FIA World Baja Cup

An eight-round calendar will decide the outcome of the FIA World Baja Cup with the best six scores to count from the eight rounds. It has been harmonised with the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) to avoid date clashes and to provide competitors with a diverse calendar of challenging events on different surfaces.

Two sets of events in the Middle East bookend four Bajas in Europe with the four Middle Eastern Bajas also forming the FIA Middle East Baja Cup.

To help reduce shipping and logistical costs, the opening round will be the Ha’il-based Saudi Baja, which takes place through the An-Nafud desert less than two weeks after the Dakar Rally on January 29th-31st.

The Aqaba-based Jordan Baja moved to the earlier date of February 12th-14th and slots into the calendar before the start of the Holy Month of Ramadan. The event is organised by Jordan Motorsport and utilises stunning Martian-type terrain in nearby Wadi Rum.

After a near four-month gap, the series resumes in Greece in May with the first of four European Bajas. Events in Italy, Spain and Portugal follow in June, July and October.

Baja Greece graduated from the FIA European Baja Cup in 2024 and takes its place in the calendar on June 4th-7th. The Pordenone-based Italian Baja replaced Baja Poland in 2025 and moves back a week to June 25th-28th.

The Teruel-based Baja Spain Aragón will again be round five on July 23rd-26th and the European segment of the championship is rounded off by the ACP’s BP Ultimate Baja de Portalegre on the slightly earlier date of October 15th-18th.

The FIA World Baja Cup then returns to the Middle East for the Qatar International Baja on October 28th-31st and the finale in Dubai on the earlier date of November 5th-8th to avoid a date clash with the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.

FIA World Baja Cup events last no more than four days and offer two days of competition and a minimum of 350 competitive kilometres.

Titles will be awarded to Overall Drivers, Navigators and Teams, Ultimate Drivers and Navigators, Challenger, SSV and Stock Drivers and Navigators.

There will also be a Junior and Master Cup to reward younger and older drivers. To be eligible, a Junior must be under 26-years-old on January 1st, 2026 and must not be a Platinum or Gold driver. Master Cup entrants will be over 50 on January 1st, 2026 and not a Platinum or Gold driver either.

The revised points-scoring system assessed by the Cross-Country Rally Commission has been retained.

Points will now be awarded to registered competitors for each Baja by combining their final overall classification and group classification results. From first position to 15th and beyond, points will be awarded as follows: 30, 25, 20, 17, 15, 13, 11, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2, with one point allocated to retired crews.

Points will also be awarded to registered competitors (except Junior and Master) for each Baja stage by adding the points corresponding to their overall classification to their group classification. Five points will be awarded to first down to a single point for fifth.

Points will also be awarded to competitors after the Prologue (except Junior and Master) as above with three for the win and a single point for third.

The 2026 Cross-Country Rally Sporting Regulations are available here.