2020 FIM Bajas World Cup

2020 FIM Bajas World Cup
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The 2020 FIM Bajas World Cup season was the 9th season of the FIM Bajas World Cup, an international rally raid competition for motorbikes, quads, and SSV.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2020 season had six baja-style events originally scheduled; two of which in Portugal, with some of the bajas also being part of 2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas. Due to COVID-19 pandemic a new, reduced schedule was issued.^[1]

Round	Dates	Rally name
1	19-20 September	Baja do Pinhal
2	5-7 November	Baja Portalegre 500
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic^[2]^[3]
Original Date		Rally name
16-18 April		Jordan Baja
23-25 July		Baja Aragón
13-16 August		Hungarian Baja
26-28 November		Dubai International Baja

Regulation Changes

Starting with the 2020 season the vehicle classes have been reorganized into the following categories:

Category 1: Bike (up to 450cc)
Category 2: Quads (three-wheeled vehicles are forbidden)
Category 3: SSV
Category 4: Women
Category 5: Junior
Category 6: Veterans

The FIM will award the world cup to both rider and manufacturers of the bike category; as well as to riders only in the quad, SSV, woman, and junior categories. A trophy is awarded to the winners of the veterans category. No awards are given to anything above 450cc.^[4]

Teams and riders

Constructor	Bike	Team	Rider	Rounds
Hero	Hero 450	Hero MotoSports Team Rally	Sebastian Buhler	All
			CS Santosh	1
			Joaquim Rodrigues	2
KTM	KTM 450 Rally	Crédito Agricola	Mario Patrão	2
		Patrão Motorsport	Tomas de Gavardo	All
		Can-Am Off Road Portugal	Micael Simão	All
	KTM 350EXCF	Nani Racing	Rosa Romero	All
	KTM Exc		Konrad Dabrowski	2
Yamaha	Yamaha WR450F	Pont Grup Yamaha	Sara Garcia	All
	Yamaha Raptor 700		Olga Roučková	1
	Yamaha YZF450	Yamaha Bluemotor	Luis Engeitado	1
	Yamaha Raptor 686	Visit Sant Antoni - Ibiza	Toni Vingut	All
Husqvarna	Husqvarna FE450	Orlen Team	Adam Tomiczek	1
Husqvarna	Husqvarna FE450	Orlen Team	Maciej Giemza	All
Honda	Honda CRF450 RX	Team Bianchi Prata Honda	Pedro Bianchi Prata	All
	Honda CRF450 RX		Rui Ferreira	All
	Honda CRF300 RF		Janaina Souza	All

Results

Positions shown are not overall race positions but positions within the FIM Bajas World Cup. Both classifications may coincide.

Motorbikes

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Rider	Bike	Time
1	Baja do Pinhal	1	Sebastian Bühler	Hero 450	4:15:05
		2	Adam Tomiczek	Husqvarna FE450	4:18:07
		3	Maciej Giemza	Husqvarna FE450	4:20:51

2	Baja Portalegre 500	1	Sebastian Bühler	Hero 450	1:55:16
		2	Joaquim Rodrigues	Hero 450	1:56:30
		3	Micael Simão	KTM Exc-F 450	2:08:52

Quads

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Rider	Bike	Time
1	Baja do Pinhal	1	Luis Engeitado	Yamaha YZF450	4:22:01
		2	Toni Vingut	Yamaha Raptor 686	4:46:28
		3	Olga Roučková	Yamaha Raptor 700	5:15:55

2	Baja Portalegre 500	1	Toni Vingut	Yamaha Raptor 700	2:51:52
		2	None
		3	None

SSV

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Rider	Bike	Time
1	Baja do Pinhal	1	João Dias	Can-Am X3	4:19:42
		2	Alexandre Pinto Fábio Belo	Can-Am X3	4:20:41
		3	Luis Cidade Pedro Mendonça	Maverick XRC	4:23:56

2	Baja Portalegre 500	1	João Dias	Can-Am	2:02:54
		2	Alexandre Pinto Fábio Belo	Can-Am	2:03:14
		3	Luis Cidade Pedro Mendonça	Bombardier	2:04:46

Championship standings

Riders' championship

Points for final positions are awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th+
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Motorbikes

Positions shown are not overall race positions but positions within the FIM Bajas World Cup classification.

Pos	Rider	PIN	POR	Points
1	Sebastian Bühler	1	1	50
2	Micael Simão	4	3	29
3	Maciej Giemza	3	4	29
4	Tomas De Gavardo	5	5	22
5	Joaquim Rodrigues		2	20
6	Adam Tomiczek	2		20
7	Pedro Bianchi Prata	7	7	18
8	Janaina Souza	8	8	16
9	Sara Garcia	9	11	12
10	Rui Ferreira	10	10	12
11	Konrad Dabrowski		6	10
12	CS Santosh	6		10
13	Rosa Romero		9	7
Pos	Rider	PIN	POR	Points