2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup

The 2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup season is the 24th season of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup.

2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup
Previous:	2015	Next:	2017

Calendar

The calendar for the 2016 season features nine rallies.[1] Some of the rallies are also part of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship and the FIM Bajas World Cup.

The six Bajas award 30 points to the winner, whereas the other four events are worth 60 points for the winner.

Round	Dates	Rally name
1	19–22 February	Baja Russia Northern Forest
2	3–7 April	Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge
3	18–22 April	Sealine Cross-Country Rally
4	23–26 June	Italian Baja
5	22–24 July	Baja Aragón
6	11–14 August	Hungarian Baja
7	25–28 August	Baja Poland
8	1–7 October	Rallye OiLibya du Maroc
9	27–29 October	Baja de Portalegre 500

Notable teams and drivers

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Category	Rounds
BMW	BMW X3	G-Energy Team	Victor Khoroshavtsev	Andrey Samarin	T1	1
BMW	BMW X6RR	Fazekas Motorsport	Károly Fazekas	Zoltán Garamvölgyi	T1	2
CBRA	CBRA X-Raid	X-Raid Team	Jutta Kleinschmidt	Tina Thörner	T1	2–3
Chevrolet	Chevrolet Buggy	4WD Jaton Racing	Mohammed Al Mannai	Kamal Khoder	T1	2–3
Ford	Ford Ranger	South Racing	Hernán Garces	Juan Pablo Latrach	T1	3
	Ford F150	RE Autoklub	Alexander Terentyev	Alexey Bercut	T2	1
	Ford Raptor	R-Six Team	Jarosław Kazberuk	Robert Szustkowski		3
	Ford Raptor	R-Six Team	Robert Szustkowski	Jarosław Kazberuk		2
Fornasari	Fornasari Buggy	Nooh Buhumaid	Nooh Buhumaid	Imad Nabhan	T1	2
GAZ	GAZ A22R23	GAZ Raid Sport	Alexander Kostrukov	Yevgeny Pavlov	T1	1
G-Force	G-Force Proto	G-Force Motorsport	Reinaldo Varela	Gustavo Gugelmín	T1	1
	G-Force Proto NL	New Generation Racing Team	Andrey Novikov	Vladimir Novikov		1
	G-Force Proto NL	New Generation Racing Team	Andrey Rudskoy	Yevgeny Zagorodnyuk		1–2
Hummer	Hummer H3 Evo VIII	MobilEx Racing Team	Yuriy Sazonov	Dmytro Tsyro	T1	2–3
	Hummer H3 Evo V		Yerden Shagirov	Aslan Sakhimov		2
	Hummer H3 Evo V		Yerden Shagirov	Vitaliy Yevtyekhov		3
Jeep	Jeep Buggy	Abdulla Al Rabban	Abdulla Al Rabban	Ali Assan Obaid	T1	2–3
Land Rover	Land Rover Defender	Jamal Fakhro	Jamal Fakhro	Amir Elaouby	T1	3
Mini	Mini All4 Racing X-Raid	Abu Dhabi Racing	Khalid Al Qassimi	Khalid Al Kendi	T1	2
		G-Energy Team	Vladimir Vasilyev	Konstantin Zhiltsov		1–3
		X-Raid Team	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Timo Gottschalk		2–3
			Mikko Hirvonen	Michel Périn		2–3
			Bryce Menzies	Andreas Schulz		2
			Ricardo Porem	Tom Colsoul		3
			Jakub Przygoński	Tom Colsoul		2
			Stephan Schott	Holm Schmidt		2
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi L200	Aldis Vilcāns	Aldis Vilcāns	Andrei Rudnitski	T1	1
Mitsubishi	Mitsubishi Pajero	Stefano Marrini	Stefano Marrini	Giacomo Tognarini	T1	3
Nissan	Nissan Datsun	PEK Team	Evgeniy Firsov	Vadim Filatov	T1	1
	Nissan Frontier	PEK Team	Dmitriy Ievlev	Aleksey Shaposhnikov		1
	Nissan NP300 Pick-up	ATT Racing	Vladimir Frolov	Igor Petenko		1
	Nissan NP300 Pick-up	Aleksey Cherkesov	Aleksey Cherkesov	Artem Shevelev		1
	Nissan Pathfinder	Mohammed Al Mansoori	Mohammed Al Mansoori	Saeed Al Hashmi		2
	Nissan Pathfinder	Technosport SPA	Valentina Casella	Giulia Maroni		2
	Nissan Patrol	Ahmed Al Qashami	Ahmed Al Qashami	Wleed Al Fiuam		2
		Ahmed Al Qashami	Ahmed Al Qashami	Osama Al Sanad		2
		Khaled Al Feraihi	Khaled Al Feraihi	Abdulhaleem Al Busaidi		2–3
		Matar Al Mansoori	Matar Al Mansoori	Shahin Al Ali		2
		NewTrix Racing	Ian Barker	Sheila Hutton-Barker		2
		Sabertooth Motorsports	Thomas Bell	Patrick McMurren		2
		Salem Y. Al Mansoori	Salem Y. Al Mansoori	Salem M. Al Mansoori		2
	Nissan Pickup	Yahya Al Helei	Yahya Al Helei	Nasser Al Kuwari		2
	Nissan Navara Double Cab D40	Grzegorz Czarnecki	Grzegorz Czarnecki	Michał Bojar	T2	1
	Nissan Patrol	Adel Hussain Abdulla	Adel Hussain Abdulla	Hakam Mohamed Rabeia		2
		Adel Hussain Abdulla	Adel Hussain Abdulla	Nasser S. Al Kuwari		3
		Joseph Rosso	Joseph Rosso	Guy Leveneu		2
		Mansoor Al Helei	Mansoor Al Helei	Suhal Al Ali		2
		Mohammed Al Harqan	Mohammed Al Harqan	Arif Yousuf Mohammed		2
		Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation	Charlotte Berton	Antonia de Roissard		3
			Emma Gilmour	Lisette Bakker		3
			Cristina Gutiérrez	Sandra Labuscagne		3
	Nissan Patrol Y62	Emil Khneisser	Emil Khneisser	Aleksei Kuzmich		2–3
Polaris	Polaris RZR 1000	Aron Domżała	Aron Domżała	Szymon Gospodarczyk	T3	1–3
		Carlo Cinotto	Carlo Cinotto	Marco Arnoletti		3
		Dmitry Pitulov	Dmitry Pitulov	Vadym Prytuliak		2
		Eugenio Amos	Eugenio Amos	Rafael Tornabell Córdoba		2
		G-Energy Team	Rustem Galimov	Igor Petenko		2
		G-Energy Team	Ravil Maganov	Kirill Shubin		1–3
		Maciej Domżała	Maciej Domżała	Boba Bartłomiej		2
		Michele Cinotto	Michele Cinotto	Fulvio Zini		3
		Pietro Cinotto	Pietro Cinotto	Maurizio Dominella		3
		Polaris Racing Team UAE	Ahmed Al Maqoodi	Obaid Al Kitbe		2
	Polaris XP 900	Michel Fadel	Michel Fadel	Craig Tyson		2
Predator	Predator X18S	Georgy Gomshiashvili	Georgy Gomshiashvili	Jordan Beale	T1	2
Predator	Predator X18S	Zakariya Al Shanfari	Zakariya Al Shanfari	Saif Al Hinai	T1	2
Rage	Rage Comet	Atif Al Zarouni	Atif Al Zarouni	Ahmed Al Zarouni	T3	2
SMG	SMG Buggy	Team SRT	Yannick Commagnac	Hervé Lavergne	T1	2
SMG	SMG Buggy	Team SRT	Mathieu Serradori	Didier Haquette	T1	2
Toyota	Toyota FJ Cruiser	Team Dr. Keiko	Keiko Hamaguchi	Umberto Fiori	T1	2
	Toyota Hilux	4WD Jaton Racing	Antonio Marmolejo	Eduardo Blanco		2
		Khalifa Al-Attiyah	Khalifa Al-Attiyah	Jean-Michel Polato		3
		MobilEx Racing Team	Kanat Shagirov	Vitaly Yevtyekhov		2
		South Racing	Fernando Álvarez Castellano	Luciano Gennoni		1–2
		South Racing	Nunzio Coffaro	Daniel Meneses		1
		Team Azimut	Nunzio Coffaro	Daniel Meneses		2
	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Mathieu Baumel		2–3
	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	Orlen Team	Marek Dąbrowski	Jacek Czachor		1–3
	Toyota Land Cruiser	Maksim Kirpilev	Maksim Kirpilev	Vadim Shmaylov		1
	Toyota KDJ 120	Maksim Kirpilev	Maksim Kirpilev	Vadim Shmaylov	T2	3
	Toyota Land Cruiser	Michael Ziegler	Michael Ziegler	Behesitti Faramaz		2
	Toyota Land Cruiser 120	Marco Piana	Marco Piana	Steven Griener		2
	Toyota Land Cruiser 155	4WD Jaton Racing	Raúl Orlandini	Xavier Blanco		2–3
	Toyota Land Cruiser 200	4WD Jaton Racing	Saleh Abdullah	Michael Orr		2–3
		Offroad Kazakhstan	Marat Abykayev	Andrey Chipenko		2
		Yasir Seaidan	Yasir Seaidan	Sébastien Delaunay		2–3
	Toyota Land Cruiser V8	Pietro Fogliani	Pietro Fogliani			1
	Toyota Prado	Jaralla Jahman	Jaralla Jahman	Feras Alouh		2
	Toyota Prado	Sahara Team	Mohammed Al Harqan	Feras Alouh		3
Volkswagen	Volkswagen 7JO	PEK Team	Māris Neikšāns	Anton Nikolaev	T1	1
Volkswagen	Volkswagen Amarok	ABC Sport	Darij Novak	Darko Pelijhan	T1	2
Yamaha	Yamaha YXZ1000	Khalid Al Jafla	Khalid Al Jafla	Ahmad Malik	T3	2
Source:[2][3][4]

Results

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Baja Russia Northern Forest[5]	1	Māris Neikšāns Anton Nikolaev	Volkswagen 7JO	3:49:42
		2	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Mini All4 Racing X-Raid	3:50:55
		3	Andrey Novikov Vladimir Novikov	G-Force Proto NL	4:06:00

2	Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge[6]	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	17:14:49
		2	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk	Mini All4 Racing X-Raid	17:47:02
		3	Mikko Hirvonen Michel Périn	Mini All4 Racing X-Raid	17:53:02

3	Sealine Cross-Country Rally[7]	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	15:15:51
		2	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk	Mini All4 Racing X-Raid	15:27:54
		3	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Mini All4 Racing X-Raid	16:27:04

4	Italian Baja[8]	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	3:37:13
		2	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Mini All4 Racing X-Raid	3:39:22
		3	Boris Gadasin Aleksei Kuzmich	Mini All4 Racing X-Raid	3:42:55

5	Baja Aragón	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	6:59:59
		2	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz	Peugeot 2008 DKR	7:00:18
		3	Mikko Hirvonen Michel Périn	Mini All4 Racing X-Raid	7:03:29

6	Hungarian Baja	1	Mikko Hirvonen Michel Périn	Mini All4 Racing X-Raid	5:19:07
		2	Boris Gadasin Evgeniy Zagorodnuk	G-Force Proto NL	6:11:44
		3	Gabor Husasz	Yamaha Klement Mosquito	6:16:33

7	Baja Poland	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	4:59:16
		2	Krzysztof Holowczyc Lukasz Kurzeja	Mini All4 Racing X-Raid	5:00:37
		3	Marek Dabrowski Jacek Czachor	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	5:07:35

8	Rallye OiLibya du Maroc	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel	Toyota Hilux Overdrive	12:28:28
		2	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz	Peugeot 3008 DKR	12:40:36
		3	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Mini All4 Racing X-Raid	13:04:37

9	Baja de Portalegre 500	1	Ricardo Porém Filipe Palmeiro	Mini All4 Racing X-Raid	5:38:16
		2	Xavier Pons Ruben Garcia	Ford Ranger	5:43:08
		3	Nuno Matos Filipe Serra	Opel Mokka Proto	5:43:49

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 rally/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
Double points are applied to Cross Country rallies

Drivers' championship

Any driver is required to participate in at least one Baja and one Cross-Country event in order to be able to score points for the FIA World Cup.

Pos	Driver	RUS	ABU	QAT	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	MAR	POR	Points
1	Nasser Al-Attiyah		1⁶⁰	1⁶⁰	1³⁰	1³⁰		1³⁰	1⁶⁰		270
2	Vladimir Vasilyev	2²¹	Ret	3³²	2²¹				3³²		106
3	Yazeed Al-Rajhi		2⁴²	2⁴²	6⁸						92
4	Mikko Hirvonen		3³²			3¹⁶	1³⁰				78
5	Carlos Sainz					2²¹			2⁴²		63
6	Marek Dabrowski	13	8⁸	6¹⁶	3¹⁶			3¹⁶			56
7	Bryce Menzies		4²⁴		5¹⁰		2²¹				55
8	Jakub Przygonski		5²⁰					4¹²	5²⁰		52
9	Ricardo Porem			7¹²						1³⁰	42
9	Aron Domzala	7¹¹	11¹⁰	13²	12⁵	33	8⁷	11⁵	14²	34	42
11	Orlando Terranova					5¹⁰			4²⁴		34
11	Yuriy Sazonov		9⁴	4²⁴	7⁶						34
13	Yasir Seaidan		14⁶	9¹⁴	11⁵		9⁷	24			32
14	Adel Hussain Abdulla		13¹⁰	18	29	13⁵	10⁴	26		11⁵	24
15	Carlo Cinotto			11¹⁰	13³	11⁵	12¹	15³	30		22
16	Jutta Kleinschmidt		24	5²⁰		18					20
17	Mathieu Serradori		6¹⁶		19	9²		25			18
18	Pietro Cinotto			12⁶	14¹		18		11¹⁰		17
Pos	Driver	RUS	ABU	QAT	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	MAR	POR	Points

Teams' championship

Any team is required to participate in at least one Baja and one Cross-Country event in order to be able to score points for the FIA World Cup.

Pos	Driver	RUS	ABU	QAT	ITA	ESP	HUN	POL	MAR	POR	Points
1	Nasser Sale Al-Attiyah Team		1⁶⁰	1⁶⁰	1³⁰	1³⁰		1³⁰	1⁶⁰		270
2	X-Raid Team		2⁴²	2⁴²	5¹⁰	3¹⁶	1³⁰	2²¹	4²⁴	1³⁰	215
3	G-Energy Team	2²¹		3³²	2²¹				3³²		106
4	Orlen Team		5²⁰	6¹⁶	3¹⁶			3¹⁶			68
5	Team Peugeot Total					2²¹			2⁴²		63
6	DMAS South Racing			8⁸		4¹²				2²¹	41

References

"FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". Motorsport.co.za. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
"Baja Russia Northern Forest entry list". bajarussia.com. Baja Russia Northern Forest. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
"Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge entry list" (PDF). abudhabidesertchallenge.com. Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
"Sealine Cross-Country Rally entry list" (PDF). QMMF.com. Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
"Baja Russia Northern Forest final classifications". bajarussia.com. Baja Russia Northern Forest. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
"Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge final classifications" (PDF). abudhabidesertchallenge.com. Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
"Sealine Cross-Country Rally final classifications" (PDF). qmmf.com. Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
"Italian Baja final classifications". rally.ficr.it. Federazione Italiana Cronometristi. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

External links

Official website

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[1] "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions". Motorsport.co.za. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

[2] "Baja Russia Northern Forest entry list". bajarussia.com. Baja Russia Northern Forest. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

[3] "Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge entry list" (PDF). abudhabidesertchallenge.com. Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

[4] "Sealine Cross-Country Rally entry list" (PDF). QMMF.com. Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[5] "Baja Russia Northern Forest final classifications". bajarussia.com. Baja Russia Northern Forest. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

[6] "Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge final classifications" (PDF). abudhabidesertchallenge.com. Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

[7] "Sealine Cross-Country Rally final classifications" (PDF). qmmf.com. Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

[8] "Italian Baja final classifications". rally.ficr.it. Federazione Italiana Cronometristi. Retrieved 26 June 2016.