueFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina / Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina MINI John Cooper Works Rally
9.Yasir Seaidan/Alexey KuzmichFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia / Flag of Russia.svg  Russia MINI John Cooper Works Rally
14.Alexander Dorosinskiy/Oleg UperenkoFlag of Russia.svg  Russia/ Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia MINI ALL4 Racing
17.Denis Krotov / Dmitry TsyroFlag of Russia.svg  Russia/ Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine MINI John Cooper Works Rally
19.Jakub Przygonski / Timo GottschalkFlag of Poland.svg  Poland/ Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI John Cooper Works Rally

Dakar 2021 (Saudi Arabia)

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
1.Stéphane Peterhansel / Edouard BoulangerFlag of France.svg  France / Flag of France.svg  France MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
3.Carlos Sainz / Lucas CruzFlag of Spain.svg  Spain / Flag of Spain.svg  Spain MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
6.Vladimir Vasilyev / Dmitry TsyroFlag of Russia.svg  Russia/ Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine MINI John Cooper Works Rally
17.Guiga Spinelli / Youssef HaddadFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil / Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil MINI ALL4 Racing
24.Victor Khoroshavtsev / Anton NikolaevFlag of Russia.svg  Russia / Flag of Russia.svg  Russia MINI John Cooper Works Rally
30.Denis Krotov / Oleg UperenkoFlag of Russia.svg  Russia / Flag of Russia.svg  Russia MINI John Cooper Works Rally

Dakar 2022 (Saudi Arabia)

PlaceDriver/Co-driverNationalityCar
6.Jakub Przygonski / Timo GottschalkFlag of Poland.svg  Poland/ Flag of Germany.svg  Germany MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
8.Sebastian Halpern / Ronnie GraueFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina / Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
11.Vaidotas Zala / Paulo FiuzaFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal MINI John Cooper Works Rally
23.Laia Sanz / Maurizio GeriniFlag of Spain.svg  Spain / Flag of Italy.svg  Italy MINI ALL4 Racing
28.Denis Krotov / Konstantin ZhiltsovFlag of Russia.svg  Russia / Flag of Russia.svg  Russia MINI John Cooper Works Buggy

Dakar 2023 (Saudi Arabia) - car category

JahrFahrer / BeifahrerNationalitätFahrzeug
9.Sebastian Halpern / Ronnie GraueFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina / Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina MINI John Cooper Works Rally Plus
16.Khalid Al-Qassimi / Ola FloeneFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates /  Flag of Norway.svg  Norway MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
17.Jakub Przygoński / Armand MonleonFlag of Poland.svg  Poland /  Flag of Spain.svg  Spain MINI John Cooper Works Rally Plus
21.Denis Krotov / Konstantin ZhiltsovMINI John Cooper Works Buggy

Dakar 2023 (Saudi-Arabien) - T3 Kategorie

JahrFahrer / BeifahrerNationalitätFahrzeug
10.Ignacio Casale / Alvaro LeonFlag of Chile.svg  Chile / Flag of Spain.svg  Spain X-raid YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype
12.Ricardo Porém / Augusto SanzFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal /  Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina X-raid YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype
17.Ahmed Alkuwari / Manuel LuccheseFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar /  Flag of Italy.svg  Italy X-raid YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype
35.Camelia Liparoti / Xavier BlancoFlag of Italy.svg  Italy /  Flag of Spain.svg  Spain X-raid YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype
37.Joao Ferreira / Filipe PalmeiroFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal / Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal X-raid YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype

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