2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship

The 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship was the 17th season of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship; an international rally raid competition for motorbikes and quads.

2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship
Previous:	2018	Next:	2020

Calendar

The calendar for the 2019 season featured four long-distance rally raid events; including one marathon event in the Silk Way Rally.[1] [2] Some of the events were also part of 2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies.

Round	Dates	Rally name
1	30 March - 4 April	Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge
2	6-16 July	Silk Way Rally
3	1-7 September	Atacama Rally
4	3-9 October	Rallye du Maroc

Teams and riders

Constructor	Bike	Team	Rider	Rounds
Can-Am	Can-Am 850 Renegade	Arkadiusz Lindner	Arkadiusz Lindner	1–2
Hero	Hero 450 Rally	Hero Motosports Team Rally	Paulo Gonçalves	2, 4
			Oriol Mena	2
			Joaquim Rodrigues	4
			CS Santosh	4
Honda	Honda CRF 450 Rally	Monster Energy Honda Team	Kevin Benavides	All
			Jose Cornejo	All
			Joan Barreda Bort	All
			Ricky Brabec	3–4
			Aaron Mare	3–4
		Honda MEC Team	Daniel Nosiglia	4
	Honda 700 TRX	Jaimie Esparago	Jaimie Esparago	1
	Honda Ridgeline	Gianna Velarde	Gianna Velarde	3
Husqvarna	Husqvarna F 450 RR	Anastasiya Nifontova	Anastasiya Nifontova	1–2
		SRG - Motorsports	Abdullah Al Shatti	1
			Mark Ackerman	1
			Ryan Blair	1
			Andrew Haddon	1
		HT Rally Raid	Abdulaziz Al Khalifa	4
			Floor Maten	4
			Salman Mohamed Humood Farhan	4
	Husqvarna FR450	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Andrew Short	All
			Pablo Quintanilla	3–4
		Orlen Team	Adam Tomiczek	2, 4
			Maciej Giemza	2, 4
		Boldbaatar Damdinkhorloo	Boldbaatar Damdinkhorloo	2
	Husqvarna FE 450	Mark Davidson	Mark Davidson	1, 4
		Max Hunt	Max Hunt	2
		Gabriela Novotna	Gabriela Novotna	2
		Bat-Undral Byambasuren	Bat-Undral Byambasuren	2
	Husqvarna Factory Rally Replica	Solarys Racing	Maurizio Gerini	4
			Jacopo Cerutti	4
KTM	KTM 450 Rally Factory	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	Sam Sunderland	All
			Luciano Benavides	All
			Laia Sanz	2, 4
			Toby Price	3–4
			Matthias Walkner	3–4
			Mario Patrao	4
	KTM 450 Rally Replica	Mohammed Al Balooshi	Mohammed Al Balooshi	1
		Mohammed Meshari Jaffar	Mohammed Meshari Jaffar	1
		Ben Young	Ben Young	1, 4
		Vendetta Racing	Aaron Mare	1
			David McBride	1
			David Mabbs	1
			David McBride	1
			Kurt Burroughs	1
		Khalid Al Falasi	Khalid Al Falasi	1
		SRG - Motorsports	Alan Wilkinson	1
		Unurbayar Batsaikhan	Unurbayar Batsaikhan	2
		Battur Baatar	Battur Baatar	2
		Guillaume Martens	Guillaume Martens	2
		Amgalan Enkhtuvshin	Amgalan Enkhtuvshin	2
		Enkhsaruul Davaa	Enkhsaruul Davaa	2
		Team Nosiglia	Daniel Nosiglia	3
		Ross Branch	Ross Branch	4
		Martin Michek	Martin Michek	4
		Moto Racing Group	Milan Engel	4
		Duust Rally Team	Pawel Stasiaczek	4
			Krzysztof Jarmuz	4
			Konrad Dabrowski	4
			Jacek Czachor	4
			Artur Stasiaczek	4
			Fabrizio Bosetti	4
			Troy O'Connor	4
		Philippe Cavelius	Philippe Cavelius	4
		Taye Perry	Taye Perry	4
		Team Bas Dakar	Rob van Vegchel	4
			Alex Ruprecht-Gersteroph	4
			Phillip Wilson	4
			Werner Kennedy	4
			Graeme Sharp	4
			Olaf Harmsen	4
		David Westwood	David Westwood	4
		Gilles Vanderweyen	Gilles Vanderweyen	4
		Juan Pablo Guillen	Juan Pablo Guillen	4
	KTM 525 XC	Mohammed Al Shamsi	Mohammed Al Shamsi	1
	KTM 500 EXC	Mishal Alghuneim	Mishal Alghuneim	1
		Tomas Kristofferson	Tomas Kristofferson	1
		Jan Zatko	Jan Zatko	1
		John Richards	John Richards	1
		Georg Telling	Georg Telling	1
Sherco	Sherco TVS Rally	Sherco TVS Rally Factory	Lorenzo Santolino	4
			Johnny Aubert	4
			Mickaël Metge	4
Yamaha	Yamaha WR450F	Yamaha Rally Team	Xavier De Soultrait	2, 4
			Adrien Van Beveren	2, 4
			Franco Caimi	2, 4
		Kees Koolen	Kees Koolen	1
		Carlo Seminara	Carlo Seminara	1, 4
		Erik Bergens	Erik Bergens	1
	Yamaha YZ450F	Abdulla bin Dakhan	Abdulla bin Dakhan	1
	Yamaha YZ450FX	Ahmed Al Qasemi	Ahmed Al Qasemi	1
	Yamaha 450 WRF	Marcel Chomic	Marcel Chomic	1
	Yamaha Raptor 700	Sonik Team	Rafal Sonik	All
		Fahad Al Musallam	Fahad Al Musallam	1
		Luis Barahona	Luis Barahona	3
		Ignacio Casale	Ignacio Casale	4
		Team Giroud	Alexandre Giroud	4
		Romain Dutu	Romain Dutu	4
		Wisniewski Team	Kamil Wisniewski	4
		Drag On ATV	Axel Dutrie	4
	Yamaha YFM 700R	Aleksandr Maksimov	Aleksandr Maksimov	1–2
		Manuel Andujar	Manuel Andujar	1
	Yamaha 490 WRF	James West	James West	1
Sources:[3]

Results

Motorbikes

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Rider	Bike	Time
1	Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge	1	Sam Sunderland	KTM 450 Rally Factory	17:46:42
		2	Luciano Benavides	KTM 450 Rally Factory	17:55:02
		3	Jose Cornejo	Honda CRF 450 Rally	17:56:41
2	Silk Way Rally	1	Sam Sunderland	KTM 450 Rally Factory	26:12:47
		2	Andrew Short	Husqvarna FR450	26:33:09
		3	Adrien Van Beveren	Yamaha WR450F	26:33:48
3	Atacama Rally	1	Pablo Quintanilla	Husqvarna FR450	15:15:59
		2	Sam Sunderland	KTM 450 Rally Factory	15:19:55
		3	Joan Barreda	Honda CRF 450 Rally	15:24:20
4	Rallye du Maroc	1	Andrew Short	Husqvarna FR450	18:03:54
		2	Pablo Quintanilla	Husqvarna FR450	18:05:15
		3	Joan Barreda	Honda CRF 450 Rally	18:06:38

Quads

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Rider	Quad	Time
1	Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge	1	Fahad Al Musallam	Yamaha Raptor 700	21:51:28
		2	Rafal Sonik	Yamaha Raptor 700	21:52:41
		3	Aleksandr Maksimov	Yamaha YFM 700R	21:57:20
2	Silk Way Rally	1	Rafal Sonik	Yamaha Raptor 700	34:18:54
		2	Aleksandr Maksimov	Yamaha YFM 700R	35:51:07
		3
3	Atacama Rally	1	Rafal Sonik	Yamaha Raptor 700	21:42:07
		2	Luis Barahona	Yamaha Raptor 700	23:26:23
		3
4	Rallye du Maroc	1	Ignacio Casale	Yamaha Raptor 700	23:00:29
		2	Rafal Sonik	Yamaha Raptor 700	23:30:17
		3	Kamil Wisniewski	Yamaha Raptor 700	24:08:44

Championship standings

Riders' championship

• Points for final positions were 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

In Marathon Rallies (i.e. rallies with between eight and fifteen timed stages, including a rest day), the score was multiplied by 1.5 and rounded up. [4]

Furthermore, all riders were awarded 3 bonus points for taking part in the first stage of an event; 1 bonus point for all riders taking the start of a stage (other than the first one) of a Marathon Rally; as well as 1 bonus point for each stage win. [5] No rider was required to be classified in order to score these bonus points. [6]

Points for manufacturers were awarded by added the top two finishers of the respective manufacturer together from each event. [7]

Motorbikes World Championship: Riders and Manufacturers

Pos	Rider	ABU	RUS	CHI	MAR	Points
1	Sam Sunderland	1^31	1^52	2^23	Ret^4	110
2	Andrew Short	5^14	2^42	8^11	1^28	95
3	Kevin Benavides	4^16	4^35	5^15	10^9	75
4	Luciano Benavides	2^23	5^28	10^9	6^13	73
5	Joan Barreda	20^4	9^22	3^19	3^20	65
6	José Ignacio Cornejo	3^21	11^19	9^10	11^8	58
7	Pablo Quintanilla			1^31	2^23	54
8	Adrien Van Beveren		3^35		47^4	39
9	Toby Price			4^17	4^18	35
10	Laia Sanz		7^25		18^4	29
11	Ricky Brabec			6^13	5^14	27
12	Oriol Mena		6^27			27
13	Adam Tomiczek		8^23		17^4	27
14	Matthias Walkner			7^12	7^12	24
15	Franco Caimi		14^14		9^10	24
16	Maciej Giemza		10^20		20^4	24
17	Paulo Gonçalves		15^13		13^7	20
18	Guillaume Martens		12^17			17
19	Aaron Mare	16^4		11^8	19^4	16
20	Boldbaatar Damdinkhorloo		13^16			16
21	Xavier De Soultrait		20^12		43^4	16
22	Ryan Blair	6^13				13
23	Unurbayar Batsaikhan		16^13			13
24	Amgalan Enkhtuvshin		17^13			13
25	Enkhsaruul Davaa		18^13			13
26	Bat-Undral Byambasuren		19^13			13
27	Mohammad Jaafar Meshari	7^12				12
28	Ross Branch				8^11	11
29	Mark Ackermann	8^11				11
30	Anastasiya Nifontiva	14^5	Ret^6			11
31	Mohammed Al Balooshi	9^10				10
32	Daniel Nosiglia			Ret^3	12^7	10
33	Benjamin Young	13^6			27^4	10
34	David McBride	10^9				9
35	David Mabbs	11^8				8
36	Gianna Velarde			12^7		7
37	William McBride	12^7				7
38	Mark Davidson	15^4			Ret^3	7
39	Carlo Seminara	22^4			Ret^3	7
40	Max Hunt		Ret^6			6
41	Gabriela Novotna		Ret^6			6
42	Johnny Aubert				14^5	5
43	Joaquim Rodrigues				15^4	4
44	Jacopo Cerutti				16^4	4
45	Kees Koolen	17^4				4
46	Marcel Chomic	18^4				4
47	Khalid Al Falasi	19^4				4
48	Mickaël Metge				21^4	4
49	Kurt Burroughs	21^4				4
50	Mario Patrão				22^4	4
51	Milan Engel				23^4	4
52	CS Santosh				24^4	4
53	Battur Baatar		Ret^4			4
54	Krzysztof Jarmuz				25^4	4
55	Pawel Stasiaczek				26^4	4
56	Philippe Cavelius				28^4	4
57	Martin Michek				29^4	4
58	Konrad Dabrowski				30^4	4
59	Jacek Czachor				31^4	4
60	Gilles Vanderweyen				32^4	4
61	Graeme Sharpe				33^4	4
62	Taye Perry				34^4	4
63	Juan Pablo Guillen				35^4	4
64	Rob van Vegchel				36^4	4
65	Phillip Wilson				37^4	4
66	Floor Maten				38^4	4
67	Werner Kennedy				39^4	4
68	Troy O'Connor				40^4	4
69	Olaf Harmsen				41^4	4
70	Fabrizio Bosetti				42^4	4
71	Artur Stasiaczek				44^4	4
72	Alex Ruprecht-Gersteroph				45^4	4
73	Salman Mohamed				46^4	4
74	Abdulaziz Al Khalifa				48^4	4
75	Abdullah T. Alshatti	Ret^3				3
76	Alan Wilkinson	Ret^3				3
77	Andrew Haddon	Ret^3				3
78	Lorenzo Santolino				Ret^3	3
79	Maurizio Gerini				Ret^3	3
80	David Westwood				Ret^3	3
Pos	Rider	ABU	RUS	CHI	MAR	Points

Pos	Manufacturer	ABU	RUS	CHI	MAR	Points
1	KTM	54	80	40	31	205
2	Husqvarna	27	65	42	51	185
3	Honda	37	57	34	34	162
4	Yamaha	8	49		14	71
5	Hero		40		11	51
6	Sherco				9	9
Pos	Manufacturer	ABU	RUS	CHI	MAR	Points

Quads World Cup: Riders

Pos	Rider	ABU	RUS	CHI	MAR	Points
1	Rafał Sonik	2^23	1^49	1^28	2^23	123
2	Aleksandr Maksimov	3^19	2^41			60
3	Ignacio Casale				1^28	28
4	Fahad N. AlMusallam	1^28				28
5	Arkadiusz Lindner	4^16	Ret^9			25
6	Luis Barahona			2^23		23
7	Kamil Wisniewski				3^19	19
8	Romain Dutu				4^16	16
9	Alexandre Giroud				5^14	14
10	Axel Dutrie				6^13	13
Pos	Rider	ABU	RUS	CHI	MAR	Points

References

1. "Cross-Country Rallies and Bajas: 2019 Calendars". fim-live.com. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
2. "THE SILK WAY RALLY IS PART OF THE FIM CROSS-COUNTRY RALLY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". silkwayrally.com. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
3. "Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge FIM entry list" (PDF). abudhabidesertchallenge.com. Automobile and Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
4. "2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations" (PDF). fim-live.com. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
5. "2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations" (PDF). fim-live.com. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
6. "SR - 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship - Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge (UAE), 22.03.2019" (PDF). fim-live.com. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
7. "2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Regulations" (PDF). fim-live.com. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.

External links

• Official website