World Rally-Raid Championship
Category | Rally raid |
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Country | International |
Inaugural season | 2022 |
Classes |
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Drivers' champion | Nasser Al-Attiyah (O/A) Seth Quintero (T3) Rokas Baciuška (T4) Janus van Kasteren (T5) |
Co-Drivers' champion | Mathieu Baumel (O/A) Dennis Zenz (T3) Oriol Vidal Montijano (T4) Marcel Snijders (T5) |
Riders' champion | Luciano Benavides (RallyGP) Romain Dumontier (Rally2) Ardit Kurtaj (Rally3) Laisvydas Kancius (Quad) |
Makes' champion | Toyota Gazoo Racing (FIA) Monster Energy Honda (FIM) |
Official website | WorldRallyRaidChampionship.com |
Current season |
The World Rally-Raid Championship (officially abbreviated as W2RC) is a rally raid series co-sanctioned by the FIA and FIM and promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO).[1][2] The championship's seasons culminate with world championship titles in both automobile and motorcycle categories.
Beginning in 2022, the series replaced both the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies and FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship as the top echelon of the sport of rally raid.[3] ASO will serve as series promotor for a period of five years.[1]
History
The combined World Championship series was conceived as a result of efforts by the
The inaugural World Championship officially kicked off with the
Format
The championship consists primarily of two forms of cross-country rallying:
- Cross-Country Rally: Between four and six timed stages; total distance of 1200km.
- Cross-Country Marathon: More than six timed stages; total distance of 2500km.
The cross-country baja format continues to be contested in the international FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas and FIM Bajas World Cup competitions, separate from the world championship.
Categories and awards
The series covers various categories under both the FIA and FIM.[10][11]
FIA categories
- T1: Prototype Cross-Country Cars
- T2: Series Production Cross-Country Cars
- T3: Lightweight Prototype Cross-Country Vehicles
- FIA Rally-Raid Championship for T3 drivers and co-drivers.
- T4: Modified Production Cross-Country Side-by-Side Vehicles
- FIA Rally-Raid Championship for T4 drivers and co-drivers.
- T5: Prototype and Production Cross-Country Trucks
- FIA Rally-Raid Championship for T5 drivers and co-drivers.
Groups T1, T2, T3 and T4 are eligible for the overall FIA Rally-Raid World Championship titles for drivers, co-drivers, and manufacturers. Additional Group-specific championships are awarded in Groups T3, T4 and T5.
FIM categories
- RallyGP
- FIM Rally-Raid World Championship for riders and manufacturers
- Rally2
- FIM Rally-Raid World Cup for Rally2 Riders
- FIM Rally-Raid Trophy for Juniors
- FIM Rally-Raid Trophy for Women
- FIM Rally-Raid Trophy for Seniors
- Rally3
- FIM Rally-Raid World Cup for Rally3 Riders
- FIM Rally-Raid Trophy for Juniors
- Quad
- FIM Rally-Raid World Cup for Quad Riders
Only riders competing in the RallyGP category are eligible for the FIM Rally-Raid World Championship. World Cup titles are available for champions of the Rally2, Rally3, and Quad categories.
Champions
FIA Rally-Raid World Champions
Season | |||
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Driver | Co-Driver | Manufacturer | |
2022 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Mathieu Baumel | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
Sébastien Loeb | Fabian Lurquin | X-Raid Mini JCW Team | |
Yazeed Al-Rajhi | Dirk von Zitzewitz | Bahrain Raid Xtreme | |
2023 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Mathieu Baumel | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
Yazeed Al-Rajhi | Timo Gottschalk | Bahrain Raid Xtreme | |
Juan Cruz Yacopini | Daniel Oliveras Carreras | OT3 by G Rally Team |
FIM Rally-Raid World Champions
Season | ||
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Rider | Manufacturer | |
2022 | Sam Sunderland | Monster Energy Honda |
Ricky Brabec | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | |
Adrien Van Beveren | Red Bull Gas Gas Factory Racing | |
2023 | Luciano Benavides | Monster Energy Honda |
Toby Price | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | |
Adrien Van Beveren | Husqvarna Factory Racing |
FIA Rally-Raid Champions
Season | ||||||
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T3 Driver | T3 Co-Driver | T4 Driver | T4 Co-Driver | T5 Driver | T5 Co-Driver | |
2022 | Francisco López | François Cazalet | Rokas Baciuška | Lukasz Laskawiec | Kees Koolen | Wouter De Graaff |
Seth Quintero | Dennis Zenz | Marek Goczał | Gustavo Gugelmin | Martin Macík | František Tomášek | |
Cristina Gutiérrez | Juan Pablo Latrach | Austin Jones | Oriol Mena | Tomáš Vrátný | David Švanda | |
2023 | Seth Quintero | Dennis Zenz | Rokas Baciuška | Oriol Vidal | Janus van Kasteren | Marcel Snijders |
Mitch Guthrie | Kellon Walch | Shinsuke Umeda | Oriol Mena | Tomáš Vrátný | - | |
Austin Jones | Gustavo Gugelmin | Eryk Goczał | Maurizio Dominella | Martin Macík | Bartlomiej Boba |
FIM Rally-Raid World Cup
Season | |||
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Rally2 Rider | Rally3 Rider | Quad Rider | |
2022 | Mason Klein | Amine Echiguer | Alexandre Giroud |
Romain Dumontier | Jeremy Miroir | Juraj Varga | |
Bradley Cox | Guillaume Borne | Kamil Wiśniewski | |
2023 | Romain Dumontier | Ardit Kurtaj | Laisvydas Kancius |
Paolo Lucci | Alexander Chepurko | Rodolfo Guillioli Schippers | |
Jean-Loup Lepan | Cheikh-Yves Jacquemain | Juraj Varga |
FIM Rally-Raid Trophies
Season | ||||
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Women | Junior (R2) | Senior | Junior (R3) | |
2022 | Mirjam Pol | Mason Klein | Mario Patrao | No Participants |
Sandra Gómez | Konrad Dąbrowski | Franco Picco | ||
Sara García | Bradley Cox | David McBride | ||
2023 | Mirjam Pol | Jean Loup Lepan | Dominique Cizeau Girault | No Participants |
- | Bradley Cox | - | ||
- | Konrad Dąbrowski | - |
See also
References
- ^ a b c "FIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STATUS FOR CROSS-COUNTRY RALLYING, WITH DAKAR RALLY AS ITS CORNERSTONE; A.S.O. APPOINTED GLOBAL PROMOTER". World Rally-Raid Championship.
- ^ "A.S.O. ANNOUNCED AS THE FIRST EVER FIM WORLD RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSHIP PROMOTER". World Rally-Raid Championship.
- ^ a b "🇬🇧 The new FIA & FIM World Rally Raid Championships - #Dakar2022". Retrieved 2021-12-17 – via YouTube.
- ^ "FIA, ASO launch new Cross-Country World Championship around Dakar". Motorsport.com.
- ^ Brunsdon, Stephen (17 March 2022). "Kazakhstan World Rally-Raid event canceled due to war". DirtFish. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "W2RC - Revised dates for Rallye du Maroc and Andalucía Rally*". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "W2RC - LOEB WINS IN ANDALUCIA BUT AL-ATTIYAH SECURES INAUGURAL W2RC DRIVERS' TITLE". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "A DREAM SEASON FOR AL-ATTIYAH AND SUNDERLAND". World Rally-Raid Championship. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "W2RC: A DREAM SEASON FOR SUNDERLAND". Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "FIA CROSS COUNTRY RALLIES". fia.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "FIM Documents". fim-moto.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Official website - FIA Rally-Raid
- Official website - FIM Rally-Raid