Media Information
Italian Baja 2018
21 June 2018
Italian Baja 2018 – Round 6, FIA Cross
Country Rally World Cup
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Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski aims for repeat success at Italian
Baja following his first ever win for MINI at last year’s event. -
Przygonski in a MINI John Cooper Works Rally arrives at
Italian Baja 2018 as leader of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup. -
Amos Eugenio and co-driver Filipe Palmeiro to crew second
MINI at Italian Baja 2018.
Munich. The 2018
FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup has arrived in Europe for
Italian Baja 2018. This year’s event is extra special to the
organising team as they celebrate the 25th anniversary of
this prestigious race, which combines the sixth round of the FIA
World Cup and the home country’s national rally Campionato Italiano.
Italian Baja 2018 will cover a total distance of 707.59km, of which
443.49km make up the timed special stages.
For Italian Baja 2018, Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski (POL) and co-driver
Tom Colsoul (BEL) will again be at the controls of a MINI John Cooper
Works Rally. Not only will this MINI Family pairing be looking to gain
additional points in order to maintain their lead of the 2018 FIA
Cross Country Rally World Cup, they will also be hoping to replicate
their win of Italian Baja 2017 – the scene of Przygonski’s first ever
race win for MINI Motorsport and motorsport partner X-raid.
Also competing at Italian Baja 2018 will be the MINI Family crew of
Eugenio Amos (ITA) and co-driver Filipe Palmeiro (POR). Their first
outing together in a MINI ALL4 Racing was at Abu Dhabi Desert
Challenge 2018 (Round 3). At that round, their car was unfortunately
delayed at customs, meaning there was no time for Amos to get
accustomed to the car or take part in pre-race shakedown tests. To
finish 18th overall was indeed a welcome result.
Race action from Italian Baja 2018 will commence on Friday
22nd June with a Super Special Stage of 8.12km. There then
follows Stages 1-3 on the Saturday, with Stages 4-5 and the end of
race ceremony on Sunday 24th June.
Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski: “This will be an important
race for us because we are leading the FIA World Cup classification
and we need to gain more and more points. Last year’s Baja Italy was
good for us because we won… so yes, we enjoy competing in Italy. We
will try to push; of course. The fight this year is really nice
between the top leaders. Italian Baja is not an easy race because it
is like a super sprint race rather than a long distance desert race.
We need to be focused every second because a mistake can easily be
made to lose many seconds.”
For more information about Italian Baja 2018, please visit the host’s
event home page here.
FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup 2018 calendar