Baja World Cup season set for epic curtain closer in Dubai Khalid Ben Sulayem: Hamdan Bin Mohammed’s vision and patronage have been instrumental in cementing the Dubai International Baja’s reputation as one of the premier events on the global motorsport calendar Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,…
Overdrive Racing and Toyota Gazoo Racing took full advantage of the proximity of Portugal’s Baja TT Sharish Gin Reguengos de Monsaraz-Mourao to the forthcoming BP Rally-Raid Portugal. Over the weekend, the team carried out invaluable shakedown testing before the penultimate round of the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) at the end of the month. Three…
After an absence of nearly five months due to injury, Dakar Champion Yazeed Al Rajhi is set to return to the driver’s seat alongside his German co-driver Timo Gottschalk, competing once again in Baja Sharish “TT” as part of his preparation for the ambitious title defense at the Dakar Rally 2026.The Saudi-German duo will kick…
Overdrive Racing’s Juan Cruz Yacopini and Dani Oliveras took a major step towards FIA World Baja Cup glory by finishing fifth overall to secure maximum points in both the Ultimate class and the Drivers’ and Navigators’ Championships at the Teruel-based Baja Spain Aragon. The duo both now lead the eight-round series after five events. Poland’s…
Overdrive Racing’s Juan Cruz Yacopini and Martin Kaczmarski earned an impressive 1-2 finish in the demanding Pordenone-based Italian Baja, the fourth round of the 2025 FIA World Baja Cup. Yacopini, from Argentina, and his Spanish navigator Dani Oliveras won the Prologue and all five special stages on their way to a 6min 10.4sec victory. Poland’s…
MX Ride Dubai’s Mohammed Al-Balooshi (Husqvarna) and Hani Al-Noumesi (Yamaha) took another step towards FIM Bajas World Cup success with victories in the three-day Jordan Baja, round three of the 2025 FIM Bajas World Cup. Al-Balooshi’s fifth victory in the Hashemite Kingdom strengthens his position in the points’ standings as he attempts to defend his…
Final stage accident sidelines team-mates Al-Rajhi and Gottschalk Akeel and Duple bounce back from first day problems to finish 20th Overdrive Racing’s Juan Cruz Yacopini and his Spanish navigator Dani Oliveras earned their first FIA World Baja Cup victory with outright success on their first appearance at the Aqaba-based Jordan Baja. Maximum points on the…
Mohammed Al-Balooshi wins his fifth Jordan Baja to extend World Cup lead Challenger, SSV and Stock wins for Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari, Bakhashab and Al-Rabban Overdrive Racing’s Juan Cruz Yacopini and Dani Oliveras earned a narrow debut victory at the 6th Jordan Baja and moved into the lead in the 2025 FIA World Baja Cup, but their…
Al-Balooshi moves ahead of Eid and Horlemann in motorcycle category Challenger, SSV and Stock leads for Al-Attiyah, Bakhashab and Al-Rabban Overdrive Racing’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi and German co-driver Timo Gottschalk romped into a lead of 6min 16.3sec over team-mates Martin Kaczmarski and Armand Monleón after the first stage of the 6th Jordan Baja through Wadi Rum…
Demanding desert stage of 294.03km schedءuled in Wadi Rum on Friday Yazeed Al-Rajhi, Rafic Eid and Hani Al-Noumesi set the fastest times in the car, motorcycle and quad categories on the opening 5.15km Prologue stage of the 6th Jordan Baja at South Beach, near Aqaba, on Thursday afternoon. The success for Al-Rajhi and his co-driver…
