Baja Hungary: Two MINI ALL4 Racing on the podium // Vasilyev defends his overall lead in the World Cup.

Press Release.

18 August 2014.

Baja Hungary: Two MINI ALL4 Racing on the podium // Vasilyev defends his overall lead in the World Cup .

Munich (DE). MINI and the Monster Energy X-raid Team finished the seventh round in the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies on the podium. Orlando Terranova/Rolando Bernardo Graue (AR/AR) and Vladimir Vasilyev/Konstantin Zhiltsov (RU/RU) crossed the line in 2nd and 3rd position behind winner Nasser Al-Attiyah (QT) after a tough challenge of 600kms.

Five special stages on two days took the participants through extremely difficult terrain around the city of Pápa, about one hour’s drive to the north of Lake Balaton. The MINI ALL4 Racing once again proved to be very reliable and quick under very tough conditions.

“To finish second at the Hungarian Baja is a good result,” Terranova said after the rally event. “This rally is one of the shortest on the calendar but it’s far from being easy. Many parts of the stages were really muddy, so you could get stuck quite easily. But the MINI ALL4 Racing is really nice to drive, I had a lot of fun, it’s just a great car and really reliable. I didn’t have any problems.”

Aidyn Rakhimbayev/Anton Nicolaev (KZ/RU) finished the Hungarian Baja in a strong 5th position. Vasilyev/Zhiltsov are still leading the overall classification in the World Cup. The next round of the World Cup for Cross Country Rallies, the Baja Poland, will be held from 28 to 30 August. 



Provisional 2014 Baja Hungary final standings (top five):

1. Al-Attiyah/Baumel (QT/FR) Toyota  – 4h 04m 34s
2. Terranova/ Graue (AR/AR) MINI ALL4 Racing – 4h 04m 51s
3. Vasilyev/Zhiltsov (AR/ES) MINI ALL4 Racing – 4h 16m 43s
4. Zapletal/Marton (CZ/CZ) H3 – 4h 23m 04s
5. Rakhimbayev/Nicolaev (KZ/RU) MINI ALL4 Racing – 4h 29m 29s

MINI driver line-up at the 2014 Baja Hungary.

#201 MINI ALL4 Racing.

X-raid Team

Vladimir Vasilyev/Konstantin Zhiltsov (RU/RU)

#207 MINI ALL4 Racing.

X-raid Team

Orlando Terranova/Rolando Bernardo Graue (AR/AR)

#208 MINI ALL4 Racing.

X-raid Team

Krzysztof Holowczyc/Moi Torrallardona (PL/ES)


#218 MINI ALL4 Racing.

X-raid Team

Aidyn Rakhimbayev/Anton Nicolaev (KZ/RU).

Race calendar: FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies.

14/02 – 16/02 Baja Russia
13/03 – 16/03 Baja Italy
06/04 – 10/04 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge
20/04 – 25/04 Sealine Cross-Country Rally Qatar
18/05 – 25/05 Pharaons Rally Egypt
18/07 – 20/07 Baja Aragón
14/08 – 16/08 Baja Hungary
28/08 – 30/08 Baja Poland
03/10 – 09/10 Rally Morocco
30/10 – 02/11 Baja Portugal

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