2013 FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies

[vino_93]

So the 2014 has started.
First it was the Baja Russia (only cars) on snow :
1 Al Rajhi (Toyota)
2 Vasyliev (Mini) 1'48
3 Varela (Toyota) 6'16
4 Kaczmarski (Mini) 8'30
5 Dabrowski (Toyota) 10'09
6 Misikov (X3) 10'58
7 Gadasin (G-Force) 14'54
8 Ievlev (Nissan) 16'26
9 Cherednikov (Toyota) 20'20
10 Sazonov (Hummer) 20'52
...

Then the Baja Italia, 2nd round for cars, first for Bikes / Quads for the Baja championship (split for them, not for cars)
1 Al Rajhi (Toyota)
2 Gadasin (G Force) 44"
3 Dabrowski (Toyota) 1'52
4 Vasyliev (Mini) 2'10
5 Kaczmarski (Toyota) 2'49
6 Zheludov (Toyota) 3'28
7 Varela (Toyota) 3'55
8 Misikov (BMW) 7'05
9 Magnaldi (Schlesser) 7'56
10 Branco (Toyota) 8'14

Bikes :
1 Cominotto (Yamaha)
2 Ruoso (Honda) 5'35
3 Przygonski (KTM) 7'36
4 Rivera (KTM) 13'57
5 Marè (Yamaha) 14'14

Quads :
1 Biscontin (Yamaha)
2 Wisniewski (Yamaha) 7'53
3 Somfai (E Atv) 9'52
4 Serbista (Yamaha) 12'18
5 Bernat (Can Am) 13'01

So this week it was the first real raid : Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.
Great entry list, as it is since the beginning of the year, and big fight between Mini (Roma, Van Loon, Rakhimbayev, Vasyliev, Kaczmarski, Schott) and Overdrive (Dabrowski, Varela, Malysz, Issabayev). Al Rajhi started with his modified Hummer, but early retire ...
Roma first lead, but retired due to physical problems. So it was a great fight between Vasyliev and Dabrowski, until the polish lose time.
1 Vladimir Vasyliev (Mini)
2 Adam Malysz (Toyota) 48'
3 Miroslav Zapletal (Hummer) 1h20
4 Yahya Al Helei (Nissan) 1h20
5 Stephan Schott (Mini) 1h34
6 Erik van Loon (Mini) 1h57
7 Marek Dabrowski (Toyota) 2h04
8 Bauyrzhan Issabayev (Toyota) 2h29
9 Reinaldo Varela (Toyota) 3h34
10 Aidyn Rakhimbayev (Mini) 3h55
...

In Bikes, KTM vs Honda, first round. Two new guys for KTM official team : Sunderland (from Honda) and Przygonski (from Orlen Team). Coma and Viladoms were there vs Barreda, Gonçalves, Rodrigues.
Really big fight between Sunderland, Coma, Barreda, Gonçalves. Sunderland first retire, but at the beginning of the last stage, Coma lead by less than 6' on Barreda, third. Gonçalves was at 1'.
He did an extraordinary last stage and took the victory for 20" !
1 Paulo Gonçalves (Honda)
2 Marc Coma (KTM) 20"
3 Joan Barreda (Honda) 9'
4 Jordi Viladoms (KTM) 41'
5 Miran Stanovnik (KTM) 1h39
6 Mohammed Albalooshi (KTM) 2h00
7 Helder Rodrigues (Honda) 2h02
8 Oliver Lloyd (Speedbrain) 3h02
9 Jakub Piatek (KTM) 3h03
10 Santosh Cs (KTM) 3h12
...

Quads : easy win for Sonik
1 Rafal Sonik (Honda)
2 Sergey Karyakin (E ATV) 43"
3 Mohammed Abu Issa (Yamaha) 1'32
4 Camelia Liparotti (Yamaha) 2h49
5 Patrick McMurren (Yamaha) 4h45
...


There is the Desafio Ruta 40, first round of Dakar Series now too. Only interesting field is in bike, with french David Casteu against local guys (Pizzolito, Rodriguez, Gouet, ...).
In quads the field is nice too, with Sergio Lafuente from Uruguay, and some others south american (Bonetto, Sanabria, ...).
In cars, nothing interesting.

[Co-driven]

Nice post!

Wouldn't it be better to create a new post for the 2014 season?