The World Rally-Raid Championship (officially abbreviated as W2RC) is a rally raid series co-sanctioned by the FIA and FIM and promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO). The championship's seasons culminate with world championship titles in both automobile and motorcycle categories.
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. ASO will serve as series promoter for a period of five years.
History The combined World Championship series was conceived as a result of efforts by the ASO, FIA and FIM to harmonize regulations. 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, promoter of the Dakar Rally, was chosen by both world-governing bodies as the sole promoter of the series for a period of five years.
The inaugural World Championship officially kicked off with the 2022 Dakar Rally and ended in Morocco following revisions to the schedule due to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, forcing the cancellation of that year's Rally Kazakhstan, and environmental concerns that forced the Andalucia Rally to be rescheduled. The inaugural winners of the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship were Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel with Toyota Gazoo Racing as the winning manufacturer; while Sam Sunderland did likewise in the FIM World Rally-Raid Championship with Monster Energy Honda.
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 Baja Cup 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.
FIA categories T1 "Ultimate": Prototype Cross-Country Cars FIA World Rally-Raid Championship for drivers, navigators, and manufacturers T2 "Stock": Series Production Cross-Country Cars FIA World Rally-Raid Championship for drivers and navigators FIA Rally-Raid Championship for Stock drivers, navigators, and manufacturers FIA Rally-Raid Championship for Teams T3 "Challenger": Lightweight Prototype Cross-Country Vehicles FIA World Rally-Raid Championship for drivers and navigators FIA Rally-Raid Championship for Challenger drivers and navigators FIA Rally-Raid Championship for Teams T4 "SSV": Modified Production Cross-Country Side-by-Side Vehicles FIA World Rally-Raid Championship for drivers and navigators FIA Rally-Raid Championship for SSV drivers, navigators, and manufacturers FIA Rally-Raid Championship for Teams T5 "Truck": Prototype and Production Cross-Country Trucks
The FIA Rally-Raid Championship for Master Drivers is awarded to drivers over the age of 50.
Groups T1, T2, T3 and T4 are eligible for the overall FIA Rally-Raid World Championship titles for drivers and navigators, while only manufacturers in T1 are eligible. Additional Group-specific championships are awarded in Groups T2, T3, and T4. While T5 vehicles can participate no championship is awarded.
FIM categories RallyGP FIM RallyGP World Championship for riders and manufacturers Rally2 FIM Rally2 World Cup for riders and teams FIM Rally2 Junior Trophy FIM Rally2 Women Trophy FIM Rally2 Veteran Trophy Rally3 FIM Rally3 World Cup for riders and teams FIM Rally3 Junior Trophy Quad FIM Quad World Cup
Only riders competing in the RallyGP category are eligible for the FIM Rally-Raid World Championship. World Cup titles are available for champions of the Rally2, Rally3, and Quad categories.
Champions FIA Rally-Raid World Champions Season Driver Navigator Manufacturer 2022 Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel Toyota Gazoo Racing Sébastien Loeb Fabian Lurquin X-Raid Mini JCW Team Yazeed Al-Rajhi Dirk von Zitzewitz OT3 by G Rally Team 2023 Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel Toyota Gazoo Racing Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk X-Raid Mini JCW Team Juan Cruz Yacopini Daniel Oliveras Carreras Bahrain Raid Xtreme 2024 Nasser Al-Attiyah Édouard Boulanger Toyota Gazoo Racing Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk Nasser Racing by Prodrive Lucas Moraes Armand Monleón X-Raid Mini JCW Team 2025 Lucas Moraes Édouard Boulanger Toyota Gazoo Racing Nasser Al-Attiyah Armand Monleón The Dacia Sandriders Henk Lategan Brett Cummings Ford M-Sport 2026 Ford M-Sport
FIM Rally-Raid World Champions Season Rider Manufacturer 2022 Sam Sunderland Monster Energy Honda Ricky Brabec Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Adrien Van Beveren Red Bull Gas Gas Factory Racing 2023 Luciano Benavides Monster Energy Honda Toby Price Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Adrien Van Beveren Husqvarna Factory Racing 2024 Ross Branch Monster Energy Honda Adrien Van Beveren Hero MotoSports Team Rally Tosha SchareinaNone 2025 Daniel Sanders Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Tosha Schareina Monster Energy Honda Ricky Brabec Hero MotoSports Team Rally
FIA Rally-Raid Champions Season T3 Driver T3 Navigator T4 Driver T4 Navigator T5 Driver T5 Navigator 2022 Francisco López François Cazalet Rokas Baciuška Lukasz Laskawiec Kees Koolen Wouter De Graaff Seth Quintero Dennis Zenz Marek Goczał Gustavo Gugelmin Martin Macík František Tomášek Cristina Gutiérrez Juan Pablo Latrach Austin Jones Oriol Mena Tomáš Vrátný David Švanda 2023 Seth Quintero Dennis Zenz Rokas Baciuška Oriol Vidal Janus van Kasteren Marcel Snijders Darek Rodewald Mitch Guthrie Kellon Walch Shinsuke Umeda Oriol Mena Tomáš Vrátný - Austin Jones Gustavo Gugelmin Eryk Goczał Maurizio Dominella Martin Macík Bartlomiej Boba Jaromir Martinec 2024 Rokas Baciuška Valentina Pertegarini Yasir Seaidan Fernando Acosta - - Nicolás Cavigliasso Oriol Vidal Montijano Sebastian Guayasamin Fausto Mota-- Marcelo Gastaldi Carlos Sachs Rebecca Busi Sergio Lafuente-- 2025 Nicolás Cavigliasso Valentina Pertegarini Alexandre Pinto Bernardo Oliveira - - Pau Navarro Stéphane Duple Enrico Gaspari Fausto Mota - - Dania Akeel Jan Rosa I Viñas Michele Cinotto Maurizio Dominella - -
FIM Rally-Raid World Cup Season Rally2 Rider Rally2 Team Rally3 Rider Quad Rider 2022 Mason Klein Not Held Amine Echiguer Alexandre Giroud Romain Dumontier Jeremy Miroir Juraj Varga Bradley Cox Guillaume Borne Kamil Wiśniewski 2023 Romain Dumontier Not Held Ardit Kurtaj Laisvydas Kancius Paolo Lucci Alexander Chepurko Rodolfo Guillioli Schippers Jean-Loup Lepan Cheikh-Yves Jacquemain Juraj Varga 2024 Bradley Cox Not Held John Medina Manuel Andújar Romain Dumontier Eduardo Alan Kamil Wiśniewski Konrad Dabrowski Souleymane Addahri Antonas Kanopkinas 2025 Edgar Canet BAS World KTM Racing Team Thomas Zoldos Gaëtan Martinez Tobias Ebster Xraids Experience Carlo Cabini Antanas Kanopkinas Michael Docherty SRG Motorsports Noa Sainct Marek Loj
FIM Rally-Raid Trophies Season Women Junior (R2) Senior Junior (R3) 2022 Mirjam Pol Mason Klein Mario Patrao No Participants Sandra Gómez Konrad Dąbrowski Franco Picco Sara García Bradley Cox David McBride 2023 Mirjam Pol Jean Loup Lepan Dominique Cizeau Girault No Participants - Bradley Cox - - Konrad Dąbrowski - 2024 No Participants Konrad Dąbrowski Sebastian Urquia No Participants Sébastien Herbet David McBride 2025 Sandra Gómez Edgar Canet David Pabiska Noa Sainct Aishwarya Pissay Konrad Dąbrowski Sebastian Urquia - - Justin Gerlach David Brock -
See also FIA World Baja Cup FIM Bajas World Cup
References
External links
- FIA W2RC - FIM W2RC