Auto-motorsport·Motorautosport·15 sep

Baja España Aragón: Successful weekend for X-raid

It was the second attempt at Baja España Aragón after the event had to be postponed in July due to an extreme risk of forest fires. The Baja forms part of both the FIA World Baja Cup and the FIA European Baja Cup. Lionel and Lucie Baud secured fifth place in the World Cup classification in their MINI JCW Rally 3.0d—even finishing fourth among the Ultimate vehicles. In the European Cup standings, two X-raid vehicles made it into the top 10: Maria Gameiro and Rosa Romero reached eighth place in the MINI JCW Rally 3.0d, ahead of their teammates Guillaume de Mévius and Mathieu Baumel in the MINI JCW Rally 3.0i. José Luis Garcia and Manuel Navarro narrowly missed the top 10 in 11th place driving their MINI JCW Rally 3.0i. Paul Schmidt and Jeannette Kvick took 11th place in the Challenger classification of the Baja España Aragón in the X-raid Fenic. For Schmidt, it was only his second rally-raid event ever.