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Baja Aragon 2018
18 July 2018
Baja Aragon 2018 – Round 7, FIA Cross Country
Rally World Cup
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Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski and co-driver Tom Colsoul prepared
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MINI John Cooper Works Rally driver Przygonski aims for top
three finish to consolidate his lead of the FIA Cross Country
Rally World Cup. - 2018 is the 35th edition of Baja Aragon.
Munich. The seventh round of 2018
FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup is the long established Baja
Aragon, which celebrates its 35th year of being a leading
venue for cross-country rally action. The 2018 edition of Baja
Aragon is also the sixth time the event has been held in and around
the mountain regions of Teruel, eastern Spain – a location that will
provide MINI Motorsport and motorsport partner X-raid’s engineers
with excellent chassis and engine feedback as part of the
preparation for Dakar 2019.
Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski (POL) and co-driver Tom Colsoul (BEL)
currently lead the 2018 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup. The MINI
Family crew have dominated the race action in this year’s World Cup,
but with four rounds of the season still to go, they are aware they
have to keep amassing points to keep their MINI John Cooper Works
Rally ahead of a very determined chasing pack.
2017 was the first time Przygonski had competed within Baja Aragon.
His race result was sixth overall and only minutes off the race
winning time, so he knows only too well that Baja Aragon will produce
close, competitive racing.
Baja Aragon 2018 comes to life on Thursday 19th July with
scrutineering of cars and motorcycles and their crews/riders. Race
action begins Friday 20th July with a Special Stage of
13.46km. Three more stages will follow, with Stage 4 being the last to
run on Sunday 22nd July. Of the 809.92 racing kilometres,
521.42km will be off-road Special Stages, where a race can be won or
lost depending on conditions and, of course, a little bit of Lady Luck.
Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski: “2017 was the year I made my
Baja Aragon debut and I learned that it is not an easy event. Tom and
I will have to push from the start in order to score as many points as
possible. The battle for the 2018 FIA World Cup title is fun but it is
also proving to be extremely close right to the end.”
For more information about Baja Aragon 2018, please visit the host’s
event home page here.
FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup 2018 calendar