World Rally-Raid Championship

The World Rally-Raid Championship (officially abbreviated as W2RC) is a rally raid series organised by the Amaury Sport Organization and co-sanctioned by the FIA and FIM.[1][2] The championship's seasons culminate with world titles in both four-wheeled and motorcycle categories.

World Rally-Raid Championship
CategoryRally raid
CountryInternational
Inaugural season2022
Official websiteWorld Rally-Raid Championship
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] The ASO will serve as series promotor 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, promotor of the Dakar Rally, was chosen by both world-governing bodies as the sole promotor of the series for a period of five years.[1]

The inaugural World Championship officially kicked off in January 2022 with the 2022 Dakar Rally.[3]

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 Cup for Cross-Country Bajas 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.[5][6]

FIA categories
  • T1: Prototype Cross-Country Cars
  • T2: Series Production Cross-Country Cars
  • T3: Lightweight Prototype Cross-Country Vehicles
    • FIA Rally-Raid Championship for T3 drivers and co-drivers.
  • T4: Modified Production Cross-Country Side-by-Side Vehicles
    • FIA Rally-Raid Championship for T4 drivers and co-drivers.
  • T5: Prototype and Production Cross-Country Trucks
    • FIA Rally-Raid Championship for T5 drivers and co-drivers.

Groups T1, T2, T3 and T4 are eligible for the FIA Rally-Raid World Championship titles for drivers, co-drivers, and manufacturers.

FIM categories
  • RallyGP
    • FIM Rally-Raid World Championship for riders and manufacturers
  • Rally2
    • FIM Rally-Raid World Cup for Rally2 Riders
    • FIM Rally-Raid Trophy for Juniors
    • FIM Rally-Raid Trophy for Women
    • FIM Rally-Raid Trophy for Veterans
  • Rally3
    • FIM Rally-Raid World Cup for Rally3 Riders
    • FIM Rally-Raid Trophy for Juniors
  • Quad
    • FIM Rally-Raid World Cup for Quad Riders

See also

References
  1. "FIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STATUS FOR CROSS-COUNTRY RALLYING, WITH DAKAR RALLY AS ITS CORNERSTONE; A.S.O. APPOINTED GLOBAL PROMOTER". World Rally-Raid Championship.
  2. "A.S.O. ANNOUNCED AS THE FIRST EVER FIM WORLD RALLY-RAID CHAMPIONSHIP PROMOTER". World Rally-Raid Championship.
  3. 🇬🇧 The new FIA & FIM World Rally Raid Championships - #Dakar2022, retrieved 2021-12-17
  4. "FIA, ASO launch new Cross-Country World Championship around Dakar". Motorsport.com.
  5. "FIA CROSS COUNTRY RALLIES". fia.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  6. "FIM Documents". fim-moto.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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