Manuel Lucchese, who participated 4 times in the Dakar Rally in Malle Moto, secured 5th place in 2017 and 3rd place in 2016, returns to Sardegna Legend Rally. Apart from motorcycles, Manuel has also participated as a co-driver in the Dakar 2023. Currently, he leads the Middle East Baja Cup in the Co-drivers and achieved the title of the 2020 Qatar National Champion in the Co-Drivers.
Manuel served as the Yamaha Europe Project Manager for Tenere GYTR in 2021/2022 and Official Team Manager for the Yamaha Factory Tenere team in 2022.
Lucchese also holds titles such as the 2012 Baja World Champion in Motorbikes, the 2012 Cross Country World Championship 2nd Place in the Junior category, and being a three-time Italian National Rally Champion in Motorbikes.
🎤Sardegna Legend Rally is an amazing event to do with friends as it’s a noncompetitive rally where you can enjoy the beautiful trails of Sardinia, relaxing and finding good food stops along the way. Some of the tracks are the tracks of what was the World Rally Championship.
Manuel served as the Yamaha Europe Project Manager for Tenere GYTR in 2021/2022 and Official Team Manager for the Yamaha Factory Tenere team in 2022.
Lucchese also holds titles such as the 2012 Baja World Champion in Motorbikes, the 2012 Cross Country World Championship 2nd Place in the Junior category, and being a three-time Italian National Rally Champion in Motorbikes.
🎤Sardegna Legend Rally is an amazing event to do with friends as it’s a noncompetitive rally where you can enjoy the beautiful trails of Sardinia, relaxing and finding good food stops along the way. Some of the tracks are the tracks of what was the World Rally Championship.
Kostas Theologis, Baja Greece Director
🎤We are 10 days before the start of the 11th edition of Baja Greece and all members of Organizing Committee work on this ambitious project so to offer a world class event.
Baja Greece is for first time part of FIA World Baja Cup, replacing Italian Baja. It is considered a significant success for Greek motorsport and at the same moment we expect this to have huge impact on local community.
The center of the race is located in the city of “Argos Orestiko” in the region of Western Macedonia. A brand-new HQ building of 650sqm is constructed specifically for Baja Greece next to Service Park area.
On the sporting part of the race, we try to offer as much as possible to the competitors. So we have free access for Private Test, free Shakedown and a lot of amenities in Service Park such as free power supply and free car washing.
In this years’ event we provide a 560km of Selective Sections for a total itinerary of 820km. These numbers most probably placing Baja Greece as the longest and most challenging event of the season.
Just consider the fact that in W2RC of Portugal in last April the Selective Sections were 1035km run in 5 Stages while we introduce 560km in just 2 Stages.
Also we are proud to introduce the longest Selective Section ever run in Greece which will be 162km and is consisted from all types of terrain.
From fast “rally-style” parts to “Pikes-Peak” sections reaching 1900 meters altitude followed by twisty forest roads on the iconic mountain called “Vitsi”.
As Organizers we have mobilized a significant number of resources so to provide the safety of the competitors in all Selective Sections.
2024 Baja Greece is also a milestone for Bajas and Cross Country Rallies since it will be used for first time the digital roadbook “IRIS” provided by our trusty partner GEOTRAQ. Along with the traditional GPS Safety system “ComBox” and the overtake function, we are confident that crews’ task will become easier.
🎤We are 10 days before the start of the 11th edition of Baja Greece and all members of Organizing Committee work on this ambitious project so to offer a world class event.
Baja Greece is for first time part of FIA World Baja Cup, replacing Italian Baja. It is considered a significant success for Greek motorsport and at the same moment we expect this to have huge impact on local community.
The center of the race is located in the city of “Argos Orestiko” in the region of Western Macedonia. A brand-new HQ building of 650sqm is constructed specifically for Baja Greece next to Service Park area.
On the sporting part of the race, we try to offer as much as possible to the competitors. So we have free access for Private Test, free Shakedown and a lot of amenities in Service Park such as free power supply and free car washing.
In this years’ event we provide a 560km of Selective Sections for a total itinerary of 820km. These numbers most probably placing Baja Greece as the longest and most challenging event of the season.
Just consider the fact that in W2RC of Portugal in last April the Selective Sections were 1035km run in 5 Stages while we introduce 560km in just 2 Stages.
Also we are proud to introduce the longest Selective Section ever run in Greece which will be 162km and is consisted from all types of terrain.
From fast “rally-style” parts to “Pikes-Peak” sections reaching 1900 meters altitude followed by twisty forest roads on the iconic mountain called “Vitsi”.
As Organizers we have mobilized a significant number of resources so to provide the safety of the competitors in all Selective Sections.
2024 Baja Greece is also a milestone for Bajas and Cross Country Rallies since it will be used for first time the digital roadbook “IRIS” provided by our trusty partner GEOTRAQ. Along with the traditional GPS Safety system “ComBox” and the overtake function, we are confident that crews’ task will become easier.
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Tabuk Rally 2024. Car’s summary
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Moaaz Hariri won the Tabuk Toyota Rally, the second round of the Saudi Arabian Championship in the SSV category and shared his impressions about the race with Cross-Country Rally News.
🎤 Tabuk Rally was really wonderful and well-organized by SAMF. I enjoyed it through speedy tracks, diverse terrain, and stunning nature views. In this rally, we faced some challenges in terms of navigation and directions, as well as maintaining high speed for a long time, which may cause damage to the car. In the end, we are happy with the result that we obtained first place in the SSV category and fourth place in the overall standings. I extend my thanks to the organizers, sponsors, and supporters for their trust and assistance in this rally, and I promise to provide more in the future.
🎤 Tabuk Rally was really wonderful and well-organized by SAMF. I enjoyed it through speedy tracks, diverse terrain, and stunning nature views. In this rally, we faced some challenges in terms of navigation and directions, as well as maintaining high speed for a long time, which may cause damage to the car. In the end, we are happy with the result that we obtained first place in the SSV category and fourth place in the overall standings. I extend my thanks to the organizers, sponsors, and supporters for their trust and assistance in this rally, and I promise to provide more in the future.
Männama & Lepik won the MudEST RallyRaid in Estonia
On May 11, Ida-Viru County (northeastern Estonia) hosted the traditional MudEST competition, which has been organized at least since 2018.
There were 61 competitors starting the race - 10 in the Car Open category, 12 in the UTV/SSV category, 7 on ATVs and 32 on bikes (they were divided into two groups based on weight, MOTO<180kg and MOTO>180kg). Representation by country - Estonia (46 participants), Lithuania (9), Latvia (4), Poland (1), Finland (1).
The overall winner was the crew of Urvo Männama and Risto Lepik on the Can-Am Maverick R.
Interviews: Urvo Männama, Jonas Raudeliunas, Hardo Mere, Rytis Juodsnukis, Andrei Rudnitski.
https://medium.com/@crosscountryrally/big-adventure-in-estonia-6671837c3d08
On May 11, Ida-Viru County (northeastern Estonia) hosted the traditional MudEST competition, which has been organized at least since 2018.
There were 61 competitors starting the race - 10 in the Car Open category, 12 in the UTV/SSV category, 7 on ATVs and 32 on bikes (they were divided into two groups based on weight, MOTO<180kg and MOTO>180kg). Representation by country - Estonia (46 participants), Lithuania (9), Latvia (4), Poland (1), Finland (1).
The overall winner was the crew of Urvo Männama and Risto Lepik on the Can-Am Maverick R.
Interviews: Urvo Männama, Jonas Raudeliunas, Hardo Mere, Rytis Juodsnukis, Andrei Rudnitski.
https://medium.com/@crosscountryrally/big-adventure-in-estonia-6671837c3d08
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Männama & Lepik won the MudEST RallyRaid in Estonia
By Stephan Wolf
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Available for rent:
✅️ Hungarian Baja
✅️FIA European Baja Cup
✅️National Championship
✴️The car is fitted with many modifications allowing to face tough Cross-Country and Baja rallies.
🔝The endurance of Dusters is extremely high. Over 80% of cars are always at the finish line!
Feel free to contact us:
📧 [email protected]
📱+48 570 370 101
European Baja Cup Classification after the Baja TT Dehesa Extremadura
Overall Drivers
1. Tomasz Białkowski 48
2. Joao Ferreira 46
3. Rui Carneiro 44
Overall Co-drivers
1. Dariusz Baśkiewicz
2. Filipe Palmeiro
3. Ola Floene
Ultimate Drivers
1. Joao Ferreira 46
2. Francisco Barreto 41
3. Benediktas Vanagas 29
Ultimate Co-drivers
1. Filipe Palmeiro 46
2. Carlos Duarte 41
3. Kuldar Sikk 29
Challenger Drivers
1. Rui Carneiro 44
2. Alexandre Pinto 38
3. Armindo Araujo 32
Challenger Co-driver
1. Ola Floene 44
2. Bernardo Oliveira 38
3. Pedro Pe 32
SSV Drivers
1. Tomasz Bialkowski 48
2. Fidel Castillo Ruiz 40
3. Miquel Prat Martinez 29
SSV Co-drivers
1. Dariusz Baskiewicz 48
2. Marcin Terradellas 40
3. Daniel Carreras 29
Teams:
1. G RALLY TEAM 68
2. SANTAG RACING 55
3. X-RAID MINI JCW TEAM 46
Overall Drivers
1. Tomasz Białkowski 48
2. Joao Ferreira 46
3. Rui Carneiro 44
Overall Co-drivers
1. Dariusz Baśkiewicz
2. Filipe Palmeiro
3. Ola Floene
Ultimate Drivers
1. Joao Ferreira 46
2. Francisco Barreto 41
3. Benediktas Vanagas 29
Ultimate Co-drivers
1. Filipe Palmeiro 46
2. Carlos Duarte 41
3. Kuldar Sikk 29
Challenger Drivers
1. Rui Carneiro 44
2. Alexandre Pinto 38
3. Armindo Araujo 32
Challenger Co-driver
1. Ola Floene 44
2. Bernardo Oliveira 38
3. Pedro Pe 32
SSV Drivers
1. Tomasz Bialkowski 48
2. Fidel Castillo Ruiz 40
3. Miquel Prat Martinez 29
SSV Co-drivers
1. Dariusz Baskiewicz 48
2. Marcin Terradellas 40
3. Daniel Carreras 29
Teams:
1. G RALLY TEAM 68
2. SANTAG RACING 55
3. X-RAID MINI JCW TEAM 46
📖Al-Rajhi & Gottschalk victory march in Saudi Arabia
By Stephan Wolf
After a break of nearly three months, the Saudi TOYOTA Rally Championship has restarted with the second round of the series, the Tabuk Toyota Rally, taking place May 9–11.
The main favourites of the race, the Saudi-German crew of Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Timo Gottschalk on the Toyota Hilux Overdrive T1+, had a complete advantage. They won the prologue, both special stages and became the winners of the Tabuk Rally with a lead of over a quarter of an hour.
Interviews: Yazeed Al-Rajhi, Moaaz Hariri, Annie Seel, Esraa Aldkheil, Orjwan Ammar, Hani Alnoumesi
https://medium.com/@crosscountryrally/al-rajhi-gottschalk-victory-march-in-saudi-arabia-c83757d2ecc8
By Stephan Wolf
After a break of nearly three months, the Saudi TOYOTA Rally Championship has restarted with the second round of the series, the Tabuk Toyota Rally, taking place May 9–11.
The main favourites of the race, the Saudi-German crew of Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Timo Gottschalk on the Toyota Hilux Overdrive T1+, had a complete advantage. They won the prologue, both special stages and became the winners of the Tabuk Rally with a lead of over a quarter of an hour.
Interviews: Yazeed Al-Rajhi, Moaaz Hariri, Annie Seel, Esraa Aldkheil, Orjwan Ammar, Hani Alnoumesi
https://medium.com/@crosscountryrally/al-rajhi-gottschalk-victory-march-in-saudi-arabia-c83757d2ecc8
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Al-Rajhi & Gottschalk victory march in Saudi Arabia
By Stephan Wolf
Baja Italy 2024: Rally Guide in our Rally-Raid Group (pdf file).
- @rallyraidgroup, topic European Baja Cup
OR link:
https://www.tg-me.com/rallyraidgroup/16396/17693
- @rallyraidgroup, topic European Baja Cup
OR link:
https://www.tg-me.com/rallyraidgroup/16396/17693