2022 Baja Aragon: Al-Attiyah and Dani Sordo, two of the stars of the Baja España Aragón Troféu Avatel

The XXXVIII edition of the Baja España Aragón-Trofeo AVATEL will be again of record in its ninth consecutive year in Teruel. 165 teams will take part in the car category in this event, which counts towards the FIA World Cup of Cross Country Lowland Cross Country, in which Nasser Al-Attiyah, Dakar champion and current winner of the Baja, will be one of the main favorites to revalidate the victory.

He will be joined by Miroslav Zapletal and Yazeed Al-Rajhi, first and second overall in a World Cup. Other names that will be at this year's Baja España Aragón Trofeo AVATEL will be the Dutchman Erik Van Loon and the Argentinean Fernando Álvarez. The Spanish representation will be headed by Jesús Calleja, Félix Macías, José Antonio Ramos and Daniel Alonso, the latter two being the first two classified in the Spanish Off-Road Rally Championship.

The 38th edition of the Baja España Aragón Trofeo AVATEL will also be the debut of a world rally driver. Dani Sordo joins the large number of registered teams to face another challenge in his career. The Cantabrian, who has announced his retirement from the World Rally Championship at the end of the year, wanted to try out this Cross Country discipline.
wanted to try this Cross Country discipline and he will do it with his current co-driver in the WRC, the Galician Cándido Carrera.

Ickx, Munnings and Alobaidan, distinguished guests

The Teruel event will once again have a large number of women on the entry list. For example, the presence of Vanina Ickx, the daughter of one of the legends of Formula One, Jackie Ickx, stands out. In addition, Mashael Alobaidan repeats presence in the Baja España and joins again to the off road 'fever', the British Catherine Munnings, rider who currently competes in the Baja España.
Munnings, who currently competes in the Extreme E with the AndrettiUnited team.

Martin Maçik will once again be the reference in trucks after having won three times in the last four years. Winning will also be the goal of many of the 78 riders taking part in the motorcycle, quad and trail categories.

Lorenzo Santolino, Rui Gonçalves, Alexandre Giroud, Javi Vega and Konrad Dabrowski are some of the many Dakar riders who will be touring the regions of Teruel, Jiloca and Albarracín from Friday onwards. And also, in the new Trail category, two will be the references. Iván Cervantes and Joan Pedrero, both ambassadors of the Triumph and Harley-Davidson Triumph and Harley-Davidson brands.

This Friday will begin the administrative and technical verifications for the motorcycles that will open the competition with the first superspecial of the weekend in the surroundings of Teruel. The cars and trucks will carry out the verifications on Friday to dispute during Saturday and Sunday this 38th edition of the Baja España Aragón Trofeo AVATEL

Info: Automatic translation - Translated from the original Spanish version
Source: Baja Aragon
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