2015 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup
# 2015 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup

The 2015 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup season is the 23rd season of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup.

## Calendar

The calendar for the 2015 season features ten rallies. Some of the rallies are also part of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship and the FIM Bajas World Cup.

The six Bajas award 30 points to the winner, whereas the other four events are worth 60 points for the winner.

| Round | Dates | Rally name |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | 20–22 February | Baja Russia Northern Forest |
| 2 | 28 March–2 April | Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge |
| 3 | 20–24 April | Sealine Cross-Country Rally |
| 4 | 12–16 May | Rallye des Pharaons |
| 5 | 26–28 June | Italian Baja |
| 6 | 24–26 July | Baja Aragón |
| 7 | 14–16 August | Hungarian Baja |
| 8 | 28–30 August | Baja Poland |
| 9 | 3–9 October | Rallye OiLibya du Maroc |
| 10 | 22–24 October | Baja de Portalegre 500 |

## Results

| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Podium finishers | Podium finishers | Podium finishers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Round | Rally name | Rank | Driver | Car | Time |
| 1 | Baja Russia Northern Forest | 1 | Tapio Suominen Toni Näsman | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 3:37:10 |
| 1 | Baja Russia Northern Forest | 2 | Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 3:38:17 |
| 1 | Baja Russia Northern Forest | 3 | Reinaldo Varela Gustavo Gugelmin | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 3:44:27 |
| 2 | Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge | 1 | Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 14:52:48 |
| 2 | Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge | 2 | Erik van Loon Wouter Rosegaar | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 15:13:03 |
| 2 | Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge | 3 | Harry Hunt Andreas Schulz | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 15:43:36 |
| 3 | Sealine Cross-Country Rally | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 17:40:05 |
| 3 | Sealine Cross-Country Rally | 2 | Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 18:07:58 |
| 3 | Sealine Cross-Country Rally | 3 | Reinaldo Varela Gustavo Gugelmin | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 18:42:00 |
| 4 | Rallye des Pharaons | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 14:00:02 |
| 4 | Rallye des Pharaons | 2 | Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 14:06:35 |
| 4 | Rallye des Pharaons | 3 | Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 14:08:20 |
| 5 | Italian Baja | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 3:59:44 |
| 5 | Italian Baja | 2 | Reinaldo Varela Gustavo Gugelmin | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 4:01:08 |
| 5 | Italian Baja | 3 | Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 4:03:34 |
| 6 | Baja Aragón | 1 | Nani Roma Àlex Haro | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 8:41:41 |
| 6 | Baja Aragón | 2 | Orlando Terranova Bernardo Graue | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 8:44:38 |
| 6 | Baja Aragón | 3 | Mikko Hirvonen Michel Périn | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 8:45:01 |
| 7 | Hungarian Baja | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 6:19:42 |
| 7 | Hungarian Baja | 2 | Bernhard ten Brinke Tom Colsoul | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 6:34:30 |
| 7 | Hungarian Baja | 3 | Miroslav Zapletal Maciej Marton | H3 Evo VII | 6:35:31 |
| 8 | Baja Poland | 1 | Krzysztof Hołowczyc Łukasz Kurzeja | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 4:35:05 |
| 8 | Baja Poland | 2 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 4:42:37 |
| 8 | Baja Poland | 3 | Bernhard ten Brinke Tom Colsoul | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 4:43:58 |
| 9 | Rallye OiLibya du Maroc | 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel | Mini All4 Racing X-Raid | 14:18:18 |
| 9 | Rallye OiLibya du Maroc | 2 | Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 14:35:03 |
| 9 | Rallye OiLibya du Maroc | 3 | Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 14:35:32 |
| 10 | Baja de Portalegre 500 | 1 | Ricardo Porém Jorge Monteiro | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 5:31:18 |
| 10 | Baja de Portalegre 500 | 2 | Miguel Barbosa Miguel Ramalho | Mitsubishi Racing Lancer | 5:42:12 |
| 10 | Baja de Portalegre 500 | 3 | João Ramos Vítor de Jesus | Toyota Hilux Overdrive | 5:47:28 |

## Championship standings

In order to score points in the Cup classifications, competitors must register with the FIA before the entry closing date of the first rally/baja entered.

### Points system

* Points for final positions are awarded as per the following table:

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overall Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| T1/T2/T3 Points | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Double points are applied to Cross Country rallies |||||||||||

### Drivers' championship

Any driver is required to participate in at least one Baja and one Cross-Country event in order to be able to score points for the FIA World Cup.

| Pos | Driver | RUS | ABU | QAT | EGY | ITA | ESP | HUN | POL | MAR | POR | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | | | $1^{60}$ | $1^{60}$ | $1^{30}$ | | $1^{30}$ | $2^{21}$ | $1^{60}$ | | 261 |
| 2 | Vladimir Vasilyev | $2^{21}$ | $1^{60}$ | $2^{42}$ | $3^{32}$ | $3^{16}$ | | | $6^8$ | $2^{42}$ | | 221 |
| 3 | Reinaldo Varela | $3^{16}$ | | $3^{32}$ | $6^{16}$ | $2^{21}$ | $4^{12}$ | | | | | 97 |
| 4 | Marek Dąbrowski | $9^2$ | $5^{20}$ | $5^{20}$ | $4^{24}$ | $4^{12}$ | $8^4$ | Ret | $5^{10}$ | | | 92 |
| 5 | Miroslav Zapletal | $4^{12}$ | 18 | $4^{24}$ | $5^{20}$ | $5^{10}$ | 12 | $3^{16}$ | $9^2$ | | | 84 |
| 6 | Erik van Loon | $5^{10}$ | $2^{42}$ | | $7^{12}$ | | $6^8$ | | 11 | | | 72 |
| 7 | Harry Hunt | | $3^{32}$ | | | | | | | $7^{12}$ | | 44 |
| 8 | Bernhard ten Brinke | | | | | | | $2^{21}$ | $3^{16}$ | $9^4$ | | 41 |
| 9 | Adam Malysz | | $7^{12}$ | $6^{16}$ | | | | | $8^4$ | $8^8$ | | 40 |
| 10 | Yuriy Sazonov | $8^4$ | | $7^{12}$ | $8^8$ | $8^4$ | 31 | $6^8$ | 16 | $10^2$ | | 38 |
| 11 | Orlando Terranova | | $6^{16}$ | | | | $2^{21}$ | | | | | 37 |
| 12 | Mikko Hirvonen | | | | | | $3^{16}$ | | | $5^{20}$ | | 36 |
| 13 | Raul Orlandini | | | $13^6$ | $10^{12}$ | $11^5$ | $16^1$ | | $13^3$ | $13^6$ | | 33 |
| 14 | Denis Berezovskiy | $11^5$ | $14^2$ | | $13^6$ | $14^3$ | $13^3$ | $9^7$ | $12^5$ | | | 31 |
| 15 | Ricardo Porém | | | | | | | | | | $1^{30}$ | 30 |
| | Nani Roma | | | | | | $1^{30}$ | | | | | 30 |
| Pos | Driver | RUS | ABU | QAT | EGY | ITA | ESP | HUN | POL | MAR | POR | Points |

A total of 79 drivers have scored championship points.

