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How does the World Rally Raid Championship work?

Before the start of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge 2022, let's take stock of the general rankings as well as the rules of the W2RC, the new World Rally Raid Championship.

Published on 06/03/2022 à 10:52

Medhi Casaurang

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How does the World Rally Raid Championship work?

Sébastien Loeb-Fabian Lurquin compete in the W2RC with this BRX Thunder 4x4. © Julien Delfosse / DPPI

The World Championship of rally-raids (W2RC) is competing in its second competition of the 2022 season at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge (March 5-10). This new discipline, organized by Amaury Sport Organization (ASO) with the FIA ​​and the FIM, brings together five rounds and has the particularity of awarding points after each stage of each event. This explanatory video in French will allow you to know everything:

In the general classification of W2RC, du côté des Autos, les vainqueurs du Dakar Nasser Al-Attiyah et Mathieu Baumel (Toyota) ne comptent qu’un petit point de marge sur Sébastien Loeb and Fabian Lurquin (Bahrain Raid Xtreme).

 

Quite logically, Toyota Gazoo Racing leads the Manufacturers' standings ahead of Bahrain Raid Xtreme and X-Raid on equal points:

Finally, “Chaleco” Lopez, strong from his victory in T3 (lightweight prototypes) in Saudi Arabia, is the leader of the category ahead of the winner of the 2021 World Cup in the specialty, Cristina Gutiérrez and her young American teammate Seth Quintero:

 

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Medhi Casaurang

Passionate about the history of motorsport across all disciplines, I learned to read thanks to AUTOhebdo. At least that's what my parents tell everyone when they see my name inside!

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