2022 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas

2022 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas
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The 2022 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas is the fourth season of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas; an annual competition for baja-style rally raid events for cars, buggies, and side-by-sides held in multiple countries.

Calendar

The initial calendar for the 2022 world cup features eight cross-country baja events.^[1] Some events on the schedule are shared with the 2022 FIM Bajas World Cup.

Round	Dates	Rally name
1	11-13 February	Baja Russia - Northern Forest
2	17-19 February	Jordan Baja
3	8-10 July	29º Italian Baja
4	22-24 July	Baja España Aragón
5	2-4 September	Baja Poland
6	28-30 October	Baja Portalegre 500
7	10-12 November	Saudi Baja
8	1-3 December	Dubai International Baja

Regulation

The following groups and classes are allowed:

• Group T1 - Prototype Cross-Country Vehicles
  • T1.1 - T1 4x4 - Petrol and Diesel
  • T1.2 - T1 4x2 - Petrol and Diesel
• Group T2 - Series Production Cross-Country Vehicles - Petrol and Diesel
• Group T3 - Lightweight Prototypes Cross-Country Vehicles
• Group T4 - Lightweight Series Production Cross-Country Side-by-Side Vehicles

The FIA awards the world cup to drivers, co-drivers, teams, T3 and T4 drivers and T4 teams.^[1]

Teams and drivers

T1 & T2 Teams & Drivers
Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Bowler	Bowler Wildcat	Metal Lube Rally Raid Team	Domingo Román	Susana Hernando	4
Fast & Speed	2WD		Ahmed El Shamy	Obaid Hassan	8
Ford	Ford F150 EVO	Offroad Sport CZ	Miroslav Zapletal	Marek Sykora	2, 7–8
		Ming Racing Sports	František Brutovský	Petr Hauptmann	3, 5
	Ford Ranger	PRK Sport Rallye Team	Daniel Alonso	Alejandro Lopez	4
			Edgar Condenso	Soraia Chambel	4
				António Serrão	6
			Santiago Carnicer	Miguel Lázaro	4
			Francisco Barreto	Carlos Silva	6
			Nuno Madeira	José Janela	6
GAZ	GAZelle NEXT	GAZ Raid Sport	Alexander Rusanov	Evgeny Pavlov	1
			Evgenii Sukhovenko	Kirill Chapaev	1
Hummer	Hummer H3 EVO	Offroad Sport CZ	Miroslav Zapletal	Marek Sykora	3–5
Jeep	Jeep Wrangler		Abdullah Al Zubair	Omar Al Lahim	8
Mini	Mini Cooper Countryman	VRT Team	Vladimir Vasilyev	Oleg Uperenko	1
	Mini John Cooper Works Rally	X-Raid Mini JCW Team	Sebastian Halpern	Bernardo Graue	4
			Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Lukasz Kurzeja	4
			João Ferreira	David Monteiro	4, 6
			Alejandro Martins	José Marques	4, 6
		CDE GPR Sport	Luis Recuenco	Sergio Peinado	4
	Mini All4 Racing			Jorge Monteiro	6
			Maria Gameiro	Manuel Navarro	4, 6
	Mini Paceman Proto	Posumavsky Auto Moto Klub v ACR	Petr Hozak	Rene Kilian	4
				Marek Sykora	6
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Montero	Escuderia Motor Terrassa	David Nogareda	Joan Rubi	4
Nissan	Nissan Pathfinder Proto	Ramingo 4x4	Andrea Alfano	Carmen Marsiglia	3
Porsche	LPR Porsche Macan	LP Racing KFT	Pal Lonyai	Nikolett Szoke	4, 6
Sodicars	BV2	CD Cuenca Motor 4x4	Manuel Plaza	Marta Plaza	4
Suzuki	Suzuki Gran Vitara		Emilio Ferroni	Daniele Fiorini	3
Toyota	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	Overdrive Racing	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	1–5
				Dirk von Zitzewitz	6–8
			Juan Cruz Yacopini	Matias Acosta	3
				Fernando Acosta	4
			Erik Van Loon	Sebastien Delaunay	4, 8
			Lucas Moraes	Kaique Bentivoglio	4
				Timo Gottschalk	8
			Lourenço Rosa	Joaquim Dias	6
			Miguel Barbosa	Hugo Magalhães	6
	Toyota GR DKR Hilux	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Mathieu Baumel	4
	Toyota Hilux	Uspenskiy Rally Tecnica	Sergey Uspenskiy	Marina Danilova	1
			'Csucsu'	Márk Mesterházi	3
			João Ramos	Filipe Palmeiro	4
		Esc. Team Repauto	Felix Macias	José Luis Conde	4
			Włodzimierz Grajek	Łukasz Łaskawiec	5
		Finarto Racing	Tomasz Baranowski	Maciej Marton	5–6
			Tiago Reis	Valter Cardoso	6
	Toyota LC 200	Overlimit	Grzegorz Brochocki	Grzegorz Komar	3
T3 Teams & Drivers
Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Arcane	T3		Vick Versteijnen	Teun van Dal	4
Can-Am	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	South Racing Can-Am	Fernando Álvarez	José Luis Diaz	1
				Xavier Panseri	2–8
			Dania Akeel	Laurent Lichtleuchter	1–3, 5–6
				Stephane Duple	4
				Sergio Lafuente	7–8
			Erik van Loon	Sebastien Delaunay	3
			Anja van Loon	Lisette Bakker	3–4
				Dmytro Tsyro	8
			Mashael Alobaidan	Armand Monleon	3–4
				Héctor García	5
				François Cazalet	6
				Wouter Rosegaar	7
				Paolo Ceci	8
			Antonio Marmolejo	Xavier Montasell	6
			Mohammed Al Atteya	Ali Mirza	7
			Filipe Nascimento	João Serodio	2
		PRK Sport Rally Team			1, 4, 6
		Snag Racing Team	Saleh Alsaif	Egor Okhotnikov	1
		Black Horse			2
				Tariq Al-Rammah	7
		VF Team	Vadim Fedotov	Aleksandr Kupriyanov	1
		Podmoskowye	Anastasiya Nifontova	Ekaterina Zhadanova	1
		Nakusi Racing Team	Armen Puzian	Evgenii Zagorodniuk	1–2
			Pavel Silnov	Kirill Shubin	1–2
		Automovil Club Alcalans	Enrique Reyes	Jorge Saiz	1
			Ricardo Ramilo	Francisco Javier López	1, 3
				Bruno Jacomy	4
				Soraia Chambel	5
		Biedriba Sports Racing Technologies	Mashael Alobaidan	Alexey Kuzmich	1
		FN Speed Team	Pau Navarro	Pedro Lopez	3
				Victor González	4
				Michael Metge	5–6
			Santiago Navarro		4
			Cristina Giampaoli	Ricardo Torlaschi	4
			João Dias	João Miranda	4, 6
		Nasser Racing	Dani Sordo	Candido Carrera	4
			Pedro Carvalho	Nuno Morais	4
				André Guerreiro	6
			Benoit Soulas	Thomas Lacoste	4
		Classic Cars Andorra	Jordi Pons	Jessica Nebra	4
			Roberto Rodriguez	Herman Rodriguez	4, 6
			Nelson Beiro	Manuel Porem	4
				Rui Gomes	6
			Aloisio Monteiro	Eduardo Oiteiro	6
			Jorge Cardoso	André Barras	6
			Pedro Ruivo	Filipe Rasteiro	6
		Thomas Bell Racing	Geoffrey Minnitt	Pedro Santos	8
			Khalid Aljafla	Andrei Rudnitski	8
DPR by PRK Sport	PRK Sport 002	PRK Sport Rally Tem	Filipe Carvalho	Maria Carvalho	4
				Paulo Torres	6
OT3	OT3	G Rally Team	Guillaume De Mevius	François Cazalet	4
			Luís Portela de Morais	Tomas Dantas Neves	6
PH-Sport	Zephyr		Lionel Costes	Paul Costes	4
			Mathieu Serradori	Loïc Minaudier	4
VM Competicion	Ordaz-R	Automovil Club Alcalans	Enrique Reyes	Fina Román	4
T4 Teams & Drivers
Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Can-Am	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	Automovil Club Alcalans	Miguel Angel Valero	Jaqueline Ricci	1, 4
				Vanesa Viso	6
		Team Race World	Yousef Al-Dhaif	Omar Al-Lahim	1–2
		Snag Racing Team	Sergei Remennik	Yaroslav Fedorov	1
			Cristiano Batista	Wladimir Reis	1
		South Racing Can-Am			2–4
				Fausto Mota	6–8
			Mshari Al-Thefiri	François Cazalet	2
				Nasser Al Kuwari	3–4
				Oriol Vidal	5–8
			Kees Koolen	Mirjam Pol	2
				Paolo Ceci	3–7
				Wouter Rosegaar	8
			Eduard Pons	Oriol Mena	3–4
				Monica Plaza	5–8
			Antonio Marmolejo	Ariel Jaton	8
		Biedriba Sports Racing Technologies	Egidijus Valeiša	Mindaugas Varža	1–6
			Saeed Al-Mouri	Sergio Lafuente	2
				Ata Hmoud	7
		Baporo Motorsport	Eduard Pons	Oriol Mena	2
			Alexander Josef Toril	José Luis Toril	4
			Freddy Fast	Oriol Vidal	4
			Jerome de Sadeleer	Wouter Rosegaar	4
			Catie Munnings	Szymon Gospodarczyk	4
			Rui Oliveira	Pedro Oliveira	4
		Nasser Racing	Patricia Pita	Alba Sanchez	4
			Emilija Gelažninkienė	Arūnas Gelažninkas	4
			Paulo Oliveira	Miguel Alberty	4
		TH Trucks Team	Pedro Manuel Peñate	Luis Alejandro Hernandez	4
		Energylandia Rally Team	Marek Goczał	Artur Janda	5
				Maciej Marton	8
			Michał Goczał	Szymon Gospodarczyk	5
				François Cazalet	8
			Eryk Goczał	Oriol Mena	8
			Ricardo de Oliveira	Ana de Oliveira	6
			João Paula	Nuno Mota Ribeiro	6
Polaris	Polaris RZR 64 Pro XP Turbo		Tomasz Białkowski	Dariusz Baskiewicz	1, 3–6
		Escuderia La Mota	Federico Mogni	David Aguado	4
			Enrico Gaspari	Loïc Minaudier	5
Yamaha	Yamaha YXZ 1000R	Yamaha GYTR	Miquel Prat	Alex Haro	4

Results

Overall

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Baja Russia - Northern Forest	1	Vladimir Vasilyev Oleg Uperenko	Mini Cooper Countryman	4:43:34
		2	Sergey Uspenskiy Marina Danilova	Toyota Hilux	4:50:58
		3	Anastasiya Nifontova Ekaterina Zhadanova	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	4:54:32
2	Jordan Baja	1	Saleh Alsaif Egor Okhotnikov	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	6:34:40
		2	Miroslav Zapletal Marek Sykora	Ford F150 EVO	6:37:36
		3	Mshari Al-Thefiri François Cazalet	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	6:47:25
3	Italian Baja	1	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Michael Orr	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	4:23:01
		2	Cristiano Batista Wladimir Reis	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	4:45:32
		3	Miroslav Zapletal Marek Sykora	Hummer H3 EVO	4:46:03
4	Baja España Aragón	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel	Toyota GR DKR Hilux	7:20:43
		2	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Michael Orr	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	7:23:45
		3	Lucas Moraes Kaique Bentivoglio	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	7:26:09
5	Baja Poland	1	Marek Goczał Artur Janda	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	5:02:48
		2	Miroslav Zapletal Marek Sykora	Hummer H3 EVO	5:04:37
		3	Włodzimierz Grajek Łukasz Łaskawiec	Toyota Hilux	5:05:32
6	Baja Portalegre 500	1	João Ferreira David Monteiro	Mini John Cooper Works Rally	5:43:56
		2	João Dias João Miranda	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	5:44:18
		3	Luís Portela de Morais Tomas Dantas Neves	OT3	5:48:23
7	Saudi Baja	1	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	4:18:55
		2	Miroslav Zapletal Marek Sykora	Ford F150 EVO	4:43:23
		3	Fernando Álvarez Xavier Panseri	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	4:47:55
8	Dubai International Baja	1	Eryk Goczał Oriol Mena	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	6:58:44
		2	Michał Goczał François Cazalet	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	6:59:33
		3	Marek Goczał Maciej Marton	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	7:00:13

T3

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Baja Russia - Northern Forest	1	Anastasiya Nifontova Ekaterina Zhadanova	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	4:54:32
		2	Fernando Álvarez José Luis Diaz	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	4:59:35
		3	Vadim Fedotov Aleksandr Kupriyanov	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	5:03:51
2	Jordan Baja	1	Saleh Alsaif Egor Okhotnikov	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	6:34:40
		2	Fernando Álvarez Xavier Panseri	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	7:00:24
		3	Pavel Silnov Kirill Shubin	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	7:02:34
3	Italian Baja	1	Erik Van Loon Sebastien Delaunay	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	4:53:17
		2	Dania Akeel Laurent Lichtleuchter	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	5:03:49
		3	Pau Navarro Pedro Lopez	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	5:12:09
4	Baja España Aragón	1	João Dias João Miranda	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	7:55:50
		2	Dani Sordo Candido Carrera	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	7:58:03
		3	Pedro Carvalho Nuno Morais	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	8:01:33
5	Baja Poland	1	Fernando Álvarez Xavier Panseri	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	5:14:38
		2	Dania Akeel Laurent Lichtleuchter	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	5:36:56
		3	Mashael Alobaidan Hector García	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	6:01:30
6	Baja Portalegre 500	1	João Dias João Miranda	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	5:44:18
		2	Luís Portela de Morais Tomas Dantas Neves	OT3	5:48:23
		3	Fernando Álvarez Xavier Panseri	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	6:20:05
7	Saudi Baja	1	Fernando Álvarez Xavier Panseri	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	4:47:55
		2	Dania Akeel Sergio Lafuente	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	5:03:42
		3	Mashael Alobaidan Wouter Rosegaar	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	5:19:32
8	Dubai International Baja	1	Fernando Álvarez Xavier Panseri	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	7:35:30
		2	Dania Akeel Sergio Lafuente	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	7:45:15
		3	Mashael Alobaidan Paolo Ceci	BRP Can-Am Maverick X3	11:36:16

T4

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Baja Russia - Northern Forest	1	Sergei Remennik Yaroslav Fedorov	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR	4:55:32
		2	Miguel Angel Valero Jaqueline Ricci	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR	5:08:21
		3	Yousef Aldhaif Omar Allahim	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR	5:36:07
2	Jordan Baja	1	Mshari Al-Thefiri François Cazalet	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	6:47:25
		2	Kees Koolen Mirjam Pol	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	6:52:13
		3	Saeed Al-Mouri Sergio Lafuente	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	7:11:25
3	Italian Baja	1	Cristiano Batista Wladimir Reis	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	4:45:32
		2	Kees Koolen Paolo Ceci	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	4:51:17
		3	Eduard Pons Oriol Mena	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	5:01:09
4	Baja España Aragón	1	Jerome de Sadeleer Wouter Rosegaar	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	8:10:03
		2	Cristiano Batista Wladimir Reis	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	8:10:19
		3	Mshari Al-Thefiri Nasser Al Kuwari	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	8:16:42
5	Baja Poland	1	Marek Goczał Artur Janda	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	5:02:48
		2	Mshari Al-Thefiri Oriol Vidal	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	5:12:20
		3	Kees Koolen Paolo Ceci	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	5:13:30
6	Baja Portalegre 500	1	Cristiano Batista Fausto Mota	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	6:00:26
		2	Mshari Al-Thefiri Oriol Vidal	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	6:11:27
		3	Tomasz Białkowski Dariusz Baskiewicz	Polaris RZR 64 Pro XP Turbo	6:12:03
7	Saudi Baja	1	Cristiano Batista Fausto Mota	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	4:56:27
		2	Eduard Pons Monica Plaza	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	4:59:29
		3	Saeed Al-Mouri Ata Hmoud	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	5:24:00
8	Dubai International Baja	1	Eryk Goczał Oriol Mena	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	6:58:44
		2	Michał Goczał François Cazalet	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	6:59:33
		3	Marek Goczał Maciej Marton	BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo	7:00:13

Championship standings

Points system

• Points for final positions are awarded as per the following table:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Overall Points	30	25	20	17	15	13	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2
Leg Points	5	4	3	2	1	0

For the 2022 season points will be awarded to the top five finishing positions of each leg on each event. These points will only be awarded if the driver finishes in the overall classification of each event. If they do not then no leg points are awarded, but the following vehicles will not move up a position for leg points.

FIA World Cup for Drivers, Co-Drivers, and Teams

Drivers' & Co-Drivers' championships

Teams championship

Pos	Team	RUS	JOR	ITA	ESP	POL	POR	SAU	DUB	Points
1	South Racing Can-Am	43	55		32	45	50	62		270
2	Overdrive Racing	0	15	50	55		42	30	37	229
3	Energylandia Rally Team					45			55	100
4	Nakusi Racing Team	35	37							72
5	FN Speed Team			25	22	17				64
6	Automovil Club Alcalans	27			7					34
7	PRK Sport Rallye Team				30					30
8	VF Team	25								25
9	Sports Racing Technologies			17	8					25
10	G Rally Team				6					6
11	Metal Lube Rally Raid Team				5					5
Pos	Team	RUS	JOR	ITA	ESP	POL	POR	SAU	DUB	Points

FIA T3 World Cup for Drivers

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	RUS	JOR	ITA	ESP	POL	POR	SAU	DUB	Points
1	Fernando Álvarez	233	231	422	116	140	322	140	139	205
2	Dania Akeel	710	420	232	125	232	710	233	234	161
3	Mashael Alobaidan	107		710	152	326	107	325	325	95
4	João Dias				138		140			78
5	Saleh Alsaif	517	139					422		78
6	Pau Navarro			325	710	422	810			67
7	Pavel Silnov	421	326							47
8	Ricardo Ramilo	98		518	418	Ret				44
9	Filipe Nascimento	116	613		107		516			42
10	Anastasiya Nifontova	140								40
11	Erik Van Loon			140						40
12	Anja Van Loon			613	143				420	36
13	Armen Puzian	613	521							34
14	Luís Portela de Morais						233			33
15	Dani Sordo				232					32
16	Pedro Carvalho				326		Ret			26
17	Vadim Fedotov	326								26
18	Aloisio Monteiro						420			20
19	Mohammed Al Atteya							517		17
20	Cristina Giampaoli				517					17
21	Geoffrey Minnitt								517	17
22	Khalid Aljafla								615	15
23	Lionel Costes				614					14
24	Jorge Cardoso						613			13
25	Enrique Reyes	89			Ret					9
26	Vick Versteijnen				89					9
27	Filipe Carvalho						98			8
28	Benoit Soulas				98					8
29	Pedro Ruivo						116			6
30	Antonio Marmolejo						125			5
31	Guillaume De Mevius				185					5
32	Jordi Pons				134					4
	Roberto Rodriguez				16		Ret			0
	Nelson Beiro				17		Ret			0
	Santiago Navarro				20					0
Pos	Driver	RUS	JOR	ITA	ESP	POL	POR	SAU	DUB	Points

FIA T4 World Cup for Drivers and Teams

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	RUS	JOR	ITA	ESP	POL	POR	SAU	DUB	Points
1	Cristiano Batista	Ret	421	140	234		136	138	613	182
2	Mshari Al-Thefiri		139	420	326	231	233	519	420	169
3	Kees Koolen		231	232	143	324	419	422	516	144
4	Eduard Pons		713	323	419	422	Ret	234	82	113
5	Tomasz Białkowski	Ret		617	615	516	326			74
6	Marek Goczał					139			327	66
7	Michał Goczał					618			233	51
8	Saeed Al-Mouri		323					324		47
9	Egidijus Valeisa	Ret	519	518	89	Ret	Ret			46
10	Miguel Angel Valero	233			98		Ret			41
11	Sergei Remennik	140								40
12	Jerome de Sadeleer				139					39
13	Eryk Goczał								139	39
14	Yousef Al-Daif	326	613							39
15	Ricardo de Oliveira						516			16
16	Miquel Prat				516					16
17	João Paula						613			13
18	Catie Munnings				711					11
19	Antonio Marmolejo								710	10
20	Alexander Josef Toril				107					7
21	Rui Oliveira				116					6
22	Patricia Pita				125					5
23	Federico Mogni				134					4
24	Paulo Oliveira				152					2
	Pedro Manuel Peñate				16					0
	Freddy Fast				17					0
	Emilija Gelažninkienė				18					0
	Enrico Gaspari					Ret				0
Pos	Driver	RUS	JOR	ITA	ESP	POL	POR	SAU	DUB	Points

Teams championship

Pos	Team	RUS	JOR	ITA	ESP	POL	POR	SAU	DUB	Points
1	South Racing Can-Am		55		55	45	75	75	37	302
2	Energylandia Rally Team					47			55	102
3	Sports Racing Technologies			30	20					50
4	Automovil Club Alcalans	30			17					47
Pos	Team	RUS	JOR	ITA	ESP	POL	POR	SAU	DUB	Points

References

External links

• Official website