# 2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup

The 2016 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup season is the 24th season of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup.

## Calendar

The calendar for the 2016 season features nine rallies. Some of the rallies are also part of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship and the FIM Bajas World Cup.
The six Bajas award 30 points to the winner, whereas the other four events are worth 60 points for the winner.
| Round | Dates | Rally name |
| 1 | 19–22 February | Baja Russia Northern Forest |
| 2 | 3–7 April | Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge |
| 3 | 18–22 April | Sealine Cross-Country Rally |
| 4 | 23–26 June | Italian Baja |
| 5 | 22–24 July | Baja Aragón |
| 6 | 11–14 August | Hungarian Baja |
| 7 | 25–28 August | Baja Poland |
| 8 | 1–7 October | Rallye OiLibya du Maroc |
| 9 | 27–29 October | Baja de Portalegre 500 |

## Notable teams and drivers

| Constructor | Car | Team | Driver | Co-driver | Category | Rounds |
| BMW | BMW X3 | G-Energy Team | Victor Khoroshavtsev | Andrey Samarin | T1 | 1 |
| BMW | BMW X6RR | Fazekas Motorsport | Károly Fazekas | Zoltán Garamvölgyi | T1 | 2 |
| CBRA | CBRA X-Raid | X-Raid Team | Jutta Kleinschmidt | Tina Thörner | T1 | 2–3 |
| Chevrolet | Chevrolet Buggy | 4WD Jaton Racing | Mohammed Al Mannai | Kamal Khoder | T1 | 2–3 |
| Ford | Ford Ranger | South Racing | Hernán Garces | Juan Pablo Latrach | T1 | 3 |
| Ford | Ford F150 | RE Autoklub | Alexander Terentyev | Alexey Bercut | T2 | 1 |
| Ford | Ford Raptor | R-Six Team | Jarosław Kazberuk | Robert Szustkowski | T2 | 3 |
| Ford | Ford Raptor | R-Six Team | Robert Szustkowski | Jarosław Kazberuk | T2 | 2 |
| Fornasari | Fornasari Buggy | Nooh Buhumaid | Nooh Buhumaid | Imad Nabhan | T1 | 2 |
| GAZ | GAZ A22R23 | GAZ Raid Sport | Alexander Kostrukov | Yevgeny Pavlov | T1 | 1 |
| G-Force | G-Force Proto | G-Force Motorsport | Reinaldo Varela | Gustavo Gugelmín | T1 | 1 |
| G-Force | G-Force Proto NL | New Generation Racing Team | Andrey Novikov | Vladimir Novikov | T1 | 1 |
| G-Force | G-Force Proto NL | New Generation Racing Team | Andrey Rudskoy | Yevgeny Zagorodnyuk | T1 | 1–2 |
| Hummer | Hummer H3 Evo VIII | MobilEx Racing Team | Yuriy Sazonov | Dmytro Tsyro | T1 | 2–3 |
| Hummer | Hummer H3 Evo V | MobilEx Racing Team | Yerden Shagirov | Aslan Sakhimov | T1 | 2 |
| Hummer | Hummer H3 Evo V | MobilEx Racing Team | Yerden Shagirov | Vitaliy Yevtyekhov | T1 | 3 |
| Jeep | Jeep Buggy | Abdulla Al Rabban | Abdulla Al Rabban | Ali Assan Obaid | T1 | 2–3 |
| Land Rover | Land Rover Defender | Jamal Fakhro | Jamal Fakhro | Amr Elaouby | T1 | 3 |
| Mini | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | Abu Dhabi Racing | Khalid Al Qassimi | Khalid Al Kendi | T1 | 2 |
| Mini | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | G-Energy Team | Vladimir Vasilyev | Konstantin Zhiltsov | T1 | 1–3 |
| Mini | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | X-Raid Team | Yazeed Al-Rajhi | Timo Gottschalk | T1 | 2–3 |
| Mini | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | X-Raid Team | Mikko Hirvonen | Michel Périn | T1 | 2–3 |
| Mini | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | X-Raid Team | Bryce Menzies | Andreas Schulz | T1 | 2 |
| Mini | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | X-Raid Team | Ricardo Porem | Tom Colsoul | T1 | 3 |
| Mini | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | X-Raid Team | Jakub Przygoński | Tom Colsoul | T1 | 2 |
| Mini | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | X-Raid Team | Stephan Schott | Holm Schmidt | T1 | 2 |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi L200 | Aldis Vilcāns | Aldis Vilcāns | Andrei Rudnitski | T1 | 1 |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Pajero | Stefano Marrini | Stefano Marrini | Giacomo Tognarini | T1 | 3 |
| Nissan | Nissan Datsun | PEK Team | Evgeniy Firsov | Vadim Filatov | T1 | 1 |
| Nissan | Nissan Frontier | PEK Team | Dmitriy Ievlev | Aleksey Shaposhnikov | T1 | 1 |
| Nissan | Nissan NP300 Pick-up | ATT Racing | Vladimir Frolov | Igor Petenko | T1 | 1 |
| Nissan | Nissan NP300 Pick-up | Aleksey Cherkesov | Aleksey Cherkesov | Artem Shevelev | T1 | 1 |
| Nissan | Nissan Pathfinder | Mohammed Al Mansoori | Mohammed Al Mansoori | Saeed Al Hashmi | T1 | 2 |
| Nissan | Nissan Pathfinder | Technosport SPA | Valentina Casella | Giulia Maroni | T1 | 2 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol | Ahmed Al Qashami | Ahmed Al Qashami | Wleed Al Fiuam | T1 | 2 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol | Ahmed Al Qashami | Ahmed Al Qashami | Osama Al Sanad | T1 | 2 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol | Khaled Al Feraihi | Khaled Al Feraihi | Abdulhaleem Al Busaidi | T1 | 2–3 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol | Matar Al Mansoori | Matar Al Mansoori | Shahin Al Ali | T1 | 2 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol | NewTrix Racing | Ian Barker | Sheila Hutton-Barker | T1 | 2 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol | Sabertooth Motorsports | Thomas Bell | Patrick McMurren | T1 | 2 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol | Salem Y. Al Mansoori | Salem Y. Al Mansoori | Salem M. Al Mansoori | T1 | 2 |
| Nissan | Nissan Pickup | Yahya Al Helei | Yahya Al Helei | Nasser Al Kuwari | T1 | 2 |
| Nissan | Nissan Navara Double Cab D40 | Grzegorz Czarnecki | Grzegorz Czarnecki | Michał Bojar | T2 | 1 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol | Adel Hussain Abdulla | Adel Hussain Abdulla | Hakam Mohamed Rabeia | T2 | 2 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol | Adel Hussain Abdulla | Adel Hussain Abdulla | Nasser S. Al Kuwari | T2 | 3 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol | Joseph Rosso | Joseph Rosso | Guy Leveneu | T2 | 2 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol | Mansoor Al Helei | Mansoor Al Helei | Suhal Al Ali | T2 | 2 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol | Mohammed Al Harqan | Mohammed Al Harqan | Arif Yousuf Mohammed | T2 | 2 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol | Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation | Charlotte Berton | Antonia de Roissard | T2 | 3 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol | Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation | Emma Gilmour | Lisette Bakker | T2 | 3 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol | Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation | Cristina Gutiérrez | Sandra Labuscagne | T2 | 3 |
| Nissan | Nissan Patrol Y62 | Emil Khneisser | Emil Khneisser | Aleksei Kuzmich | T2 | 2–3 |
| Polaris | Polaris RZR 1000 | Aron Domżała | Aron Domżała | Szymon Gospodarczyk | T3 | 1–3 |
| Polaris | Polaris RZR 1000 | Carlo Cinotto | Carlo Cinotto | Marco Arnoletti | T3 | 3 |
| Polaris | Polaris RZR 1000 | Dmitry Pitulov | Dmitry Pitulov | Vadym Prytuliak | T3 | 2 |
| Polaris | Polaris RZR 1000 | Eugenio Amos | Eugenio Amos | Rafael Tornabell Córdoba | T3 | 2 |
| Polaris | Polaris RZR 1000 | G-Energy Team | Rustem Galimov | Igor Petenko | T3 | 2 |
| Polaris | Polaris RZR 1000 | G-Energy Team | Ravil Maganov | Kirill Shubin | T3 | 1–3 |
| Polaris | Polaris RZR 1000 | Maciej Domżała | Maciej Domżała | Boba Bartłomiej | T3 | 2 |
| Polaris | Polaris RZR 1000 | Michele Cinotto | Michele Cinotto | Fulvio Zini | T3 | 3 |
| Polaris | Polaris RZR 1000 | Pietro Cinotto | Pietro Cinotto | Maurizio Dominella | T3 | 3 |
| Polaris | Polaris RZR 1000 | Polaris Racing Team UAE | Ahmed Al Maqoodi | Obaid Al Kitbe | T3 | 2 |
| Polaris | Polaris XP 900 | Michel Fadel | Michel Fadel | Craig Tyson | T3 | 2 |
| Predator | Predator X18S | Georgy Gomshiashvili | Georgy Gomshiashvili | Jordan Beale | T1 | 2 |
| Predator | Predator X18S | Zakariya Al Shanfari | Zakariya Al Shanfari | Saif Al Hinai | T1 | 2 |
| Rage | Rage Comet | Atif Al Zarouni | Atif Al Zarouni | Ahmed Al Zarouni | T3 | 2 |
| SMG | SMG Buggy | Team SRT | Yannick Commagnac | Hervé Lavergne | T1 | 2 |
| SMG | SMG Buggy | Team SRT | Mathieu Serradori | Didier Haquette | T1 | 2 |
| Toyota | Toyota FJ Cruiser | Team Dr. Keiko | Keiko Hamaguchi | Umberto Fiori | T1 | 2 |
| Toyota | Toyota Hilux | 4WD Jaton Racing | Antonio Marmolejo | Eduardo Blanco | T1 | 2 |
| Toyota | Toyota Hilux | Khalifa Al-Attiyah | Khalifa Al-Attiyah | Jean-Michel Polato | T1 | 3 |
| Toyota | Toyota Hilux | MobilEx Racing Team | Kanat Shagirov | Vitaly Yevtyekhov | T1 | 2 |
| Toyota | Toyota Hilux | South Racing | Fernando Álvarez Castellano | Luciano Gennoni | T1 | 1–2 |
| Toyota | Toyota Hilux | South Racing | Nunzio Coffaro | Daniel Meneses | T1 | 1 |
| Toyota | Toyota Hilux | Team Azimut | Nunzio Coffaro | Daniel Meneses | T1 | 2 |
| Toyota | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Mathieu Baumel | T1 | 2–3 |
| Toyota | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | Orlen Team | Marek Dąbrowski | Jacek Czachor | T1 | 1–3 |
| Toyota | Toyota Land Cruiser | Maksim Kirpilev | Maksim Kirpilev | Vadim Shmaylov | T1 | 1 |
| Toyota | Toyota KDJ 120 | Maksim Kirpilev | Maksim Kirpilev | Vadim Shmaylov | T2 | 3 |
| Toyota | Toyota Land Cruiser | Michael Ziegler | Michael Ziegler | Behesitti Faramaz | T2 | 2 |
| Toyota | Toyota Land Cruiser 120 | Marco Piana | Marco Piana | Steven Griener | T2 | 2 |
| Toyota | Toyota Land Cruiser 155 | 4WD Jaton Racing | Raúl Orlandini | Xavier Blanco | T2 | 2–3 |
| Toyota | Toyota Land Cruiser 200 | 4WD Jaton Racing | Saleh Abdullah | Michael Orr | T2 | 2–3 |
| Toyota | Toyota Land Cruiser 200 | Offroad Kazakhstan | Marat Abykayev | Andrey Chipenko | T2 | 2 |
| Toyota | Toyota Land Cruiser 200 | Yasir Seaidan | Yasir Seaidan | Sébastien Delaunay | T2 | 2–3 |
| Toyota | Toyota Land Cruiser V8 | Pietro Fogliani | Pietro Fogliani | | T2 | 1 |
| Toyota | Toyota Prado | Jaralla Jahman | Jaralla Jahman | Feras Alouh | T2 | 2 |
| Toyota | Toyota Prado | Sahara Team | Mohammed Al Harqan | Feras Alouh | T2 | 3 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen 7JO | PEK Team | Māris Neikšāns | Anton Nikolaev | T1 | 1 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Amarok | ABC Sport | Darij Novak | Darko Pelijhan | T1 | 2 |
| Yamaha | Yamaha YXZ1000 | Khalid Al Jafla | Khalid Al Jafla | Ahmad Malik | T3 | 2 |
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## Results

| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Podium finishers | Podium finishers | Podium finishers |
| Round | Rally name | Rank | Driver | Car | Time |
| 1 | Baja Russia Northern Forest | 1 | Māris Neikšāns Anton Nikolaev | Volkswagen 7JO | 3:49:42 |
| 1 | Baja Russia Northern Forest | 2 | Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 3:50:55 |
| 1 | Baja Russia Northern Forest | 3 | Andrey Novikov Vladimir Novikov | G-Force Proto NL | 4:06:00 |
| 2 | Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 17:14:49 |
| 2 | Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge | 2 | Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 17:47:02 |
| 2 | Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge | 3 | Mikko Hirvonen Michel Périn | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 17:53:02 |
| 3 | Sealine Cross-Country Rally | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 15:15:51 |
| 3 | Sealine Cross-Country Rally | 2 | Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 15:27:54 |
| 3 | Sealine Cross-Country Rally | 3 | Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 16:27:04 |
| 4 | Italian Baja | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 3:37:13 |
| 4 | Italian Baja | 2 | Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 3:39:22 |
| 4 | Italian Baja | 3 | Boris Gadasin Aleksei Kuzmich | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 3:42:55 |
| 5 | Baja Aragón | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 6:59:59 |
| 5 | Baja Aragón | 2 | Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz | Peugeot 2008 DKR | 7:00:18 |
| 5 | Baja Aragón | 3 | Mikko Hirvonen Michel Périn | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 7:03:29 |
| 6 | Hungarian Baja | 1 | Mikko Hirvonen Michel Périn | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 5:19:07 |
| 6 | Hungarian Baja | 2 | Boris Gadasin Evgeniy Zagorodnuk | G-Force Proto NL | 6:11:44 |
| 6 | Hungarian Baja | 3 | Gabor Husasz | Yamaha Klement Mosquito | 6:16:33 |
| 7 | Baja Poland | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 4:59:16 |
| 7 | Baja Poland | 2 | Krzysztof Holowczyc Lukasz Kurzeja | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 5:00:37 |
| 7 | Baja Poland | 3 | Marek Dabrowski Jacek Czachor | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 5:07:35 |
| 8 | Rallye OiLibya du Maroc | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 12:28:28 |
| 8 | Rallye OiLibya du Maroc | 2 | Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz | Peugeot 3008 DKR | 12:40:36 |
| 8 | Rallye OiLibya du Maroc | 3 | Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 13:04:37 |
| 9 | Baja de Portalegre 500 | 1 | Ricardo Porém Filipe Palmeiro | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 5:38:16 |
| 9 | Baja de Portalegre 500 | 2 | Xavier Pons Ruben Garcia | Ford Ranger | 5:43:08 |
| 9 | Baja de Portalegre 500 | 3 | Nuno Matos Filipe Serra | Opel Mokka Proto | 5:43:49 |

## Championship standings

In order to score points in the Cup classifications, competitors must register with the FIA before the entry closing date of the first rally/baja entered.

### 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 |
| T1/T2/T3 Points | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Double points are applied to Cross Country rallies |||||||||||

### Drivers' championship

Any driver is required to participate in at least one Baja and one Cross-Country event in order to be able to score points for the FIA World Cup.
| Pos | Driver | RUS | ABU | QAT | ITA | ESP | HUN | POL | MAR | POR | Points |
| 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | | 1$^{60}$ | 1$^{60}$ | 1$^{30}$ | 1$^{30}$ | | 1$^{30}$ | 1$^{60}$ | | 270 |
| 2 | Vladimir Vasilyev | 2$^{21}$ | Ret | 3$^{32}$ | 2$^{21}$ | | | | 3$^{32}$ | | 106 |
| 3 | Yazeed Al-Rajhi | | 2$^{42}$ | 2$^{42}$ | 6$^8$ | | | | | | 92 |
| 4 | Mikko Hirvonen | | 3$^{32}$ | | | 3$^{16}$ | 1$^{30}$ | | | | 78 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | | | | | 2$^{21}$ | | | 2$^{42}$ | | 63 |
| 6 | Marek Dabrowski | 13 | 8$^8$ | 6$^{16}$ | 3$^{16}$ | | | 3$^{16}$ | | | 56 |
| 7 | Bryce Menzies | | 4$^{24}$ | | 5$^{10}$ | | 2$^{21}$ | | | | 55 |
| 8 | Jakub Przygonski | | 5$^{20}$ | | | | | 4$^{12}$ | 5$^{20}$ | | 52 |
| 9 | Ricardo Porem | | | 7$^{12}$ | | | | | | 1$^{30}$ | 42 |
| 9 | Aron Domzala | 7$^{11}$ | 11$^{10}$ | 13$^2$ | 12$^5$ | 33 | 8$^7$ | 11$^5$ | 14$^2$ | 34 | 42 |
| 11 | Orlando Terranova | | | | | 5$^{10}$ | | | 4$^{24}$ | | 34 |
| 11 | Yuriy Sazonov | | 9$^4$ | 4$^{24}$ | 7$^6$ | | | | | | 34 |
| 13 | Yasir Seaidan | | 14$^6$ | 9$^{14}$ | 11$^5$ | | 9$^7$ | 24 | | | 32 |
| 14 | Adel Hussain Abdulla | | 13$^{10}$ | 18 | 29 | 13$^5$ | 10$^4$ | 26 | | 11$^5$ | 24 |
| 15 | Carlo Cinotto | | | 11$^{10}$ | 13$^3$ | 11$^5$ | 12$^1$ | 15$^3$ | 30 | | 22 |
| 16 | Jutta Kleinschmidt | | 24 | 5$^{20}$ | | 18 | | | | | 20 |
| 17 | Mathieu Serradori | | 6$^{16}$ | | 19 | 9$^2$ | | 25 | | | 18 |
| 18 | Pietro Cinotto | | | 12$^6$ | 14$^1$ | | 18 | | 11$^{10}$ | | 17 |
| Pos | Driver | RUS | ABU | QAT | ITA | ESP | HUN | POL | MAR | POR | Points |

### Teams' championship

Any team is required to participate in at least one Baja and one Cross-Country event in order to be able to score points for the FIA World Cup.
| Pos | Driver | RUS | ABU | QAT | ITA | ESP | HUN | POL | MAR | POR | Points |
| 1 | Nasser Sale Al-Attiyah Team | | 1$^{60}$ | 1$^{60}$ | 1$^{30}$ | 1$^{30}$ | | 1$^{30}$ | 1$^{60}$ | | 270 |
| 2 | X-Raid Team | | 2$^{42}$ | 2$^{42}$ | 5$^{10}$ | 3$^{16}$ | 1$^{30}$ | 2$^{21}$ | 4$^{24}$ | 1$^{30}$ | 215 |
| 3 | G-Energy Team | 2$^{21}$ | | 3$^{32}$ | 2$^{21}$ | | | | 3$^{32}$ | | 106 |
| 4 | Orlen Team | | 5$^{20}$ | 6$^{16}$ | 3$^{16}$ | | | 3$^{16}$ | | | 68 |
| 5 | Team Peugeot Total | | | | | 2$^{21}$ | | | 2$^{42}$ | | 63 |
| 6 | DMAS South Racing | | | 8$^8$ | | 4$^{12}$ | | | | 2$^{21}$ | 41 |