The 2021 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas is the third season of the reformed FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas; an annual competition for baja-style rally raid events for cars, buggies, and side-by-sides held in multiple countries.
Calendar The initial calendar for the 2021 world cup featured nine cross-country baja events. The final five rounds are also part of the FIA European Cup for Cross-Country Bajas. Some events on the schedule are shared with the 2021 FIM Bajas World Cup.
Round Dates Rally name 1 4–7 February Baja Russia - Northern Forest 2 18–20 February Dubai International Baja 3 4–6 March Sharqiyah Baja 4 18–20 March Jordan Baja 5 23–24 July Baja España Aragón 6 5–8 August Hungarian Baja 7 26–29 August Baja Poland 8 9–12 September 28º Italian Baja 9 28–30 October Baja Portalegre 500
Regulation The following groups and classes are allowed: T1 - Prototype Cross-Country Vehicles T1.1 - T1 4x4 - Petrol and Diesel T1.2 - T1 4x2 - Petrol and Diesel T2 - Series Production Cross-Country Vehicles - Petrol and Diesel T3 - Lightweight Prototypes Cross-Country Vehicles T4 - Lightweight Series Production Cross-Country Side-by-Side Vehicles
The FIA awards the world cup to drivers, co-drivers, teams, T3 and T4 drivers and T4 teams.
Notable teams and drivers T1 Teams & Drivers Constructor Car Team Driver Co-driver Rounds BMW BMW X3 VRT Validimir Vasilyev Alexsey Kuzmich 1 MSK Rally Team Denis Krotov Konstantin Zhiltsov 1 BMW X5 Wlodzimierz Grajek Szymon Marciniak 6–7 BMW X6 RR Varga Racing Team ASE Imre Varga Jószef Toma 8 Century Century CR6 SMC Junior Motorsport Jesus Calleja Eduardo Blanco 5 Chevrolet Chevrolet Silverado Khalid Aljafla Ali Mirza 2 Ford Ford F150 EVO OffroadSport Miroslav Zapletal Marek Sykora 3, 5–8 Ford F150 NAC Rally Team Pawel Molgo Maciej Marton 5–6 Ford EXR 5 PROTO PRK Sport Rally Team Pedro Dias Da Silva José Sa 5, 7 José Janela 8 Edgar Condenso Antonio Serrão 5, 7 Ford Ranger Santiago Carnicer Miguel Lázaro 5 GAZ GAZelle NEXT Gaz Raid Sport Alexey Ignatov Evgeny Pavlov 1 GAZ Evgenii Sukhovenko Kirill Chapaev 1 G-Force G-Force BARS G-Force Motorsport Andrey Novikov Vladimir Novikov 1 NG-Energo Andrey Rudskoy Evgenii Zagorodniuk 1 Andrei Rudnitsky 5 Mini Mini John Cooper Works Rally Race World Yasir Seaidan Alexsey Kuzmich 2–4 X-Raid Team 5–8 Krzysztof Hołowczyc Lukasz Kurzeja 5–8 Michal Maluszynski Julita Maluszynska 8 6–7 X-Raid Denis Krotov Konstantin Zhiltsov 2 MSK Rally Team 7 Alejandro Martins José Marques 5 Mini All4 Racing X-Raid Team Mattias Ekström Emil Bergkvist 5 Jutta Kleinschmidt Philipp Beier 5 Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Pajero Cesare Rickler Fontana Sacchetti 8 Nissan Nissan NP300 Pick Up Uspenskiy Rally Tecnica Sergey Uspenskiy Marina Danilova 1 Nissan Navara Sabertooth Motoring Adventure Thomas Bell Patrick McMurren 2 Nissan Pickup Khaled Al-Feraihi Omar Al-Lahim 2–3 Yahya Al Helei Khalid Alkendi 2 Nissan Navara VK56 Markus Walcher Stephan Stensky 7 Peugeot Peugeot 3008 DKR Abu Dhabi Racing Khalid Al Qassimi Dirk Von Zitzewitz 2 Porsche Porsche Macan LP Racing KFT. Pál Lónyai Attila Csató 5–6, 8 Prodrive Prodrive Hunter Bahrain Raid Xtreme Nani Roma Alex Haro 5 Sébastien Loeb Fabian Lurquin 5 Orlando Terranova Daniel Oliveras 5 Suzuki Suzuki Gran Vitara Emilio Ferroni Daniele Fiorini 8 Toyota Toyota LC200 Novgorod Autosport Aldis Vilcans Aleksandr Gorkov 1 Toyota Hilux Overdrive Overdrive SA Yazeed Al Rajhi Michael Orr 2–3, 5–8 Erik Van Loon Sebastien Delaunay 3–5, 8 Ronan Chabot Gilles Pillot 4 Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel 5 Tiago Reis Valter Cardoso 5, 8 Isidre Esteve Txema Villalobos 5 Xavier Pons Armand Monleon 8 João Ferreira David Monteiro 5 R Team - Ralliart Off Road Italy Sergio Galletti Giulia Maroni 8 Riccardo Colombo Massimiliano Catarsi 8 Toyota Hilux João Ramos Filipe Palmeiro 5 Escuderia Team Repauto Felix Macias Jose Luis Conde 5 Inbank Toyota Gazoo Racing Benediktas Vanagas Filipe Palmeiro 7–8 Evangelos Bersis Panagiotis Kalfas 8 Toyota ORD 150 4x4 Centrum Ermelo Rik van den Brink Gydo Heimans 7 Toyota DKR 150 Ronald Schoolderman Mark Salomons 7 Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo 86C-C PRK Sport Rally Team Pedro Dias Da Silva José Sa 6 T3 Teams & Drivers Constructor Car Team Driver Co-driver Rounds BRP VM Competicion Automovil Club Alcalans Enrique Reyes Daniel Conde 5 Can-Am Can-Am Maverick X3 Anastasiya Nifontova Ekaterina Zhadanova 1 Team Maria Oparina Anvar Ergashev Andrei Rudnitski 1 Yuriy Arshanskiy Aleksandr Andreev 1 SHERO Rally Team by Duust Dania Akeel Laurent Lichtleuchter 3 Stephane Duple 4 Can-Am Maverick CA Herrador Competicion Roberto Rodriguez Herman Rodriguez 5 Catie Munnings François Cazalet 5 South Racing Middle East Mashael Alobaidan Ali Mirza 5 Can-Am Ronald Basso Jean-Pierre Garcin 5 DPR DPR by PRK Sport PR PRK Sport Rally Team Filipe Nascimento Paulo Torres 5, 8 João Serodio 7 G-Force G-Force T3GF G-Force Motorsport Boris Gadasin Dmitry Kozhukhov 1 Andrey Novikov Dmitry Kozhukhov 5 Herrator Herrator Inzane X3 CA Herrador Competicion Eduardo Eslava Laura Diaz 5 Herrator HRX3 Jesus Fuster Pedro Lopez 8 Escuderia Local Sport Manuel Macho 5–7 PH-Sport PH-Sport Zephyr Pierre Lachaume Loîc Minaudier 2 Polaris Polaris Pro XP Lina Van de Mars Lisette Bakker 8 Overdrive OT3 FN Speed Team Santi Navarro Sergi Brugué 5 Marc Solà 6–8 Overdrive SA Kees Koolen Mirjam Pol 7 Polaris Polaris RZR XP Turbo Michel Fadel Craig Tyson 2 RM Sport RM Sport Mamba Dania Akeel Charles Cuypers 6 Stephane Duple 7–8 T4 Teams & Drivers Constructor Car Team Driver Co-driver Rounds Can-Am Can-Am Maverick X3 Claude Fournier Sebastien Delaunay 1 Can-Am Maverick Claude Fournier Laurent Lichtleuchter 5–8 South Racing Szymon Gospodarczyk 2–4 Laia Sanz Lucas Cruz 2 Mshari Althefiri Ali Hassan Obaid 2 Nasser Al-Kuwari 3–8 Pavel Lebedev Kiril Shubin 2 Thomas Bell Armand Monleón 3–4 Khalifa Al-Attiyah Xavier Panseri 4 Alexandre Re Pedro Re 5–8 Molly Taylor Dennis Zenz 5 Rokas Baciuska Mindaugas Lelys 5 Armand Monleon 7 Kees Koolen Pedro Santos 5 Luis Henderson Juan Carlos Carignani 7 Rodrigo Zeballos Sergio Lafuente 7 Saleh Al-Saif Oriol Vidal 2–5 Sebastian Delaunay 6–7 Kirill Shubin 8 Saeed Al-Mouri Sergio Lafuente 3 Jerome De Sadeleer Michael Metge 5 Monster Energy Can-Am Gerard Farres Armand Monleon 5 Automovil Club Alcalans Miguel Valero Jacqueline Ricci 5, 7–8 FN Speed Team Gaël Queralt Marc Solà 5 Ievgen Kovalevich Dmytro Tsyro 6 Energylandia Rally Team Marek Goczał Michał Goleniewski 7 Can-Am Maverick X3 XRS Nakusi Racing Team Pavel Silnov Evgenii Zagorodniuk 6–7 Armen Puzian 8 Oleg Uperenko 7 VM VM Automovil Club Alcalans Miguel Valero Jacqueline Ricci 6 Yamaha Yamaha YXZ 1000R Amerigo Ventura Angelo Montico 5–6 Mirko Brun 7–8
Results Overall
Round Rally name Podium finishers Rank Driver Car Time 1 Baja Russia - Northern Forest 1 Vladimir Vasilyev Alexey KuzmichBMW X3 5:37:58 2 Andrey Novikov Vladimir NovikovG-Force BARS 5:46:27 3 Boris Gadasin Dmitry KozhukhovG-Force T3GF (T3) 6:10:54 2 Dubai International Baja 1 Yazeed Al Rajhi Michael OrrToyota Hilux Overdrive 5:22:13 2 Khalid Al Qassimi Dirk Von ZitzewitzPeugeot 3008 DKR 5:56:02 3 Yasir Seaidan Alexey KuzmichMini John Cooper Works Rally 6:00:07 3 Sharqiyah Baja 1 Yasir Seaidan Alexey KuzmichMini John Cooper Works Rally4:05:27 2 Miroslav Zapletal Marek SykoraFord F150 EVO4:19:05 3 Saleh Al-Saif Oriol VidalCan-Am Maverick X3 (T4)4:27:37 4 Jordan Baja 1 Yasir Seaidan Alexey KuzmichMini John Cooper Works Rally6:37:51 2 Eric Van Loon Sebastien DelaunayToyota Hilux Overdrive 6:43:15 3 Ronan Chabot Gilles PillotToyota Hilux Overdrive 6:54:31 5 Baja España Aragón 1 Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu BaumelToyota Hilux Overdrive 6:32:44 2 Mattias Ekström Emil BergkvistMini All4 Racing 6:37:24 3 Yazeed Al Rajhi Michael OrrToyota Hilux Overdrive 6:38:59 6 Hungarian Baja 1 Krzysztof Hołowczyc Łukasz KurzejaMini John Cooper Works Rally 4:56:28 2 Yazeed Al Rajhi Michael OrrToyota Hilux Overdrive 4:56:28 3 Yasir Seaidan Alexey KuzmichMini John Cooper Works Rally 5:10:22 7 Baja Poland 1 Krzysztof Hołowczyc Łukasz KurzejaMini John Cooper Works Rally 4:53:01 2 Yazeed Al Rajhi Michael OrrToyota Hilux Overdrive 5:03:44 3 Benediktas Vanagas Filipe PalmeiroToyota Hilux 5:07:49 8 28º Italian Baja 1 Yazeed Al Rajhi Michael OrrToyota Hilux Overdrive 5:02:47 2 Tiago Reis Valter CardosoToyota Hilux Overdrive 5:05:50 3 Benediktas Vanagas Filipe PalmeiroToyota Hilux 5:13:34 9 Baja Portalegre 500 1 Krzysztof Hołowczyc Łukasz KurzejaMini John Cooper Works Rally 5:09:44 2 Tiago Reis Valter CardosoToyota Hilux 5:10:59 3 Lucas Moraes Kaique BentivoglioToyota Hilux Overdrive 5:17:18
T3
Round Rally name Podium finishers Rank Driver Car Time 1 Baja Russia - Northern Forest 1 Boris Gadasin Dmitry KozhukhovG-Force T3GF 6:10:54 2 Anastasiya Nifontova Ekaterina Zhadanova Can-Am Maverick X3 6:28:04 3 Anvar Ergashev Andrei Rudnitski Can-Am Maverick X3 7:21:11 2 Dubai International Baja 1 Pierre Lachaume Loîc Minaudier PH-Sport Zephyr 6:18:53 2 Michel Fadel Craig Tyson Polaris RZR XP Turbo 8:11:56 3 Sharqiyah Baja 1 Dania Akeel Laurent LichtleuchterCan-Am Maverick X35:49:44 4 Jordan Baja 1 Dania Akeel Stephane DupleCan-Am Maverick X310:45:20 5 Baja España Aragón 1 Roberto Rodriguez Herman RodriguezCan-Am Maverick 7:13:14 2 Ronald Basso Jean-Pierre GarcinCan-Am 7:26:00 3 Santi Navarro Sergi BruguéOverdrive OT3 7:38:20 6 Hungarian Baja 1 Jesus Fuster Manuel MachoHerrator HRX3 5:52:45 2 Dania Akeel Charles CuypersRM Sport Mamba 9:11:42 7 Baja Poland 1 Kees Koolen Mirjam PolOverdrive OT3 5:33:05 2 Santi Navarro Marc SolàOverdrive OT3 5:36:04 3 Dania Akeel Stephane DupleRM Sport Mamba 7:04:11 8 28º Italian Baja 1 Santi Navarro Marc SolàOverdrive OT3 5:35:34 2 Jesus Fuster Pedro LopezHerrator HRX3 6:28:45 3 Filipe Nascimento Paulo TorresDPR by PRK Sport PR 6:32:28 9 Baja Portalegre 500 1 David Spranger Sebastião DominguezHerrator HRX3 5:55:00 2 Santi Navarro Marc SolàCan-Am Maverick X3 6:03:31 3 Filipe Nascimento João SerôdioDPR by PRK Sport PR 6:58:57
T4
Round Rally name Podium finishers Rank Driver Car Time 1 Baja Russia - Northern Forest 1 Claude Fournier Sebastien Delaunay Can-Am Maverick X3 6:48:48 2 Dubai International Baja 1 Pavel Lebedev Kiril Shubin Can-Am Maverick 6:48:46 2 Mshari Althefiri Ali Hassan Obaid Can-Am Maverick 7:18:16 3 Claude Fournier Szymon Gospodarczyk Can-Am Maverick 7:33:51 3 Sharqiyah Baja 1 Saleh Al-Saif Oriol VidalCan-Am Maverick X34:27:37 2 Mshari Althefiri Nasser Al-KuwariCan-Am Maverick X34:59:58 3 Saeed Zaki Almouri Sergio LafuenteCan-Am Maverick X35:02:37 4 Jordan Baja 1 Saleh Al-Saif Oriol VidalCan-Am Maverick X37:28:11 2 Mshari Althefiri Nasser Al-KuwariCan-Am Maverick X38:08:35 3 Thomas Bell Armand MonleónCan-Am Maverick X38:09:00 5 Baja España Aragón 1 Alexandre Re Pedro ReCan-Am Maverick 7:10:35 2 Mshari Althefiri Nasser Al-KuwariCan-Am Maverick 7:19:47 3 Jerome De Sadeleer Michael MetgeCan-Am Maverick 7:19:52 6 Hungarian Baja 1 Alexandre Re Pedro ReCan-Am Maverick X3 5:35:23 2 Pavel Silnov Evgenii ZagorodniukCan-Am Maverick X3 XRS 5:49:14 3 Miguel Valero Jacqueline RicciVM 5:49:41 7 Baja Poland 1 Marek Goczał Michał GoleniewskiCan-Am Maverick 5:17:17 2 Alexandre Re Pedro ReCan-Am Maverick 5:26:44 3 Saleh Al-Saif Sebastien DelaunayCan-Am Maverick 5:31:17 8 28º Italian Baja 1 Saleh Al-Saif Kirill ShubinCan-Am Maverick 5:26:37 2 Alexandre Re Pedro ReCan-Am Maverick 5:26:43 3 Amerigo Ventura Mirko BrunYamaha YXZ 1000R 5:31:15 9 Baja Portalegre 500 1 Alexandre Re Pedro ReCan-Am Maverick 5:24:16 2 Amerigo Ventura Mirko BrunYamaha YXZ 1000R 5:45:30 3 Eduard Pons Oriol MenaCan-Am Maverick 5:57:01
Championship standings
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 Leg Points 1.5 1 .5 0