2014 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship explained

The 2014 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship season was the 12th season of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship. The Spanish Marc Coma won his second title, after the last event.^[1]

Calendar

The calendar for the 2014 season featured six rallies.^[2] Some of the rallies were also part of FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup.

Round	Dates	Rally name
1	4–10 April	Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge
2	20–25 April	Sealine Cross-Country Rally
3	18–25 May	Rallye des Pharaons
4	7–12 June	Sardegna Rally Race
5	21–30 August	Rallye dos Sertões
6	3–9 October	OiLibya Rally

The third event, Rallye des Pharaons after being cancelled in 2013, in 2014 the official teams refused to take part in the race claiming security still remaining after Egyptian Revolution of 2011.^[3]

Results

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rank	Driver	Bike	Time
1	Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge^[4]	1	Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	16h57m47s
2		Marc Coma	KTM	16h58m07s
3		Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	17h06m31s

2	Sealine Cross-Country Rally^[5]	1	Joan Barreda Bort	Honda	20h28m46s
2		Marc Coma	KTM	20h30m09s
3		Hélder Rodrigues	Honda	20h30m36s

3	Rallye des Pharaons	1	Juan Carlos Salvatierra	Speedbrain	19h20m47s
2		Nicolás Cardona	Yamaha	20h04m48s
3		Rafael Eraso	Yamaha	21h36m10s

4	Sardegna Rally Race^[6]	1	Alessandro Botturi	Husqvarna	15h11m05s
2		Marc Coma	KTM	15h18m49s
3		Gerard Farres	Gas Gas	15h23m26s

5	Rallye dos Sertões	1	Marc Coma	KTM	18h21m51s
2		Paulo Gonçalves	Honda	18h25m14s
3		Jean Azevedo	Honda	18h35m56s

6	OiLibya Rally	1	Marc Coma	KTM	17h37m58s
2		Sam Sunderland	KTM	17h43m26s
3		Hélder Rodrigues	Honda	17h50m11s

Drivers' Championship

Points for final position are awarded as in following table

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	rest
Points	20	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Bonus Points: All riders taking the start of the first stage of the final event, inscribed in the calendar of the FIM Cross Country Rally World Championship, will be awarded 10 points.

Pos	Driver	ABU	QAT	PHA	SAR	SER	MAR	Points
1	Marc Coma	2¹⁷	2¹⁷		2¹⁷	1²⁰	1³⁰	101
2	Paulo Gonçalves	1²⁰	5¹¹		4¹³	2¹⁷	Ret¹⁰	71
3	Joan Barreda Bort	3¹⁵	1²⁰		6¹⁰		4²³	68
4	Hélder Rodrigues	7⁹	3¹⁵			4¹³	3²⁵	62
5	Jordi Viladoms	4¹³	4¹³			5¹¹	6²⁰	57
6	Ruben Faria		9⁷		7⁹	8⁸	5²¹	45
7	Sam Sunderland					6¹⁰	2²⁷	37
8	Jakub Piątek	9⁷	7⁹		17¹		14¹²	29
9	Santosh Chunchungguppes	10⁶	8⁸				22¹¹	25
10	Juan Carlos Salvatierra			1²⁰	19¹			21

127 Drivers have been classified

Notes and References

Web site: Coma winner and champion News Cross-Country Rallies World Championships Sport Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme . 2014-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141017193143/http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/cross-country-rallies/news/news-detail/article/1412927951-coma-winner-and-champion/ . 2014-10-17 . dead .
Web site: Events Cross-Country Rallies World Championships Sport Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme . 2014-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140506073653/http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/cross-country-rallies/events . 2014-05-06 . dead .
http://autosport.pt/rali-dos-faraos-sem-portugueses=f122287 Rallye des Pharaons absence
Web site: Archived copy . 2014-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140421064527/http://www.abudhabidesertchallenge.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Cars%20Final%20Classification%20After%20SS5.pdf . 2014-04-21 . dead .
Web site: Archived copy . 2014-04-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140429045920/http://www.qmmf.com/uploads/2014%20-%20SCCR%20-%20Leg%205%20-%20Moto.zip . 2014-04-29 . dead .
http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/cross-country-rallies/events/sport-event-detail/results/item/round/v2-round-1586/ FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship - Italy