Hungarian Baja 2021:Shooting range await the HunGarian Baja competitors

Yasir Seaidan and Alexey Kuzmich maintain a commanding lead in the FIA World Cup standings, the Saudi Arabian/Russian crew amassing two victories together so far this season. As such, the MINI John Cooper Works Rally crew head the provisional entry list and are gunning for World Cup glory with four rounds remaining. Fellow compatriot Yazeed Al Rajhi is however chasing hard and he and British co-driver Michael Orr need another top result to close the gap and mount an assault on the title. The two Saudi Arabian drivers are split by 27.5 points as the series heads into the second half of its season.
 
Regular contenders Miroslav Zapletal and Marek Sykora will once again be in action in their Ford F150 Evo, the Czech/Slovak crew needing a repeat of their second place on March’s Sharqiyah International Baja to boost their points tally. Poland’s Krzysztof Hołowczyc and Lukasz Kurzeja make their second consecutive outing in the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas and will be piloting X-Raid’s MINI John Cooper Works Rally in Hungary.
 
Michal and Julita Małuszyński are in another MINI, and Pál Lónyai and Attila Csató fly the flag for Hungary as the lead national crew on the entry list in their LPR Porsche Macan ahead of three other T1 entries. T3 is headed by Santiago Navarro and Marc Sola in an Overdrive OT3. The Spaniard finished third on his lasting outing on home territory and needs a top result to close the gap to Dania Akeel, the Saudi Arabian driver leading the T3 standings. She has entered an RM Sport Mamba in the category for Hungary. Mshari Al-Thefiri and Nasser Al-Kuwari head the T4 category standings by six points over Frenchman Claude Fournier, the Kuwaiti with four second places to on  his record. Saleh Al-Saif and Sébastien Delaunay are entered in a BRP Can-Am Maverick XRS, as are Alexandre and Pedro Ré, category winners last time out on Baja España Aragon.

 
Thirteen FIM motorcycle riders and six FIM quads are expected to pass administration and technical checks at Suzuki Meszaros in Várpalota – near the famous Lake Balaton.

Riders will compete over a total of seven selective sections, including four on Saturday and a further two on Sunday, for a total of 604.97 km of which 454.75 km will be timed against the clock.
While Michek and the Hero duo of Rodrigues and Bühler fight it out for overall honors, Konrad Dabrowski (KTM) is the sole Junior entrant at the Hungarian Baja. Mathieu Doveze (KTM) finished sixth in Baja Spain Aragôn and registered his entry at the last minute.

In the quad category, we also find the two Saudi Arabian riders, Haitham Al-Tuwayjri and Faisal Al-Suwayh, who hold first and second in the provisional classification of the 2021 FIM Bajas World Cup.
 
RALLY DATA

• Total distance - 604.97 km
• Selective section distance - 454.75 km
• Number of special stages - 7

LEADING ENTRIES (CARS)

• Yasir Seaidan/Alexey Kuzmich - MINI John Cooper Works Rally
• Yazeed Al Rajhi/Michael Orr - Toyota Hilux Overdrive
• Miroslav Zapletal/Marek Sykora - Ford F150 Evo
• Krzysztof Hołowczyc/Łukasz Kurzeja - MINI John Cooper Works Rally
• Michal Małuszyński/Julita Małuszyński - MINI John Cooper Works Rally
• Pál Lónyai/Attila Csató - LPR Porsche Macan
• Zdenek Porizek/Pavel Vaculik - Ford F150 Evo
• Pedro Dias da Silva/Jose Sa Pires - Ford Ranger EXR Proto
• Wlodzimierz Grajek/Szymon Marciniuk - BMW X5
• Santiago Navarro/Marc Sola - Overdrive OT3 (T3)

Source Hungarian Baja