2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies

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]

2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies
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Calendar

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

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
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 Przygonski Timo Gottschalk 1
Source:[8]

Results

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

Overall
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
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
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
  1. https://www.rallyraidnetwork.com/rally/index.php/news/global-news/global/fia-world-cup-for-cross-country-rallies-and-bajas-calendars-for-2020-and-2021.html
  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. 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. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  5. "FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championships" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 30 June 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. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
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