2019 FIM Bajas World Cup

2019 FIM Bajas World Cup
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The 2019 FIM Bajas World Cup season was the 8th season of the FIM Bajas World Cup, an international rally raid competition for motorbikes and quads.

Calendar[]

The calendar for the 2019 season will feature four baja-style events.^[1] Some of the bajas are also part of 2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas.

Round	Dates	Rally name
1	7-9 March	Dubai International Baja
2	23-24 March
3	26-28 July	Baja Aragón
4	9-11 August

Teams and riders[]

Constructor	Bike	Team	Rider	Rounds
Honda	Honda CRF450R	Lodovico Paravicini	Lodovico Paravicini	1
		Ivan Donoso	Ivan Donoso	2
	Honda 700 TRX	Boomer Team UAE	Khalifa Al Raisse	1-2
		Humaid AlmaShghouni	Humaid AlmaShghouni	1
		Roger Martin	Roger Martin	1
		Dirk van den Donk	Dirk van den Donk	1
Husqvarna		Aaron Mare	Aaron Mare	1
		Antoine Jaillet	Antoine Jaillet	1
		Ryan Rogers	Ryan Rogers	1
		HT Rally Raid	Jakub Piatek	1
		SRG - Motorsports	Ryan Blair	1
		Mark Ackerman	Mark Ackerman	1
		SRG - Motorsports	Andrew Haddon	1
		Stuart Murray	Stuart Murray	1
Kawasaki	Kawasaki KX450	Mohammed Al Balooshi	Mohammed Al Balooshi	1
		Sultan Balooshi	Sultan Balooshi	1
		Abdullah Taleb Al Shatti	Abdullah Taleb Al Shatti	1
KTM		Benjamin Melot	Benjamin Melot	1-2
		Mohammed Jaffar	Mohammed Jaffar	1
		Shannon O'Connor	Shannon O'Connor	1
		Crazy Camel Racing	Darko Marasovic	1
		Khaled Ahmed al Bahar	Khaled Ahmed al Bahar	1
		Faisal Adel al Yaqout	Faisal Adel al Yaqout	1
	KTM 450 EXC	Orlen Team	Adam Tomiczek	1
		Orlen Team	Maciej Giemza	1
		Mohammed Anis	Mohammed Anis	1
		Christopher Wilding	Christopher Wilding	1
		Mishal Alghuneim	Mishal Aighuneim	1
		Jason Black	Jason Black	1
		Vendetta Racing	David McBride	1
		Vendetta Racing	David Mabbs	1
		Vendetta Racing	William McBride	1
		Tomas Da Gavardo	Tomas Da Gavardo	1-2
		SRG - Motorsports	Alan Wilkinson	1
		Kobus Roos	Kobus Roos	1
		Tomas Kristofferson	Tomas Kristofferon	1
		Sheika Nader al Nouri	Sheika Nader al Nouri	1
		George El Hacham	George El Hacham	1
		Derek Hitchcock	Derek Hitchcock	1
		Stan Murray	Stan Murray	1
		Mohammed al Shamsi	Mohammed al Shamsi	1
Suzuki		Arnaldo Martins	Arnaldo Martins	2
Yamaha	Yamaha WR450F	Crazy Camel Racing	Manuel Lucchese	1
		Crazy Camel Racing	Aishwarya Pissay	1-2
		Crazy Camel Racing	Tamas Esche	1
		Crazy Camel Racing	Mattia Riva	1
		Ashish Raorane	Ashish Raorane	1-2
		Daniel Jordão	Daniel Jordão	2
		Sara Garcia	Sara Garcia	2
	Yamaha YZ450F	Abdulla bin Dakhan	Abdulla bin Dakhan	1
	Yamaha YZ450FX	Crazy Camel Racing	Richard Brewer	1
		Ali Laghar	Ali Laghar	1
		Hergen Fekken	Hergen Fekken	1
		Kalid al Falasi	Kalid al Falasi	1
	Yamaha Raptor 700R	Fahad al Musallam	Fahad al Musallam	1
	Yamaha Raptor 700R	Antonin Pacanda	Antonin Pacanda	2
		Aleksandr Maksimov	Aleksandr Maksimov	1-2
		Juraj Varga	Juraj Varga	2
		Abdulmajeed Aakhulaifi	Abdulmajeed Aakhulaifi	1
		Momammed al Khulaifi	Momammed al Khulaifi	1
		Stuart Isaacs	Stuart Isaacs	1
		Luís Engeitado	Luís Engeitado	2
Sources:^[2]^[3]

Results[]

Motorbikes[]

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Rider	Bike	Time
1	Dubai International Baja	1	Aaron Mare	Husqvarna 450 FC	6:10:13
		2	Benjamin Melot	KTM 450 XCF	6:17:55
		3	Mark Ackerman	Husqvarna FX 450	6:18:58

2		1	Benjamin Melot	KTM 450 SXF	6:31:49
		2	Jakub Piatek	Husqvarna 450FR	6:44:23
		3	Tomas De Gavardo	KTM 450 Rally Replica	6:54:42

3	Baja Aragón	1	Michael Metge	Sherco Rally	6:30:21
		2	Tosha Shareina Marzal	Husqvarna FE 450	6:34:00
		3	Juan Pedrero	KTM 450	6:37:39

4		1	Adam Tomiczek	Husqvarna FE 450	6:01:48
		2	Stefan Svitko	KTM 450 Rally	6:04:25
		3	Marciej Giemza	Husqvarna FE 450	6:29:26

Quads[]

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Rider	Quad	Time
1	Dubai International Baja	1	Khalifa Al Raisse	Honda 700 TRX	7:8:14
		2	Abdulmajeed Al Khulaifi	Yamaha YFZ 450	7:25:59
		3	Aleksandr Maksimov	Yamaha YFM 700R	7:54:04

2		1	Luís Engeitado	Yamaha YFZ 450	6:08:35
		2	Juraj Varga	Yamaha YFM 700R	6:50:17
		3	Aleksandr Maksimov	Yamaha Raptor 700R	6:54:12

3	Baja Aragón	1	Daniel Vila Vaques	Yamaha Raptor 700R	6:56:11
		2	Mario Gajon Garcia	KTM 525 XC	7:10:43
		3	Toni Vingut	KTM 450HC	7:15:21

4		1	Juraj Varga	Yamaha YFM 700 R	8:06:25
		2	Aleksandr Maksimov	Yamaha YFM 700 R	8:20:02
		3	Paweł Otwinowski	Yamaha Raptor	8:22:49

Championship standings[]

Riders' championship[]

Points for final positions were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th+
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Motorbikes[]

Pos	Rider	DUB		ARA		Points
1	Benjamin Melot	2²⁰	1²⁵	8⁸	4¹³	66
2	Jakub Piatek	10⁶	2²⁰	12⁴	5¹¹	41
3	Sultan Al Balooshi	5¹¹	6⁷	13³	6¹⁰	31
4	Adam Tomiczek			11⁵	1²⁵	30
5	Tomas De Gavardo	13³	3¹⁶	23¹	8⁸	28
6	Maciej Giemza			6¹⁰	3¹⁶	26
7	Michael Metge			1²⁵		25
8	Aaron Mare	1²⁵				25
9	Abdullah T. Alshatti	7⁹	10⁶	14²	12⁴	21
10	Štefan Svitko				2²⁰	20
11	Tosha Schareina Marzal			2²⁰		20
12	Ashish Raorane	18¹	8⁸	29¹	7⁹	19
13	Juan Pedrero			3¹⁶		16
14	Mark Ackermann	3¹⁶				16
15	Rita Vieira		6¹⁰	25¹	11⁵	16
16	Sara Garcia Alvarez		7⁹	27¹	10⁶	16
17	Lorenzo Santolino			4¹³		13
18	Ivan Donoso Silva		4¹³			13
19	Mohammad Jaafar Meshari	4¹³				13
20	Mohammed Al Balooshi	24¹	5¹¹			12
21	Martin Michek			5¹¹		11
22	Ryan Blair	6¹⁰				10
23	Aishwarya Madhusudhan Pissay	21¹	11⁵	33¹	13³	10
24	Narith Noah Koitha Veettil			7⁹		9
25	Shannon O'Connor	8⁸				8
26	Rosa Romero			24¹	9⁷	8
27	Christian España Muñoz			9⁷		7
28	Ryan Rogers	9⁷				7
29	Santosh Chunchungguppe S			10⁶		7
30	Antoine Jaillet	11⁵				5
31	William Mcbride	12⁴				4
32	Thomas Childs	14²				2
33	David Mabbs	15¹				1
34	Mishal Al Ghuneim	16¹				1
35	Mohamed Anis	17¹				1
36	Bruno Bony			26¹		1
37	Khalid Al Falasi	19¹				1
38	Margot Llobera			28¹		1
39	David McBride	20¹				1
40	Fabrice Lardon			30¹		1
41	Alan Wilkinson	22¹				1
42	Enzo Cilote			32¹		1
43	Andrew Haddon	23¹				1
44	Joaquim Rodrigues				34¹	1
Pos	Rider	DUB		ARA		Points

Quads[]

Pos	Rider	DUB		ARA		Points
1	Aleksandr Maksimov	3¹⁶	3¹⁶	5¹¹	2²⁰	63
2	Juraj Varga		2²⁰	9⁷	1²⁵	51
3	Daniel Vila Vaquez			1²⁵		25
4	Luis Engeitado		1²⁵			25
5	Khalifa Al Raeesi	1²⁵				25
6	Mario Gajon Garcia			2²⁰		20
7	Abdulmajeed Al Khulaifi	2²⁰				20
8	Paweł Otwinowski				3¹⁶	16
9	Toni Vingut			3¹⁶		16
10	Jérôme Connart			4¹³		13
11	Antonin Pacanda		4¹³			13
12	Mohammad J. Alkhulaifi	4¹³				13
13	Romain Dutu			6¹⁰		10
14	Alexandre Giroud			7⁹		9
15	Miguel Angel Arranz Lopez			8⁸		8
16	Sergei Redkov			10⁶		6
17	Artur Ardavichus			11⁵		5
Pos	Rider	DUB		ARA		Points

References[]

^ "Cross-Country Rallies and Bajas: 2019 Calendars". fim-live.com. 1 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
^ "Dubai International Baja entry list" (PDF). dubaiinternationalbaja.com. Dubai International Baja. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
^ "Baja do Pinhal 2019: Provisional Entry List - Moto, Quad, & SxS". rallyraidnetwork.com. FMP. Retrieved 17 March 2019.

External links[]

Official website

[Calendar-1] "Cross-Country Rallies and Bajas: 2019 Calendars". fim-live.com. 1 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

[2] "Dubai International Baja entry list" (PDF). dubaiinternationalbaja.com. Dubai International Baja. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

[3] "Baja do Pinhal 2019: Provisional Entry List - Moto, Quad, & SxS". rallyraidnetwork.com. FMP. Retrieved 17 March 2019.

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