X-raid

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.

X‑raid

Full name	X‑raid GmbH
Base	Trebur, Hesse, Germany
Team principal(s)	Sven Quandt
World Rally Championship history
Debut	2002
Last event	2025 Dakar Rally
Manufacturers' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0
Rally wins	6 (Dakar Rally 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021)

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]

Year	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
2008	Filipe Campos/Jaime Baptista	Portugal /  Portugal	BMW X3 CC
2009	Filipe Campos/Jaime Baptista	Portugal /  Portugal	BMW X3 CC
2010	Filipe Campos/Jaime Baptista	Portugal /  Portugal	BMW X5 CC
2014	Ricardo Porém/Manuel Porém	Portugal /  Portugal	MINI ALL4 Racing

Winner of the Silk Way Rally^[2]

Year	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
2011	Krzysztof Holowczyc /Jean-Marc Fortin	Poland /  Belgium	BMW X3 CC
2018	Yazeed Al-Rajhi/Timo Gottschalk	Saudi Arabia /  Germany	MINI John Cooper Works Rally

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

Year	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
2008	Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah/Christina „Tina“ Thörner	Qatar /  Sweden	BMW X3 CC
2019	Orlando Terranova/Ronnie Graue	Argentina /  Argentina	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
2020	Vladimir Vasilyev	Russia	MINI John Cooper Works Rally

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

Year	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
2004	Khalifa Al Mutaiwei/Alain Guehennec	United Arab Emirates /  France	BMW X5 CC
2008	Nasser Al-Attiyah/Kristina „Tina“ Thörner	Qatar /  Sweden	BMW X3 CC
2009	Guerlain Chicherit/Christina „Tina“ Thörner	France /  Sweden	BMW X3 CC
2010	Leonid Novitskiy/Andreas Schulz	Russia /  Germany	BMW X3 CC
2011	Leonid Novitsky/Andreas Schulz	Russia /  Germany	BMW X3 CC

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

Year	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
2012	Khalifa Al Mutaiwei/Andreas Schulz	United Arab Emirates /  Germany	MINI ALL4 Racing
2013	Krzysztof Holowczyc /Andreas Schulz	Poland /  Germany	MINI ALL4 Racing
2014	Vladimir Vasilyev /Konstantin Zhiltsov	Russia /  Russia	MINI ALL4 Racing
2015	Nasser Al-Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel	Qatar /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
2018	Jakub Przygonski/Tom Colsoul	Poland /  Belgium	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
2019	Stéphane Peterhansel/Andrea Peterhansel	France /  Germany	MINI John Cooper Works Buggy

Winner of the Dakar Rally^[1]

Year	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
2012	Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret	France /  France	Mini ALL4 Racing
2013	Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret	France /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
2014	Nani Roma/Michel Périn	Spain /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
2015	Nasser Al-Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel	Qatar /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
2020	Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz	Spain /  Spain	MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
2021	Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger	France /  France	MINI John Cooper Works Buggy

Placements at the Dakar Rally

Paris-Dakar 2005 (Africa)^[1]

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
9.	José Luis Monterde/Rafa Tornabell	Spain /  Spain	BMW X5 CC

Paris-Dakar 2006 (Africa)^[1]

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
9.	Guerlain Chicherit/Mathieu Baumel	France /  France	BMW X3 CC
15.	Alfie Cox/Ralph Pitchford	South Africa /  South Africa	BMW X3 CC
24.	José Luis Monterde/Tiziano Siviero	Spain /  Italy	BMW X3 CC

Paris-Dakar 2007 (Africa)^[1]

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
6.	Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah/Alain Guehennec	Qatar /  France	BMW X3 CC
15.	Jutta Kleinschmidt/Christina „Tina“ Thörner	Germany /  Sweden	BMW X3 CC
16.	José Luis Monterde/Jean-Marie Lurguin	Spain /  France	BMW X5 CC
37.	Paulo Nobre/Filippe Palmeiro	Brazil /  Portugal	BMW X5 CC

Dakar 2009 (Argentina, Chile)^[1]

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
8.	Leonid Novitskiy/Oleg Tyupenkin	Russia /  Russia	BMW X3 CC
9.	Guerlain Chicherit/Mathieu Baumel	France /  France	BMW X3 CC
18.	René Kuipers/Filipe Palmeiro	Netherlands /  Portugal	BMW X3 CC

Dakar 2010 (Argentina, Chile)^[1]

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
4.	Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret	France /  France	BMW X3 CC
5.	Guerlain Chicherit/Christina „Tina“ Thörner	France /  Sweden	BMW X3 CC
11.	Leonid Novitskiy/Andreas Schulz	Russia /  Germany	BMW X3 CC

Dakar 2011 (Argentina, Chile)^[1]

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
4.	Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret	France /  France	BMW X3 CC
5.	Krzysztof Holowczyc/Jean-Marc Fortin	Poland /  Belgium	BMW X3 CC
7.	Ricardo Leal Dos Santos/Paulo Fiúza	Portugal /  Portugal	BMW X3 CC
20.	Stephan Schott/Holm Schmidt	Germany /  Germany	BMW X3 CC

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

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
1.	Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret	France /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
2.	Nani Roma/Michel Perin	Spain /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
4.	Leonid Novitskiy/Andreas Schulz	Russia /  Germany	MINI ALL4 Racing
7.	Ricardo Leal Dos Santos/Paulo Fiúza	Portugal /  Portugal	MINI ALL4 Racing
9.	Krzysztof Holowczyc/Jean-Marc Fortin	Poland /  Belgium	MINI ALL4 Racing
11.	Boris Garafulic/Gilles Picard	Chile /  France	BMW X3 CC
15.	Alexander Mironenko/Sergey Lebedev	Russia /  Russia	BMW X3 CC
30.	Stephan Schott/Holm Schmidt	Germany /  Germany	BMW X3 CC

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

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
1.	Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret	France /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
3.	Leonid Novitskiy/Konstantin Zhiltsov	Russia /  Russia	MINI ALL4 Racing
4.	Nani Roma/Michel Perin	Spain /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
5.	Orlando Terranova/Paulo Fiúza	Argentina /  Portugal	BMW X3 CC
12.	Boris Garafulic/Gilles Picard	Chile /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
48.	Stephan Schott/Holm Schmidt	Germany /  Germany	MINI ALL4 Racing

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

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
1.	Nani Roma/Michel Périn	Spain /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
2.	Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret	France /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
3.	Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah/Lucas Cruz	Qatar /  Spain	MINI ALL4 Racing
5.	Orlando Terranova/Paulo Fiúza	Argentina /  Portugal	MINI ALL4 Racing
6.	Krzysztof Holowczyc/Konstantin Zhiltsov	Poland /  Russia	MINI ALL4 Racing
9.	Martin Kaczmarski/Filipe Palmeiro	Poland /  Portugal	MINI ALL4 Racing
10.	Vladimir Vasilyev/Vitaliy Yevtyekhov	Russia /  Ukraine	MINI ALL4 Racing
11.	Boris Garafulic/Gilles Picard	Chile /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
12.	Federico Villagra/Jorge Perez Companc	Argentina /  Argentina	MINI ALL4 Racing
19.	Stephan Schott/Holm Schmidt	Germany /  Germany	MINI ALL4 Racing
31.	Zhou Yong/Hong Yu Pan	China /  China	MINI ALL4 Racing

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

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
1.	Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel	Qatar /  France	MINI All4 Racing
3.	Krzysztof Holowczyc/Xavier Panseri	Poland /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
4.	Erik van Loon/Wouter Rosegaar	Netherlands /  Netherlands	MINI ALL4 Racing
5.	Vladimir Vasilyev/Konstantin Zhiltsov	Russia /  Russia	MINI ALL4 Racing
9.	Aidyn Rakhimbayev/Anton Nikolaev	Kazakhstan /  Russia	MINI ALL4 Racing
12.	Boris Garafulic/Filipe Palmeiro	Chile /  Portugal	MINI ALL4 Racing
13.	Yong Zhou/Andreas Schulz	China /  Germany	MINI ALL4 Racing
18.	Orlando Terranova/Bernardo Graue	Argentina /  Argentina	MINI ALL4 Racing
22.	Stephan Schott/Holm Schmidt	Germany /  Germany	MINI ALL4 Racing

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

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
2.	Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel	Qatar /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
4.	Mikko Hirvonen/Michel Périn	Finland /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
6.	Nani Roma/Alex Haro	Spain /  Spain	MINI ALL4 Racing
5.	Harry Hunt/Andreas Schulz	United Kingdom /  Germany	MINI ALL4 Racing
12.	Orlando Terranova/Ronnie Graue	Argentina /  Argentina	MINI ALL4 Racing
13.	Erik van Loon/Wouter Rosegaar	Netherlands /  Netherlands	MINI ALL4 Racing
15.	Jakub Przygonski/Andrei Rudnitski	Poland /  Belarus	MINI ALL4 Racing
23.	Boris Garafulic/Filipe Palmeiro	Chile /  Portugal	MINI ALL4 Racing
43.	Nazareno Lopez/Sergio Lafuente	Argentina /  Uruguay	MINI ALL4 Racing
52.	Adam Malysz/Xavier Panseri	Poland /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing

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

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
6.	Orlando Terranova/Andreas Schulz	Argentina /  Germany	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
7.	Jakub Przygonski/Tom Colsoul	Poland /  Belgium	MINI ALL4 Racing
10.	Mohamed Abu Issa/Xavier Panseri	Qatar /  France	MINI ALL4 Racing
13.	Mikko Hirvonen/Michel Périn	Finland /  France	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
15.	Stephan Schott/Paulo Fiúza	Germany /  Portugal	MINI ALL4 Racing
18.	Sylvio de Barros/Rafael Capoani	Brazil /  Brazil	MINI ALL4 Racing
27.	Yazeed Al-Rajhi/Timo Gottschalk	Saudi Arabia /  Germany	MINI John Cooper Works Rally

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

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
5.	Jakub Przygonski/Tom Colsoul	Poland /  Belgium	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
13.	Boris Garafulic/Filipe Palmeiro	Chile /  Portugal	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
19.	Mikko Hirvonen/Andreas Schulz	Finland /  Germany	MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
20.	Orlando Terranova/Ronnie Graue	Argentina /  Argentina	MINI John Cooper Works Rally

Dakar 2019 (Peru)^[3]

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
2.	Nani Roma/Alex Haro Bravo	Spain /  Spain	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
4.	Jakub Przygonski/Tom Colsoul	Poland /  Belgium	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
5.	Cyril Despres/Jean-Paul Cottret	France /  France	MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
7.	Yazeed Al-Rajhi/Timo Gottschalk	Saudi Arabia /  Germany	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
8.	Boris Garafulic/Filipe Palmeiro	Chile /  Portugal	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
13.	Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz	Spain /  Spain	Mini John Cooper Works Buggy

Dakar 2020 (Saudi Arabia)

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
1.	Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz	Spain /  Spain	Mini John Cooper Works Buggy
3.	Stéphane Peterhansel/Paulo Fiúza	France /  Portugal	Mini John Cooper Works Buggy
6.	Orlando Terranova/Ronnie Graue	Argentina /  Argentina	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
9.	Yasir Seaidan/Alexey Kuzmich	Saudi Arabia /  Russia	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
14.	Alexander Dorosinskiy/Oleg Uperenko	Russia/  Latvia	MINI ALL4 Racing
17.	Denis Krotov / Dmitry Tsyro	Russia/  Ukraine	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
19.	Jakub Przygonski / Timo Gottschalk	Poland/  Germany	MINI John Cooper Works Rally

Dakar 2021 (Saudi Arabia)

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
1.	Stéphane Peterhansel / Edouard Boulanger	France /  France	MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
3.	Carlos Sainz / Lucas Cruz	Spain /  Spain	MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
6.	Vladimir Vasilyev / Dmitry Tsyro	Russia/  Ukraine	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
17.	Guiga Spinelli / Youssef Haddad	Brazil /  Brazil	MINI ALL4 Racing
24.	Victor Khoroshavtsev / Anton Nikolaev	Russia /  Russia	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
30.	Denis Krotov / Oleg Uperenko	Russia /  Russia	MINI John Cooper Works Rally

Dakar 2022 (Saudi Arabia)

Place	Driver/Co-driver	Nationality	Car
6.	Jakub Przygonski / Timo Gottschalk	Poland/  Germany	MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
8.	Sebastian Halpern / Ronnie Graue	Argentina /  Argentina	MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
11.	Vaidotas Zala / Paulo Fiuza	Lithuania /  Portugal	MINI John Cooper Works Rally
23.	Laia Sanz / Maurizio Gerini	Spain /  Italy	MINI ALL4 Racing
28.	Denis Krotov / Konstantin Zhiltsov	Russia /  Russia	MINI John Cooper Works Buggy

Dakar 2023 (Saudi Arabia) - car category

Jahr	Fahrer / Beifahrer	Nationalität	Fahrzeug
9.	Sebastian Halpern / Ronnie Graue	Argentina /  Argentina	MINI John Cooper Works Rally Plus
16.	Khalid Al-Qassimi / Ola Floene	United Arab Emirates /   Norway	MINI John Cooper Works Buggy
17.	Jakub Przygoński / Armand Monleon	Poland /   Spain	MINI John Cooper Works Rally Plus
21.	Denis Krotov / Konstantin Zhiltsov		MINI John Cooper Works Buggy

Dakar 2023 (Saudi-Arabien) - T3 Kategorie

Jahr	Fahrer / Beifahrer	Nationalität	Fahrzeug
10.	Ignacio Casale / Alvaro Leon	Chile /  Spain	X-raid YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype
12.	Ricardo Porém / Augusto Sanz	Portugal /   Argentina	X-raid YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype
17.	Ahmed Alkuwari / Manuel Lucchese	Qatar /   Italy	X-raid YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype
35.	Camelia Liparoti / Xavier Blanco	Italy /   Spain	X-raid YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype
37.	Joao Ferreira / Filipe Palmeiro	Portugal /  Portugal	X-raid YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype

See also

• BMW Motorsport
• Mini John Cooper Works WRC