2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies

2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies
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The 2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies was set to be the 28th season of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies; an annual rally raid competition for cars, buggies, side-by-sides, and trucks held in multiple countries. Due to COVID-19 pandemic all events but one were cancelled, and FIA considered that only one event wasn't enough to award a World title and cancelled the season.[1]

Calendar

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The original calendar for the 2020 edition of the world cup featured five events; four cross-country rallies and one cross-country marathon; the Silk Way Rally, which was included for the first time.[2] Four events on the schedule are shared with the 2020 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship; the Qatar round being the only exception.[3]

Round Dates Rally name Ref.
1 22–27 February   Qatar Cross-Country Rally [4]
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic[5][6]
Original Date Rally name
24-29 May   Rally Kazakhstan
2-16 July     Silk Way Rally
9-14 October   Rallye du Maroc
20-26 March   Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge

Regulation Changes

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Starting with the 2020 season the vehicle classes have been reorganized into the following classifications:

  • T1.1 - 4x4 Prototype Cross-Country Vehicles - Petrol and Diesel
  • T1.2 - 4x2 Prototype Cross-Country Vehicles - Petrol and Diesel
  • T2 - Series Production Cross Country Vehicles
  • T3 - Improved Lightweight Prototypes Cross Country Vehicles
  • T4 - Improved Lightweight Series Side by Side Cross Country Vehicles
  • T5 - Cross Country Trucks

The FIA awards the world cup to drivers, co-drivers, and teams competing in the T1 category; whilst drivers and teams in the T3 and T4 categories are awarded FIA cups. The T2 production class will no longer be awarded an end of season trophy. Likewise, the T5 'truck' category is recognized, but not awarded any end-of-season cup or trophy.[7]

Notable teams and drivers

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Constructor Car Team Driver Co-driver Category Rounds
Can-Am Can-Am Maverick X3   Snag Racing   Aleksei Shmotev   Andrei Rudnitski T3 1
  Saleh Alsaif   Saleh Alsaif   Ali Hassan Obaid 1
  QMMF Team   Ahmed Al-Kuwari   Manuel Lucchese 1
  Rashid Al-Mohannadi   Pedro Santos 1
  Mubarak Al-Hajri   Laurent Lichtleuchter 1
  Mohammed Al-Harqan   Vili Oslaj 1
  South Racing   Austin Jones   Gustavo Gugelmin 1
Chevrolet Chevrolet Buggy   Mohammed Al-Meer   Mohammed Al-Meer   Dmytro Tsyro T1 1
G-Force G-Force T3GF   Adel Abdulla   Adel Abdulla   Jean-Michel Polato T3 1
Jeep Jeep   Abdulla Al-Rabban   Abdulla Al-Rabban   Igor Chudaykin T1 1
Nissan Nissan Patrol   Khaled Ahmed Alferaihi   Khaled Ahmed Alferaihi   Wleed Alfiuam T1 1
Opel Opel Grandland X   Balazs Szalay   Balazs Szalay   Laszlo Bunkozci T1 1
Overdrive Overdrive OT3   Zavidovo Racing Team   Fedor Vorobyev   Kirill Shubin T3 1
  Overdrive Racing   Kees Koolen   Sege Bruynkens 1
Polaris Polaris RZR 1000 Turbo   QMMF Team   Khalid Al-Mohannadi   Sebastien Delaunay T3 1
  Gonzalo S. Guayasamin   Gonzalo S. Guayasamin   Ricardo Adrian Torlaschi 1
Toyota Toyota Hilux   Toyota Gazoo Racing   Nasser Al-Attiyah   Mathieu Baumel T1 1
  Overdrive Racing   Yazeed Al-Rajhi   Michael Orr 1
  Orlen Team/Overdrive   Jakub Przygoński   Timo Gottschalk 1
Source:[8]

Results

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T2, T4 and T5 categories had no competitors in the only event held.

Overall

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Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Driver Car Time
1   Qatar Cross Country Rally 1   Nasser Al-Attiyah
  Mathieu Baumel
Toyota Hilux 11:48:56
2   Yazeed Al-Rajhi
  Michael Orr
Toyota Hilux 13:20:36
3   Jakub Przygoński
  Timo Gottschalk
Toyota Hilux 13:50:19

T1 category

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Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Driver Car Time
1   Qatar Cross Country Rally 1   Nasser Al-Attiyah
  Mathieu Baumel
Toyota Hilux 11:48:56
2   Yazeed Al-Rajhi
  Michael Orr
Toyota Hilux 13:20:36
3   Jakub Przygoński
  Timo Gottschalk
Toyota Hilux 13:50:19

T3 category

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Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Driver Car Time
1   Qatar Cross Country Rally 1   Ahmed Al-Kuwari
  Manuel Lucchese
Can-Am Maverick X3 15:25:09
2   Saleh Alsaif
  Ali Hassan Obaid
Can-Am Maverick X3 15:36:06
3   Khalid Al-Mohannadi
  Sebastien Delaunay
Polaris RZR 1000 Turbo 15:39:30

References

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  1. ^ "Rally-Raid Network - FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies and Bajas Calendars for 2020 and 2021". 10 October 2020.
  2. ^ "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". fia.com. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Cross-Country Rallies and Bajas: 2019 Calendars". fim-live.com. 1 October 2018. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Qatar Cross-Country Rally 2020: Al-Attiyah tops quality Manateq Qatar Cross-Country Rally field from 17 nations". rallyraidnetwork.com. 18 February 2020. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  5. ^ "FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championships" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Caancellation of the Silk Way Rally 2020". Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  7. ^ "2020 Cross-Country Rally Sporting Regulations" (PDF). fia.com. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Qatar Cross Country Rally entry list" (PDF). qatarcrosscountry.com. Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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