2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas

The 2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas was the first season of the reformed FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas; an annual competition for baja-style rally raid events for cars, buggies, side-by-sides, and trucks held in multiple countries. The championship was last held in 2010, after which the baja events were combined with the longer cross-country rallies to form the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies.^[1]

2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas
Previous:	2018	Next:	2020

Calendar

The 2019 edition of the world cup featured eight cross-country baja events. The longer cross-country rally events remained part of the regular Cross-Country Rally World Cup.^[2] Some events on the schedule were shared with the 2019 FIM Bajas World Cup.^[3]

The FIA awarded the world cup to drivers, co-drivers, and teams competing in the T1 category; whilst drivers and teams in the T2 and T3 categories were awarded FIA cups.

Round	Dates	Rally name	Ref.
1	14–17 February	Baja Russia - Northern Forest	[4]
2	7-9 March	Dubai International Baja	[5]
3	20-23 June	Italian Baja
4	25-28 July	Baja España Aragón
5	8-11 August	Hungarian Baja
6	29 August - 1 September	Baja Poland
7	19-21 September	Jordan Baja
8	24-26 October	Baja de Portalegre 500

Notable teams and drivers

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Category	Rounds
Can-Am	Can-Am Maverick X3	Zavidovo Racing Team	Fedor Vorobyev	Kirill Shubin	T3	1-2
		AZ Racing Team	Abdullah Al Zubair	Faisal Al Raisi		1-2
Ford	Ford Raptor RS Cross Country	MP-Sports	Martin Prokop	David Kripal	T1	2
	Ford F150	OFFROADSPORT	Miroslav Zapletal	Marek Sykora		2
G-Force	G-Force BARS	G-Force Motorsport	Andrey N	Vladimir N	T1	1-2
Hummer	Hummer H3	Miroslav Zapletal	Miroslav Zapletal	Marek Sykora	T1	1
Mini	Mini JCW Rally X-Raid	VRT	Vladimir Vasilyev	Konstantin Zhiltsov	T1	1
	Mini JCW Buggy X-Raid	Orlen Team/X-Raid	Jakub Przygonski	Timo Gottschalk		2
Peugeot	Peugeot 3008 DKR	Abu Dhabi Racing	Khalid Al Qassimi	Xavier Panseri	T1	2
Polaris	Polaris RZR 1000	CR Racing	Michele Cinotto	Maurizio Dominella	T3	1-2
Toyota	Toyota Hilux	Pitlane	Benediktas Vanagas	Bartlomiej Boba	T1	2
		RE Autoklubs	Tapio Lauronen	Toni Lauronen		1
		VRT	Vladimir Vasilyev	Konstantin Zhiltsov		2
	Toyota LC 200	VA Motorsports	Aldis Vilcans	Daira Vilcane	T2	1-2
Source:[6][7]

Results

Overall

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Baja Russia - Northern Forest	1	Tapio Lauronen Toni Lauronen	Mitsubishi Pajero	5:19:07
		2	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Mini All4 Racing/VRT	5:21:28
		3	Benediktas Vanagas Bartlomiej Boba	Toyota Hilux	5:31:33
2	Dubai International Baja	1	Jakub Przygonski Timo Gottschalk	Mini John Cooper Works Buggy	5:15:10
		2	Khalid Al Qassimi Xavier Panseri	Peugeot 3008 DKR	5:16:20
		3	Martin Prokop David Kripal	Ford Raptor RS Cross Country	5:18:22
3	Italian Baja	1	Orlando Terranova Ronnie Graue	Mini John Cooper Works Rally	5:17:24
		2	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Toyota Hilux/VRT	5:21:27
		3	Martin Prokop David Kripal	Ford Raptor RS Cross Country	5:36:20
4	Baja Aragón	1	Orlando Terranova Ronnie Graue	Mini John Cooper Works Rally	6:21:40
		2	Nani Roma Alex Haro	Mini All4 Racing	6:25:16
		3	Jakub Przygonski Timo Gottschalk	Mini John Cooper Works Rally	5:25:52
5	Hungarian Baja	1	Orlando Terranova Ronnie Graue	Mini John Cooper Works Rally	6:44:54
		2	Martin Prokop David Kripal	Ford Raptor RS Cross Country	6:45:31
		3	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Toyota Hilux/VRT	7:01:23
6	Baja Poland	1	Krzysztof Holowczyc Lucasz Kuzeja	Mini John Cooper Works Rally	5:35:52
		2	Jakub Przygonski Timo Gottschalk	Mini John Cooper Works Rally	5:42:45
		3	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Toyota Hilux/VRT	5:56:29
7	Jordan Baja	1	Jakub Przygonski Timo Gottschalk	Mini John Cooper Works Rally	5:28:14
		2	Orlando Terranova Ronnie Graue	Mini John Cooper Works Rally	5:32:04
		3	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Mini All4 Racing	5:34:36
8	Baja de Portalegre 500	1	Orlando Terranova Ronnie Graue	Mini John Cooper Works Rally	5:39:24
		2	Nani Roma Dani Oliveras	Borgward BX7 DKR EVO	5:42:18
		3	Jakub Przygonski Timo Gottschalk	Mini John Cooper Works Rally	5:44:07

T2 category

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Baja Russia - Northern Forest	1	Aldis Vilcans Daira Vilcan	Toyota LC 200	6:22:19
		2	Muhammetmyrat Gurbanov Shamyrat Gurbanov	Nissan Patrol	7:20:53
		3	Merdan Toylyev Shohrat Toylyev	Nissan Patrol	10:48:40
2	Dubai International Baja	1	Alexander Baranenko Alexander Gorkov	Toyota LC 200	21:02:53
		2	Aldis Vilcans Daira Vilcan	Toyota LC 200	40:54:59
		3
3	Italian Baja	1
		2
		3
4	Baja Aragón	1	Joao Ferreira David Monteiro	Toyota Land Cruiser KDJ155	8:07:51
		2	Nuno Corvo Alex Haro	Nissan Pathfinder	8:11:12
		3	Fernando Barreiros Fernando Barreiros	Isuzu D-Max	8:40:22
5	Hungarian Baja	1	Claudiu Barbu Paul Spiridon	Nissan Navara	9:50:46
		2	Aldis Vilcans Daira Vilcan	Toyota LC 200	9:55:06
		3
6	Baja Poland	1	Aldis Vilcans Daira Vilcan	Toyota LC 200	7:50:48
		2	Claudiu Barbu Paul Spiridon	Nissan Navara	1.01:26:55
		3
7	Jordan Baja	1
		2
		3
8	Baja de Portalegre 500	1	Joao Ferreira David Monteiro	Toyota Land Cruiser KDJ155	6:53:41
		2	Georgino Pedroso Carlos Silva	Isuzu D-Max	6:58:54
		3	Eduardo Mota Nuno Sousa	Nissan Pathfinder	7:02:29

T3 category

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Baja Russia - Northern Forest	1	Michele Cinotto Maurizio Dominella	Polaris RZR 1000	6:23:02
		2	Abdullah Al Zubair Faisal Al Raisi	BRP Maverick X3	6:44:01
		3	Dmitrii Ponomarenko Dmitrii Karpov	Polaris Ranger RZR XP	6:47:03
2	Dubai International Baja	1	Adel Abdulla Jean Michel Polato	Can-Am Maverick X3	6:14:33
		2	Fedor Vorobyev Kirill Shubin	Can-Am Maverick X3	6:40:30
		3	Santiago Navarro Pedro Gabriel Lopez	Can-Am Maverick X3	6:46:17
3	Italian Baja	1	Fedor Vorobyev Kirill Shubin	Can-Am Maverick X3	5:09:11
		2	Santi Navarro Marc Sola	Can-Am Maverick X3	6:14:13
		3	Michele Cinotto Maurizio Dominella	Polaris RZR 1000	6:33:10
4	Baja Aragón	1	Santi Navarro Marc Sola	Can-Am Maverick X3	7:4:12
		2	Alexander Dorosinskiy Dimitry Pavlov	Can-Am Maverick X3	7:4:17
		3	Gerard Farres Armand Monleon	Can-Am Maverick X3	8:40:22
5	Hungarian Baja	1	Fedor Vorobyev Kirill Shubin	Can-Am Maverick X3	7:57:19
		2	Santi Navarro Marc Sola	Can-Am Maverick X3	8:16:16
		3	Alexander Dorosinskiy Dimitry Pavlov	Can-Am Maverick X3	8:57:22
6	Baja Poland	1	Fedor Vorobyev Kirill Shubin	Can-Am Maverick X3	6:52:38
		2	Michele Cinotto Maurizio Dominella	Polaris RZR 1000	17:02:54
		3	Eric Abel Christian Manez	Polaris RZR 1000	17:27:55
7	Jordan Baja	1	Fedor Vorobyev Kirill Shubin	Can-Am Maverick X3	6:34:55
		2	Michele Cinotto Maurizio Dominella	Polaris RZR 1000	7:44:15
		3	Saleh Al-Saif Moath Al-Arja	Can-Am Maverick X3	11:11:20
8	Baja de Portalegre 500	1	Fedor Vorobyev Kirill Shubin	Can-Am Maverick X3	6:26:28
		2	Gualter Barros Francisco Esperto	Can-Am Maverick X3	6:50:16
		3	Eric Abel Christian Manez	Polaris RZR 1000	7:07:42

Championship standings

In order to score points in the Cup classifications, competitors must register with the FIA before the entry closing date of the first baja entered.

Points system

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

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Overall Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
T1/T2/T3 Points	5	3	1	0

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

Drivers' & Co-Drivers' championships

Pos	Driver	RUS	DUB	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	JOR	POR	Points
1	Orlando Terranova			130	130	130		221	130	141
2	Jakub Przygonski		130		316	412	221	130	316	125
3	Vladimir Vasilyev	221	412	221	510	316	316	316		112
4	Martin Prokop		316	316	412	221				65
5	Fedor Vorobyev		143	417		711	711	515	125	62
6	Joan “Nani” Roma				221				221	42
7	Khalid Al-Qassimi		221					412		33
8	Krzysztof Holowczyc						130			30
9	Tapio Lauronen	130								30
10	Miroslav Zapletal		68			68	412			28
11	Benediktas Vanagas	316	510							26
12	Santiago Navarro		161	611	145	87				24
13	Michele Cinotto	106		85			95	87		23
14	Aldis Vilcans	97	233			123	89			22
15	Andrey N	412	76							18
16	Helder Oliveira								412	12
17	Lorenzo Codeca’			510						10
18	Pal Lonyai					510				10
19	Michal Maluzinski						510			10
20	Ricardo Porém								510	10
21	Andrey Rudskoy	510								10
22	Joao Ferreira				115				175	10
23	Wlodzimierz Grajek						68			8
24	Denis Krotov	68								8
25	Joao Ramos				68					8
26	Tiago Reis								68	8
27	Balazs Szalay							68		8
28	Imre Varga			76		92				8
29	Claudiu Barbu					115	123			8
30	Moh'd Al-Twijri							76		6
31	Alexandre Franco								76	6
32	Andrei Halabarodzka	76								6
33	Luis J. Recuenco				76					6
34	Fernando Alvarez Castellano	84			92					6
35	Aleksandr Dorosinskiy				101	153	102			6
36	Adel Abdulla		135							5
37	Alexander Baranenko		195							5
38	Lino Carapeta				84					4
39	Gregoire De Mevius								84	4
40	Martin Kaczmarski		84							4
41	Eric Abel						102		221	3
42	Abdullah Al Zubair	113								3
43	Nuno Corvo				123					3
44	Gualter Barros								163	3
45	Muhammetmyrat Gurbanov	173								3
46	Georgino Pedroso								183	3
47	Michal Goczal			92						2
48	Guy Haymann							92		2
49	Nuno Madeira								92	2
50	Mark Powell		92							2
51	Saleh Al-Saif							102		2
52	Abdullah Al-Qassimi		101							1
53	Nuno Matos								101	1
54	Laurent Poletti				101					1
55	Dmitrii Ponomarenko	121								1
56	Fernando Barreiros				131					1
57	Gerard Farres				161					1
58	Eduardo Mota								191	1
59	Merdan Toylyev	191								1
Pos	Driver	RUS	DUB	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	JOR	POR	Points

Pos	Co-Driver	RUS	DUB	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	JOR	POR	Points
1	Ronnie Graue			130	130	130		221	130	141
2	Timo Gottschalk		130		316	412	221	130	316	125
3	Konstantin Zhiltsov	221	412	221	510	316	316	316		112
4	Kirill Shubin		143	417		711	711	515		62
5	Jan Tomanek			316	412	221				49
6	Xavier Panseri		221					412		33
7	Dani Oliveras				145	87			221	33
8	Lukasz Kurzeja						130			30
9	Toni Tapio Lauronen	130								30
10	Marek Sykora		68			68	412			28
11	Bartolomiej Boba	316	510							26
12	Daira Vilcane	97	233			123	89			22
13	Alex Haro				221					21
14	Andrey N	412	76							18
15	David Kripal		316							16
16	Maurizio Dominella	106		85			95			16
17	Paulo Piuza								412	12
18	Marc Sola			611						11
19	Albert Horn					510				10
20	Julita Maluzinska						510			10
21	Manuel Porém								510	10
22	Mauro Toffoli			105						10
23	Evgenii Zagorodniuk	510								10
24	David Monteiro				115				175	8
25	Piotr Brakowiecki						68			8
26	Laszlo Bunkoczi							68		8
27	Valter Cardoso								68	8
28	Victor Jesus				68					8
29	Dmytro Tsyro	68								8
30	Jozsef Toma			76		92				8
31	Paul Spiridon					115	123			8
32	Rafael Tornabel	87								7
33	Victor M. Alijas				76					6
34	Rui Franco								76	6
35	Ali Obaid							76		6
36	Andrei Rudnitski	76								6
37	Juan Pablo Monasterolo	84			92					6
38	Jean-Michel Polato		135							5
39	Alexander Gorkov		195							5
40	Andre Leyh								84	4
41	Rui M. Pereira				84					4
42	Tapio Suominen		84							3
43	Oleg Uperenko			101		102				3
44	Christian Manez						102		221	3
45	Faisal Al Raisi	113								3
47	José Martins				123					3
47	Dmitry Pavloc				153					3
48	Francisco Esperto								163	3
49	Muhammetmyrat Gurbanov	173								3
50	Carlos Silva								183	3
51	Szymon Gospodarczyk			92						2
52	Raz Heymann							92		2
53	Chloe Jones		92							2
54	Felipe Serra								92	2
55	Moath Al-Arja							102		2
56	Cyril Debet			101						1
57	Steve Lancaster		101							1
58	Joel Lutas								101	1
59	Dmitrii Karpov	121								1
60	Nuno Barreiros				131					1
61	Pedro Gabriel Lopez		161							1
62	Armand Monleon				161					1
63	Nuno Sousa								191	1
64	Shohrat Toylyev	191								1
Pos	Co-Driver	RUS	DUB	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	JOR	POR	Points

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	RUS	DUB	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	JOR	POR	Points
1	X-Raid Mini JCW Team			30	30	30	30	21	30	171
2	Orlen Team/X-Raid		30		16	12	21	130	16	125
3	VRT	21	12	21	10	16	16	16		112
4	MP-Sports		16	16	12	21				65
5	Fedor Vorobyev		3	17		11	11	15	5	62
6	Abu Dhabi Racing		21					12		33
7	RE Autoklubs	30								30
8	FN Speed Team		5	11	5	7				28
9	General Financing Team Pitlane	16	10							26
10	VA Motorsports	7	5			3	9			24
11	CR Racing	6		5			5	7		23
12	Borgward Rally Team								21	21
13	G-Force Motorsport	12	6							18
14	Helder Oliveira								12	12
15	M-For Sport Rally						12			12
16	Lorenzo Codeca’			10						10
17	LP Racing KFT					10				10
18	Michal Maluzinski						10			10
19	Joao Ferreira				5				5	10
20	South Racing	4			2				3	9
21	Balazs Szalay							8		8
22	Joao Ramos				8					8
23	Miroslav Zapletal					8				8
24	MSK Rally Team	8								8
25	OFFROADSPORT		8							8
26	Tiago Reis								8	8
27	Wlodzimierz Grajek						8			8
28	Varga Racing Team ASE			6		2				8
29	Overdrive Racing		4						4	8
30	Transcarpatic Rally Team					5	3			8
31	Al-Twijri Racing							6		6
32	Alexandre Franco								6	6
33	Andrei Halabarodzka	6								6
34	Cuenca Motor 4X4				6					6
35	Sports Racing Technologies			1	3	2				6
36	Lino Carapeta				4					4
37	Eric Abel						2		1	3
38	AZ Racing Team	3								3
39	Nuno Corvo				3					3
40	Federation Automobile Sport of Turkmenistan	3								3
41	Prolama								3	3
42	Energylandia Rally Team			2						2
43	Guy Bitton							2		2
44	Saluki Racing		2							2
45	SGS Car								2	2
46	Saleh Al-Saif							2		2
47	Laurent Poletti				1					1
48	Nuno Matos								1	1
49	Sabertooth Motoring Adventure		1							1
50	Team Maria Oparina	1								1
51	Fernando Barreiros				1					1
52	Monster Energy Can-Am				1					1
53	Eduardo Mota								1	1
Pos	Team	RUS	DUB	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	JOR	POR	Points

FIA T2 Cup for Drivers and Teams

Pos	Driver	RUS	DUB	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	JOR	POR	Points
1	Aldis Vilcans	125	218			218	125			86
2	Joao Ferreira				125				125	50
3	Claudiu Barbu					125	218		76	49
4	Nuno Corvo				218				412	30
5	Alexander Baranenko		125							25
6	Fernando Barreiros				315				68	23
7	Muhammetmyrat Gurbanov	218								18
8	Georgino Pedroso								218	18
9	Eduardo Mota								315	15
10	Merdan Toylyev	315								15
11	Domingo Roman				412					12
12	Jose Gonzaléz								510	10
Pos	Driver	RUS	DUB	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	JOR	POR	Points

Pos	Team	RUS	DUB	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	JOR	POR	Points
1	VA Motorsports	25	25			18	25			93
2	Joao Ferreira				25				25	50
3	Transcarpatic Rally Team					25	18		6	49
4	Nuno Corvo				18				12	30
5	Metal Lube Rally Raid Team				12				10	22
6	Federation Automobile Sport of Turkmenistan	18								18
7	Prolama								18	18
8	Eduardo Mota								15	15
9	Fernando Barreiros				315					15
Pos	Team	RUS	DUB	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	JOR	POR	Points

FIA T3 Cup for Drivers and Teams

Pos	Driver	RUS	DUB	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	JOR	POR	Points
1	Fedor Vorobyev	68	218	125	76	125	125	125	125	157
2	Michele Cinotto	125	412	315	510	412	218	218		110
3	Santiago Navarro		315	218	125	218				76
4	Adel Abdulla		125	68	412					45
5	Aleksandr Dorosinskiy			510	218	315				15
6	Abdullah Al Zubair	218	68		68					34
7	Eric Abel						315		315	30
8	Gualter Barros								218	18
9	Saleh Al-Saif							315		15
10	Gerard Farres				315					15
11	Dmitrii Ponomarenko	315								15
12	Michal Goczal			412						12
13	Graham Knight								412	12
14	Aleksei Shmotev	412								12
15	Frederic Chavigny	510								10
16	Michel Fadel		510							10
17	Maria Oparina	76								6
18	Ilya Rouss				84					4
19	Tatjana Sycheva	84								4
20	Adrian Yacopini				92					2
Pos	Driver	RUS	DUB	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	JOR	POR	Points

Pos	Team	RUS	DUB	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	JOR	POR	Points
1	Zavidovo Racing Team	8	18	25	6	25	25	25	25	157
2	CR Racing	25	12	15	10	12	18	18		110
3	FN Speed Team		25	18	25	18				86
4	Sports Racing Technologies		10	18	15					43
5	AZ Racing Team	18	10		8					36
6	Eric Abel						15		15	30
7	South Racing								18	18
8	Monster Energy Can-Am				15					15
9	Saleh Al-Saif							15		15
10	Team Maria Oparina	15								15
11	Energylandia Rally Team						12			15
12	Graham Knight								12	12
13	Snag Racing Team	12								12
14	Frederic Chavigny	10								10
15	South Racing Can-Am				4					4
Pos	Team	RUS	DUB	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	JOR	POR	Points