World Rally-Raid Championship
World rally raid motorsport series
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The World Rally-Raid Championship (officially abbreviated as W2RC) is a rally raid series co-sanctioned by the FIA and FIM and promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO).[1][2] The championship's seasons culminate with world championship titles in both automobile and motorcycle categories.
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| Category | Rally raid |
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| Country | International |
| Inaugural season | 2022 |
| Classes |
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| Drivers' champion |  Lucas Moraes (O/A)  Nicolás Cavigliasso (Challenger)  Alexandre Pinto (SSV) |
| Co-Drivers' champion |  Édouard Boulanger (O/A) Valentina Pertegarini (Challenger) Bernardo Oliveira (SSV) |
| Riders' champion |  Daniel Sanders (RallyGP)  Edgar Canet (Rally2) Thomas Zoldos (Rally3) Gaëtan Martinez (Quad) |
| Makes' champion | Toyota Gazoo Racing (FIA) Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (FIM) |
| Official website | worldrallyraidchampionship.com |
 Current season | |
Beginning in 2022, the series replaced both the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies and FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship as the top echelon of the sport of rally raid.[3] ASO will serve as series promoter for a period of five years.[1]
History
The combined World Championship series was conceived as a result of efforts by the ASO, FIA and FIM to harmonize regulations.[4] After a vote by the World Motorsport Council to officially make rally raid the seventh world championship under the FIA in 2021, they joined with the FIM to combine their respective international cross-country rallying series into a single World Rally-Raid Championship. The ASO, promoter of the Dakar Rally, was chosen by both world-governing bodies as the sole promoter of the series for a period of five years.[1]
The inaugural World Championship officially kicked off with the 2022 Dakar Rally[3] and ended in Morocco following revisions to the schedule due to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, forcing the cancellation of that year's Rally Kazakhstan,[5] and environmental concerns that forced the Andalucia Rally to be rescheduled.[6] The inaugural winners of the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship were Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel with Toyota Gazoo Racing as the winning manufacturer;[7] while Sam Sunderland did likewise in the FIM World Rally-Raid Championship with Monster Energy Honda.[8][9]
Format
The championship consists primarily of two forms of cross-country rallying:
- Cross-Country Rally: Between four and six timed stages; total distance of 1200km.
- Cross-Country Marathon: More than six timed stages; total distance of 2500km.
The cross-country baja format continues to be contested in the international FIA World Baja Cup and FIM Bajas World Cup competitions, separate from the world championship.
Categories and awards
The series covers various categories under both the FIA and FIM.[10][11]
FIA categories
- T1 "Ultimate": Prototype Cross-Country Cars
- FIA World Rally-Raid Championship for drivers, navigators, and manufacturers
- T2 "Stock": Series Production Cross-Country Cars
- FIA World Rally-Raid Championship for drivers and navigators
- FIA Rally-Raid Championship for Stock drivers, navigators, and manufacturers
- FIA Rally-Raid Championship for Teams
- T3 "Challenger": Lightweight Prototype Cross-Country Vehicles
- FIA World Rally-Raid Championship for drivers and navigators
- FIA Rally-Raid Championship for Challenger drivers and navigators
- FIA Rally-Raid Championship for Teams
- T4 "SSV": Modified Production Cross-Country Side-by-Side Vehicles
- FIA World Rally-Raid Championship for drivers and navigators
- FIA Rally-Raid Championship for SSV drivers, navigators, and manufacturers
- FIA Rally-Raid Championship for Teams
- T5 "Truck": Prototype and Production Cross-Country Trucks
The FIA Rally-Raid Championship for Master Drivers is awarded to drivers over the age of 50.
Groups T1, T2, T3 and T4 are eligible for the overall FIA Rally-Raid World Championship titles for drivers and navigators, while only manufacturers in T1 are eligible. Additional Group-specific championships are awarded in Groups T2, T3, and T4. While T5 vehicles can participate no championship is awarded.
FIM categories
- RallyGP
- FIM RallyGP World Championship for riders and manufacturers
- Rally2
- FIM Rally2 World Cup for riders and teams
- FIM Rally2 Junior Trophy
- FIM Rally2 Women Trophy
- FIM Rally2 Veteran Trophy
- Rally3
- FIM Rally3 World Cup for riders and teams
- FIM Rally3 Junior Trophy
- Quad
- FIM Quad World Cup
Only riders competing in the RallyGP category are eligible for the FIM Rally-Raid World Championship. World Cup titles are available for champions of the Rally2, Rally3, and Quad categories.
Champions
FIA Rally-Raid World Champions
| Season | |||
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| Driver | Navigator | Manufacturer | |
| 2022 |  Nasser Al-Attiyah | Mathieu Baumel |  Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Sébastien Loeb |
 Fabian Lurquin |
 X-Raid Mini JCW Team | |
 Yazeed Al-Rajhi |
Dirk von Zitzewitz |
OT3 by G Rally Team | |
| 2023 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Mathieu Baumel | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Yazeed Al-Rajhi |
Timo Gottschalk |
X-Raid Mini JCW Team | |
| Juan Cruz Yacopini |
Daniel Oliveras Carreras |
Bahrain Raid Xtreme | |
| 2024 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Édouard Boulanger | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Yazeed Al-Rajhi |
Timo Gottschalk |
Nasser Racing by Prodrive | |
| Lucas Moraes |
Armand Monleón |
X-Raid Mini JCW Team | |
| 2025 | Lucas Moraes | Édouard Boulanger | Toyota Gazoo Racing |
| Nasser Al-Attiyah |
Armand Monleón |
The Dacia Sandriders | |
 Henk Lategan |
Brett Cummings |
 Ford M-Sport |
FIM Rally-Raid World Champions
FIA Rally-Raid Champions
| Season | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T3 Driver | T3 Navigator | T4 Driver | T4 Navigator | T5 Driver | T5 Navigator | |
| 2022 |  Francisco López | François Cazalet |  Rokas Baciuška |  Lukasz Laskawiec |  Kees Koolen | Wouter De Graaff |
 Seth Quintero |
Dennis Zenz |
Marek Goczał |
Gustavo Gugelmin |
 Martin Macík |
František Tomášek | |
| Cristina Gutiérrez |
Juan Pablo Latrach |
Austin Jones |
Oriol Mena |
Tomáš Vrátný |
David Švanda | |
| 2023 | Seth Quintero | Dennis Zenz | Rokas Baciuška | Oriol Vidal | Janus van Kasteren | Marcel Snijders
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| Mitch Guthrie |
Kellon Walch |
Shinsuke Umeda |
Oriol Mena |
Tomáš Vrátný |
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| Austin Jones |
Gustavo Gugelmin |
Eryk Goczał |
 Maurizio Dominella |
Martin Macík |
Bartlomiej Boba
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| 2024 | Rokas Baciuška | Valentina Pertegarini | Yasir Seaidan | Fernando Acosta | - | - |
| Nicolás Cavigliasso |
Oriol Vidal Montijano |
 Sebastian Guayasamin |
Fausto Mota |
- | - | |
| Marcelo Gastaldi |
Carlos Sachs |
Rebecca Busi |
 Sergio Lafuente |
- | - | |
| 2025 | Nicolás Cavigliasso | Valentina Pertegarini | Alexandre Pinto | Bernardo Oliveira | - | - |
| Pau Navarro | Stéphane Duple | Enrico Gaspari | Fausto Mota | - | - | |
| Dania Akeel | Jan Rosa I Viñas | Michele Cinotto | Maurizio Dominella | - | - |
FIM Rally-Raid World Cup
| Season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rally2 Rider | Rally2 Team | Rally3 Rider | Quad Rider | |
| 2022 | Mason Klein |  Not Held |  Amine Echiguer | Alexandre Giroud |
| Romain Dumontier |
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Jeremy Miroir |
 Juraj Varga | |
| Bradley Cox |
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Guillaume Borne |
Kamil Wiśniewski | |
| 2023 | Romain Dumontier | Not Held |  Ardit Kurtaj | Laisvydas Kancius |
| Paolo Lucci |
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Alexander Chepurko |
 Rodolfo Guillioli Schippers | |
| Jean-Loup Lepan |
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 Cheikh-Yves Jacquemain |
Juraj Varga | |
| 2024 | Bradley Cox | Not Held | John Medina | Manuel Andújar |
| Romain Dumontier |
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Eduardo Alan |
Kamil Wiśniewski | |
| Konrad Dabrowski |
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Souleymane Addahri |
Antonas Kanopkinas | |
| 2025 | Edgar Canet | BAS World KTM Racing Team | Thomas Zoldos | Gaëtan Martinez |
| Tobias Ebster |
Xraids Experience |
Carlo Cabini |
Antanas Kanopkinas | |
| Michael Docherty |
 SRG Motorsports |
Noa Sainct |
Marek Loj |
FIM Rally-Raid Trophies
| Season | ||||
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| Women | Junior (R2) | Senior | Junior (R3) | |
| 2022 | Mirjam Pol | Mason Klein | Mario Patrao | No Participants |
| Sandra Gómez |
Konrad Dąbrowski |
Franco Picco |
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| Sara García |
Bradley Cox |
David McBride |
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| 2023 | Mirjam Pol | Jean Loup Lepan | Dominique Cizeau Girault | No Participants |
| - | Bradley Cox |
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| - | Konrad Dąbrowski |
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| 2024 | No Participants | Konrad Dąbrowski | Sebastian Urquia | No Participants |
| Sébastien Herbet |
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| David McBride |
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| 2025 | Sandra Gómez | Edgar Canet | David Pabiska | Noa Sainct |
 Aishwarya Pissay |
Konrad Dąbrowski |
Sebastian Urquia |
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| - | Justin Gerlach |
David Brock |
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