2020 FIM Bajas World Cup

The 2020 FIM Bajas World Cup season was the 9th season of the FIM Bajas World Cup, an international rally raid competition for motorbikes, quads, and SSV.

2020 FIM Bajas World Cup
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Calendar

The calendar for the 2020 season had six baja-style events originally scheduled; two of which in Portugal, with some of the bajas also being part of 2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas. Due to COVID-19 pandemic a new, reduced schedule was issued.[1]

Round Dates Rally name
1 19-20 September Portugal Baja do Pinhal
2 5-7 November Portugal Baja Portalegre 500
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic[2][3]
Original Date Rally name
16-18 April Jordan Jordan Baja
23-25 July Spain Baja Aragón
13-16 August Hungary Hungarian Baja
26-28 November United Arab Emirates Dubai International Baja

Regulation Changes

Starting with the 2020 season the vehicle classes have been reorganized into the following categories:

  • Category 1: Bike (up to 450cc)
  • Category 2: Quads (three-wheeled vehicles are forbidden)
  • Category 3: SSV
  • Category 4: Women
  • Category 5: Junior
  • Category 6: Veterans

The FIM will award the world cup to both rider and manufacturers of the bike category; as well as to riders only in the quad, SSV, woman, and junior categories. A trophy is awarded to the winners of the veterans category. No awards are given to anything above 450cc.[4]

Teams and riders
Constructor Bike Team Rider Rounds
India Hero Hero 450 Hero MotoSports Team Rally Germany Sebastian Buhler All
India CS Santosh 1
Portugal Joaquim Rodrigues 2
Austria KTM KTM 450 Rally Crédito Agricola Portugal Mario Patrão 2
Patrão Motorsport Chile Tomas de Gavardo All
Can-Am Off Road Portugal Portugal Micael Simão All
KTM 350EXCF Nani Racing Spain Rosa Romero All
KTM Exc Poland Konrad Dabrowski 2
Japan Yamaha Yamaha WR450F Pont Grup Yamaha Spain Sara Garcia All
Yamaha Raptor 700 Czech Republic Olga Roučková 1
Yamaha YZF450 Yamaha Bluemotor Portugal Luis Engeitado 1
Yamaha Raptor 686 Visit Sant Antoni - Ibiza Spain Toni Vingut All
Austria Husqvarna Husqvarna FE450 Orlen Team Poland Adam Tomiczek 1
Poland Maciej Giemza All
Japan Honda Honda CRF450 RX Team Bianchi Prata Honda Portugal Pedro Bianchi Prata All
Portugal Rui Ferreira All
Honda CRF300 RF Portugal Janaina Souza All

Results
  • Positions shown are not overall race positions but positions within the FIM Bajas World Cup. Both classifications may coincide.

Motorbikes
Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Rider Bike Time
1 Portugal Baja do Pinhal 1 Germany Sebastian Bühler Hero 450 4:15:05
2 Poland Adam Tomiczek Husqvarna FE450 4:18:07
3 Poland Maciej Giemza Husqvarna FE450 4:20:51
2 Portugal Baja Portalegre 500 1 Germany Sebastian Bühler Hero 450 1:55:16
2 Portugal Joaquim Rodrigues Hero 450 1:56:30
3 Portugal Micael Simão KTM Exc-F 450 2:08:52

Quads
Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Rider Bike Time
1 Portugal Baja do Pinhal 1 Portugal Luis Engeitado Yamaha YZF450 4:22:01
2 Spain Toni Vingut Yamaha Raptor 686 4:46:28
3 Czech Republic Olga Roučková Yamaha Raptor 700 5:15:55
2 Portugal Baja Portalegre 500 1 Spain Toni Vingut Yamaha Raptor 700 2:51:52
2 None
3 None

SSV
Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Rider Bike Time
1 Portugal Baja do Pinhal 1 Portugal João Dias Can-Am X3 4:19:42
2 Portugal Alexandre Pinto
Portugal Fábio Belo		 Can-Am X3 4:20:41
3 Portugal Luis Cidade
Portugal Pedro Mendonça		 Maverick XRC 4:23:56
2 Portugal Baja Portalegre 500 1 Portugal João Dias Can-Am 2:02:54
2 Portugal Alexandre Pinto
Portugal Fábio Belo		 Can-Am 2:03:14
3 Portugal Luis Cidade
Portugal Pedro Mendonça		 Bombardier 2:04:46

Championship standings

Riders' championship
  • Points for final positions are 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


  • Positions shown are not overall race positions but positions within the FIM Bajas World Cup classification.
Pos Rider PIN
Portugal		 POR
Portugal		 Points
1 Germany Sebastian Bühler 1 1 50
2 Portugal Micael Simão 4 3 29
3 Poland Maciej Giemza 3 4 29
4 Chile Tomas De Gavardo 5 5 22
5 Portugal Joaquim Rodrigues 2 20
6 Poland Adam Tomiczek 2 20
7 Portugal Pedro Bianchi Prata 7 7 18
8 Brazil Janaina Souza 8 8 16
9 Spain Sara Garcia 9 11 12
10 Portugal Rui Ferreira 10 10 12
11 Poland Konrad Dabrowski 6 10
12 India CS Santosh 6 10
13 Spain Rosa Romero 9 7
Pos Rider PIN
Portugal		 POR
Portugal		 Points

Quads
Pos Rider PIN
Portugal		 POR
Portugal		 Points
1 Spain Toni Vingut 2 1 45
2 Portugal Luis Engeitado 1 25
3 Czech Republic Olga Roučková 3 16
Pos Rider PIN
Portugal		 POR
Portugal		 Points

Women, Junior & Veteran
Winners
Women Junior Veteran Trophy
Brazil Janaina Souza Poland Maciej Giemza Portugal Pedro Bianchi Prata

SSV
Pos Rider PIN
Portugal		 POR
Portugal		 Points
1 Portugal João Dias 1 1 50
2 Portugal Alexandre Pinto 2 2 40
3 Portugal Luis Cidade Pires 3 3 32
Pos Rider PIN
Portugal		 POR
Portugal		 Points

References
  1. "FIM Cross-Country and Bajas calendar update". fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  2. "FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championships" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. "Caancellation of the Silk Way Rally 2020". Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. "2020 FIM Bajas World Cup regulations". fim-live.com. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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