# X-raid

X-raid is a private German rally team based in Trebur. It has been competing in cross-country rallies since 2002, including the Dakar Rally. The company is based in Trebur near Frankfurt am Main. Since 2002, vehicles for the Dakar Rally and individual cross-country rally events worldwide as well as the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies have been developed and built there. The X-raid team has won thirteen World Cup titles since its inception and the car category of the legendary Dakar Rally in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, and 2021.
In addition, X-raid also sells aftermarket parts for Mini Countryman, under their "Powered by X-raid" label.

## Successes

Winner of the Cross Country Championship Portugal
| Year | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 2008 | Filipe Campos/Jaime Baptista | Portugal / Portugal | BMW X3 CC |
| 2009 | Filipe Campos/Jaime Baptista | Portugal / Portugal | BMW X3 CC |
| 2010 | Filipe Campos/Jaime Baptista | Portugal / Portugal | BMW X5 CC |
| 2014 | Ricardo Porém/Manuel Porém | Portugal / Portugal | MINI ALL4 Racing |
Winner of the Silk Way Rally
| Year | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 2011 | Krzysztof Holowczyc /Jean-Marc Fortin | Poland / Belgium | BMW X3 CC |
| 2018 | Yazeed Al-Rajhi/Timo Gottschalk | Saudi Arabia / Germany | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
Winner of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas
| Year | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 2008 | Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah/Christina „Tina“ Thörner | Qatar / Sweden | BMW X3 CC |
| 2019 | Orlando Terranova/Ronnie Graue | Argentina / Argentina | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 2020 | Vladimir Vasilyev | Russia | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
Winner of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup
| Year | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 2004 | Khalifa Al Mutaiwei/Alain Guehennec | United Arab Emirates / France | BMW X5 CC |
| 2008 | Nasser Al-Attiyah/Kristina „Tina“ Thörner | Qatar / Sweden | BMW X3 CC |
| 2009 | Guerlain Chicherit/Christina „Tina“ Thörner | France / Sweden | BMW X3 CC |
| 2010 | Leonid Novitskiy/Andreas Schulz | Russia / Germany | BMW X3 CC |
| 2011 | Leonid Novitsky/Andreas Schulz | Russia / Germany | BMW X3 CC |
Winner of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies
| Year | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 2012 | Khalifa Al Mutaiwei/Andreas Schulz | United Arab Emirates / Germany | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 2013 | Krzysztof Holowczyc /Andreas Schulz | Poland / Germany | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 2014 | Vladimir Vasilyev /Konstantin Zhiltsov | Russia / Russia | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 2015 | Nasser Al-Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel | Qatar / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 2018 | Jakub Przygonski/Tom Colsoul | Poland / Belgium | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 2019 | Stéphane Peterhansel/Andrea Peterhansel | France / Germany | MINI John Cooper Works Buggy |
Winner of the Dakar Rally
| Year | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 2012 | Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret | France / France | Mini ALL4 Racing |
| 2013 | Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret | France / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 2014 | Nani Roma/Michel Périn | Spain / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 2015 | Nasser Al-Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel | Qatar / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 2020 | Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz | Spain / Spain | MINI John Cooper Works Buggy |
| 2021 | Stéphane Peterhansel/Edouard Boulanger | France / France | MINI John Cooper Works Buggy |

## Placements at the Dakar Rally

Paris-Dakar 2005 (Africa)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 9. | José Luis Monterde/Rafa Tornabell | Spain / Spain | BMW X5 CC |
Paris-Dakar 2006 (Africa)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 9. | Guerlain Chicherit/Mathieu Baumel | France / France | BMW X3 CC |
| 15. | Alfie Cox/Ralph Pitchford | South Africa / South Africa | BMW X3 CC |
| 24. | José Luis Monterde/Tiziano Siviero | Spain / Italy | BMW X3 CC |
Paris-Dakar 2007 (Africa)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 6. | Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah/Alain Guehennec | Qatar / France | BMW X3 CC |
| 15. | Jutta Kleinschmidt/Christina „Tina“ Thörner | Germany / Sweden | BMW X3 CC |
| 16. | José Luis Monterde/Jean-Marie Lurguin | Spain / France | BMW X5 CC |
| 37. | Paulo Nobre/Filippe Palmeiro | Brazil / Portugal | BMW X5 CC |
Dakar 2009 (Argentina, Chile)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 8. | Leonid Novitskiy/Oleg Tyupenkin | Russia / Russia | BMW X3 CC |
| 9. | Guerlain Chicherit/Mathieu Baumel | France / France | BMW X3 CC |
| 18. | René Kuipers/Filipe Palmeiro | Netherlands / Portugal | BMW X3 CC |
Dakar 2010 (Argentina, Chile)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 4. | Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret | France / France | BMW X3 CC |
| 5. | Guerlain Chicherit/Christina „Tina“ Thörner | France / Sweden | BMW X3 CC |
| 11. | Leonid Novitskiy/Andreas Schulz | Russia / Germany | BMW X3 CC |
Dakar 2011 (Argentina, Chile)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 4. | Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret | France / France | BMW X3 CC |
| 5. | Krzysztof Holowczyc/Jean-Marc Fortin | Poland / Belgium | BMW X3 CC |
| 7. | Ricardo Leal Dos Santos/Paulo Fiúza | Portugal / Portugal | BMW X3 CC |
| 20. | Stephan Schott/Holm Schmidt | Germany / Germany | BMW X3 CC |
Dakar 2012 (Argentina, Chile, Peru)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 1. | Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret | France / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 2. | Nani Roma/Michel Perin | Spain / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 4. | Leonid Novitskiy/Andreas Schulz | Russia / Germany | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 7. | Ricardo Leal Dos Santos/Paulo Fiúza | Portugal / Portugal | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 9. | Krzysztof Holowczyc/Jean-Marc Fortin | Poland / Belgium | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 11. | Boris Garafulic/Gilles Picard | Chile / France | BMW X3 CC |
| 15. | Alexander Mironenko/Sergey Lebedev | Russia / Russia | BMW X3 CC |
| 30. | Stephan Schott/Holm Schmidt | Germany / Germany | BMW X3 CC |
Dakar 2013 (Argentina, Chile, Peru)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 1. | Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret | France / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 3. | Leonid Novitskiy/Konstantin Zhiltsov | Russia / Russia | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 4. | Nani Roma/Michel Perin | Spain / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 5. | Orlando Terranova/Paulo Fiúza | Argentina / Portugal | BMW X3 CC |
| 12. | Boris Garafulic/Gilles Picard | Chile / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 48. | Stephan Schott/Holm Schmidt | Germany / Germany | MINI ALL4 Racing |
Dakar 2014 (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 1. | Nani Roma/Michel Périn | Spain / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 2. | Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret | France / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 3. | Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah/Lucas Cruz | Qatar / Spain | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 5. | Orlando Terranova/Paulo Fiúza | Argentina / Portugal | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 6. | Krzysztof Holowczyc/Konstantin Zhiltsov | Poland / Russia | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 9. | Martin Kaczmarski/Filipe Palmeiro | Poland / Portugal | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 10. | Vladimir Vasilyev/Vitaliy Yevtyekhov | Russia / Ukraine | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 11. | Boris Garafulic/Gilles Picard | Chile / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 12. | Federico Villagra/Jorge Perez Companc | Argentina / Argentina | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 19. | Stephan Schott/Holm Schmidt | Germany / Germany | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 31. | Zhou Yong/Hong Yu Pan | China / China | MINI ALL4 Racing |
Dakar 2015 (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 1. | Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel | Qatar / France | MINI All4 Racing |
| 3. | Krzysztof Holowczyc/Xavier Panseri | Poland / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 4. | Erik van Loon/Wouter Rosegaar | Netherlands / Netherlands | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 5. | Vladimir Vasilyev/Konstantin Zhiltsov | Russia / Russia | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 9. | Aidyn Rakhimbayev/Anton Nikolaev | Kazakhstan / Russia | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 12. | Boris Garafulic/Filipe Palmeiro | Chile / Portugal | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 13. | Yong Zhou/Andreas Schulz | China / Germany | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 18. | Orlando Terranova/Bernardo Graue | Argentina / Argentina | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 22. | Stephan Schott/Holm Schmidt | Germany / Germany | MINI ALL4 Racing |
Dakar 2016 (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 2. | Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel | Qatar / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 4. | Mikko Hirvonen/Michel Périn | Finland / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 6. | Nani Roma/Alex Haro | Spain / Spain | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 5. | Harry Hunt/Andreas Schulz | United Kingdom / Germany | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 12. | Orlando Terranova/Ronnie Graue | Argentina / Argentina | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 13. | Erik van Loon/Wouter Rosegaar | Netherlands / Netherlands | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 15. | Jakub Przygonski/Andrei Rudnitski | Poland / Belarus | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 23. | Boris Garafulic/Filipe Palmeiro | Chile / Portugal | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 43. | Nazareno Lopez/Sergio Lafuente | Argentina / Uruguay | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 52. | Adam Malysz/Xavier Panseri | Poland / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
Dakar 2017 (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 6. | Orlando Terranova/Andreas Schulz | Argentina / Germany | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 7. | Jakub Przygonski/Tom Colsoul | Poland / Belgium | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 10. | Mohamed Abu Issa/Xavier Panseri | Qatar / France | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 13. | Mikko Hirvonen/Michel Périn | Finland / France | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 15. | Stephan Schott/Paulo Fiúza | Germany / Portugal | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 18. | Sylvio de Barros/Rafael Capoani | Brazil / Brazil | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 27. | Yazeed Al-Rajhi/Timo Gottschalk | Saudi Arabia / Germany | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
Dakar 2018 (Peru, Bolivia, Argentina)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 5. | Jakub Przygonski/Tom Colsoul | Poland / Belgium | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 13. | Boris Garafulic/Filipe Palmeiro | Chile / Portugal | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 19. | Mikko Hirvonen/Andreas Schulz | Finland / Germany | MINI John Cooper Works Buggy |
| 20. | Orlando Terranova/Ronnie Graue | Argentina / Argentina | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
Dakar 2019 (Peru)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 2. | Nani Roma/Alex Haro Bravo | Spain / Spain | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 4. | Jakub Przygonski/Tom Colsoul | Poland / Belgium | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 5. | Cyril Despres/Jean-Paul Cottret | France / France | MINI John Cooper Works Buggy |
| 7. | Yazeed Al-Rajhi/Timo Gottschalk | Saudi Arabia / Germany | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 8. | Boris Garafulic/Filipe Palmeiro | Chile / Portugal | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 13. | Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz | Spain / Spain | Mini John Cooper Works Buggy |
Dakar 2020 (Saudi Arabia)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 1. | Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz | Spain / Spain | Mini John Cooper Works Buggy |
| 3. | Stéphane Peterhansel/Paulo Fiúza | France / Portugal | Mini John Cooper Works Buggy |
| 6. | Orlando Terranova/Ronnie Graue | Argentina / Argentina | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 9. | Yasir Seaidan/Alexey Kuzmich | Saudi Arabia / Russia | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 14. | Alexander Dorosinskiy/Oleg Uperenko | Russia/ Latvia | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 17. | Denis Krotov / Dmitry Tsyro | Russia/ Ukraine | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 19. | Jakub Przygonski / Timo Gottschalk | Poland/ Germany | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
Dakar 2021 (Saudi Arabia)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 1. | Stéphane Peterhansel / Edouard Boulanger | France / France | MINI John Cooper Works Buggy |
| 3. | Carlos Sainz / Lucas Cruz | Spain / Spain | MINI John Cooper Works Buggy |
| 6. | Vladimir Vasilyev / Dmitry Tsyro | Russia/ Ukraine | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 17. | Guiga Spinelli / Youssef Haddad | Brazil / Brazil | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 24. | Victor Khoroshavtsev / Anton Nikolaev | Russia / Russia | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 30. | Denis Krotov / Oleg Uperenko | Russia / Russia | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
Dakar 2022 (Saudi Arabia)
| Place | Driver/Co-driver | Nationality | Car |
| 6. | Jakub Przygonski / Timo Gottschalk | Poland/ Germany | MINI John Cooper Works Buggy |
| 8. | Sebastian Halpern / Ronnie Graue | Argentina / Argentina | MINI John Cooper Works Buggy |
| 11. | Vaidotas Zala / Paulo Fiuza | Lithuania / Portugal | MINI John Cooper Works Rally |
| 23. | Laia Sanz / Maurizio Gerini | Spain / Italy | MINI ALL4 Racing |
| 28. | Denis Krotov / Konstantin Zhiltsov | Russia / Russia | MINI John Cooper Works Buggy |
Dakar 2023 (Saudi Arabia) - car category
| Jahr | Fahrer / Beifahrer | Nationalität | Fahrzeug |
| 9. | Sebastian Halpern / Ronnie Graue | Argentina / Argentina | MINI John Cooper Works Rally Plus |
| 16. | Khalid Al-Qassimi / Ola Floene | United Arab Emirates / Norway | MINI John Cooper Works Buggy |
| 17. | Jakub Przygoński / Armand Monleon | Poland / Spain | MINI John Cooper Works Rally Plus |
| 21. | Denis Krotov / Konstantin Zhiltsov | | MINI John Cooper Works Buggy |
Dakar 2023 (Saudi-Arabien) - T3 Kategorie
| Jahr | Fahrer / Beifahrer | Nationalität | Fahrzeug |
| 10. | Ignacio Casale / Alvaro Leon | Chile / Spain | X-raid YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype |
| 12. | Ricardo Porém / Augusto Sanz | Portugal / Argentina | X-raid YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype |
| 17. | Ahmed Alkuwari / Manuel Lucchese | Qatar / Italy | X-raid YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype |
| 35. | Camelia Liparoti / Xavier Blanco | Italy / Spain | X-raid YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype |
| 37. | Joao Ferreira / Filipe Palmeiro | Portugal / Portugal | X-raid YXZ1000R Turbo Prototype |