2015 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship

The 2015 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship season was the 13th season of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship.

Austria's Matthias Walkner, riding a KTM, was the winner of the championship by 7 points ahead of Great Britain's Sam Sunderland, who also rode a KTM. Walkner won the season's fourth event, the Sardegna Rally Race, while Sunderland was the winner of the final event, the Rallye OiLibya du Maroc. Third place in the championship, 11 points further behind Sunderland, went to the best-placed Honda rider, Paulo Gonçalves. Defending champion Marc Coma finished fourth, after announcing his retirement midway through the season – he was the only rider to win more than one event, winning the first two events at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge and the Sealine Cross-Country Rally. Two other riders won races in 2015; Pablo Quintanilla won his home event at the Atacama Rally, and Poland's Jakub Piątek won the Rallye des Pharaons.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2015 season featured six rallies. Some of the rallies were also part of FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup. The Atacama Rally replaced Rallye dos Sertões for the 2015 season.

Round Dates Rally name 1 27 March – 2 April Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 2 20–24 April Sealine Cross-Country Rally 3 12–16 May Rallye des Pharaons 4 6–11 June Sardegna Rally Race 5 30 August – 5 September Atacama Rally 6 3–9 October Rallye OiLibya du Maroc

Results

Round Rally name Podium finishers Rank Rider Bike Time 1 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge1 Marc ComaKTM 450 Rally14:49:052 Sam SunderlandKTM 450 Rally15:01:003 Pablo QuintanillaKTM 450 Rally15:09:21 2 Sealine Cross-Country Rally1 Marc ComaKTM 450 Rally19:56:482 Joan BarredaHonda CRF 450 Rally20:01:283 Paulo GonçalvesHonda CRF 450 Rally20:03:21 3 Rallye des Pharaons1 Jakub PiątekKTM 450 Rally17:44:592 Juan Carlos SalvatierraKTM 450 Rally17:48:183 Mohammed BalooshiKTM 450 Rally19:21:03 4 Sardegna Rally Race1 Matthias WalknerKTM 450 Rally16:30:262 Armand MonleónKTM 450 Rally16:32:593 Hélder RodriguesYamaha WR450F16:35:32 5 Atacama Rally1 Pablo QuintanillaKTM 450 Rally11:07:342 Matthias WalknerKTM 450 Rally11:10:233 Sam SunderlandKTM 450 Rally11:10:48 6 Rallye OiLibya du Maroc1 Sam SunderlandKTM 450 Rally15:38:002 Matthias WalknerKTM 450 Rally15:38:343 Paulo GonçalvesHonda CRF 450 Rally16:07:08

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 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Pos Rider ABU QAT PHA SAR CHL MAR Points 1 Matthias Walkner 314 712 128 223 223 90 2 Sam Sunderland 223 613 319 128 83 3 Paulo Gonçalves 304 319 416 514 319 72 4 Marc Coma 128 128 514 70 5 Pablo Quintanilla 319 514 174 128 Ret3 68 6 Mohammed Al Balooshi 613 109 319 811 Ret3 55 7 Jakub Piątek 344 910 128 594 128 54 8 Jordi Viladoms 416 712 416 Ret3 47 9 Rubén Faria 416 Ret3 811 514 44 10 Armand Monleón 383 811 223 37 A total of 152 riders scored championship points.

References

External links