Dubai International Baja 2022: FIM Bajas World Cup finale to be played out in Dubai

FIM Bajas World Cup, round 8

After a season of seven events so far, the best riders in the FIM Bajas World Cup will gather in Dubai this week to compete in the Grand Final.
Only the two best results of the season have been retained by each rider and everything will, therefore, be decided on Friday (December 2nd) and Saturday (December 3rd) over 390km of competitive selective sections.
No less than 34 FIM motorcycles and six quads are on the official entry list, including five riders in the Women's category, three Juniors and seven Veterans.
Emirati rider Mohammed Al-Balooshi (KTM) currently tops the motorcycle category with 50 points, followed by Fabio Magalhães (Honda) on 45 and Konrad Dabrowski (Husqvarna) on 41. The young Pole is also the leader of the Junior category and has 50 points in his section, although he will be challenged in the UAE by Alex McInnes and Tobias Ebster, who have not scored points this season.
In the Women's category, Mirjam Pol (Husqvarna) holds the top spot with 50 points, followed by Joanna Modrzewska (Husqvarna) on 45, Margot Llobera Farre (KTM) on 36 and Alona Ben Natan (GasGas) with 25.
Pedro Bianchi Prata (Honda) arrives in Dubai with 50 points and leads the Veterans’ section, while Kurt Burroughs (KTM) has 45 and Barry Howe (KTM) is in third with 41 and Rui Ferreira (Honda) has 40. Norwegian Ola Floene and the UAE-based British duo of David McBride and David Mabbs haven't scored any points this season.
In quads, Abdulmajeed Al-Khulaifi (Yamaha) has amassed 50 points and his Saudi rivals, Hani Al-Noumesi (Yamaha) and Haitham Al-Tuwaijri (Yamaha), have 40 and 25 points, respectively.
Riders will pass the administrative and technical checks, followed by the official pre-event press conference and the ceremonial start on Thursday (December 1st).
On Friday, the first rider will start the opening selective section at 08.01hrs for a first run of 194.40km (SS1A and SS1B).
Saturday sees the second stage that will close out the championship. It runs for 195.98km (SS2A + SS2B) for a total of 390.38km of selective sections on the last FIM Baja of the season.

All results on Sportity code 22DIBMOTO

Source FIM
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