Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Ferreira and Palmeiro safe last-gasp debut victory and most FIA European Baja Cup factors at Baja Spain Aragón
On their debut in a Toyota Hilux IMT Evo with Toyota Gazoo Racing and SVR Racing, the Portuguese pairing managed to complete third on the ultimate stage and edge victory by simply two seconds from Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and his new Belgian navigator Fabian Lurquin. In a single day chief Al-Attiyah misplaced very important seconds within the closing a part of the stage and needed to accept second place in his Dacia Sandrider on this fifth spherical of the 2025 FIA World and European Baja Cups.
Ferreira stated: “I’m tremendous joyful as a result of we managed to beat Nasser and win the race by two seconds. It was tremendous tight. Filipe did an incredible job and I additionally need to congratulate SVR, my workforce and Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa for the efficiency. I’m getting used to the automotive increasingly. Possibly some holidays at times our subsequent problem will likely be a spherical of the Portuguese Championship.”
Al-Attiyah added: “It was not simple for us. We needed to win this race and completed second by two seconds. This was the primary time at this occasion with our Dacia Sandrider. Now we focus our consideration on the subsequent race in Portugal (W2RC).”
Ferreira suffered a late scare when it was found at post-event scrutineering that the rear wheel journey on the Toyota exceeded 350mm. Various measurements got with three completely different measuring gadgets that confirmed fluctuations between zero and 4 millimetres. On account of the completely different measurements, occasion Stewards determined to impose a suspended disqualification on the profitable crew till the top of the season, supplied that there isn’t a additional breach of an identical nature.
Spaniard Joan ‘Nani’ Roma (Ford Raptor) and Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Saood Variawa completed third and fourth total however, like Al-Attiyah, weren’t registered for FIA factors.
Overdrive Racing’s Juan Cruz Yacopini was fifth total in his Overdrive Racing Toyota Hilux and earned most factors in the direction of the Final class and the Drivers’ Championship within the FIA World Baja Cup. The Argentine now leads the general sequence from Czech racer Miroslav Zapletal along with his accomplice Dani Oliveras extending his benefit within the Navigators’ Championship.
Portugal’s Francisco Barreto and Carlos Silva moved as much as third within the Final class standings after rounding off the highest 10 and choosing up factors for ending second of the FIA World Baja Cup crews of their Toyota Hilux.
Mitchel Van Den Brink and Bart van Heun delivered one other sturdy efficiency of their South Racing Can-Am Maverick R. The Dutch crew completed Twenty fifth, third of the registered FIA World Baja Cup crews and claimed most factors within the SSV part to maneuver forward of the absent Paul Severn and Max Delfino within the factors’ standings. Crew-mates Eugenio Amos and Paulo Ceci retired on the ultimate stage.
It was a disappointing occasion for Miroslav Zapletal in his Ford F-150 Evo. The Czech completed the occasion down in thirty eighth place however nonetheless picked up factors for fourth within the FIA World Baja Cup and was third within the Final part along with his navigator Marek Sykora. That enabled the veteran to extend his lead within the Grasp class.
Oman’s Hamed Al-Wahaibi was categorised in thirty ninth place with Austrian navigator Ilka Minor and picked up factors for second place in SSV and fifth within the FIA World Baja Cup after two punctures and time losses within the mud. The end result enabled the Omani to remain within the title hunt with two of his six designated occasions nonetheless to go.
Diego Martinez (Can-Am) and Amerigo Ventura (Yamaha) have been third and fourth of the SSV drivers registered for the FIA World Baja Cup. Ventura suffered ongoing gearbox issues that price him precious time.
Regardless of ending nicely down the final classification in 62nd, UAE-based Sergei Remennik picked up most Challenger factors in the direction of the FIA World Baja Cup with navigator Aleksei Ignatov. That marked the third most factors haul of the season for the Taurus driver and enabled him to shut the hole on chief Khalid Al-Jafla.
Fernando Barreiros and Jose Sá Pires received the Inventory part for sequence manufacturing cross-country automobiles in an Isuzu D-Max and moved right into a duel with the absent Saudi driver Majed Al-Thunayyan for title honours.
The occasion was based mostly out of the city of Teruel within the Aragón province of Spain and the ultimate 93-car begin checklist included 24 entered within the Final class, 39 operating in Challenger, 28 entered within the SSV part and two within the Inventory class for series-production cross-country automobiles. Of these, 11 have been registered within the FIA World Baja Cup and 10 opted for the FIA European Baja Cup.
After ending fourth on the Prologue stage behind Ferreira, Eryk Goczal and Martin Kaczmarski, Roma guided his M-Sport Ford Rally Crew Raptor to the quickest time on the opening 132.11 particular stage. The Spaniard carved out a slender lead of 8.8 seconds over Al-Attiyah with Ferreira in third.
Neither Overdrive Racing’s Martin Kaczmarski nor Challenger front-runner Al-Jafla have been in a position to full the stage and retired. It was solely a minor blow for Al-Jafla, who led the Challenger part, was second within the Grasp class and third within the total Drivers’ Championship earlier than the beginning however had not registered for FIA World Baja Cup factors in Spain.
First blood within the Challenger and SSV classes went to Rui Carneiro (OT3) and Alexandre Pinto (Polaris).
Ferreira beat Al-Attiyah by simply half a second on the second stage of 199.48km on Saturday afternoon however the Dacia manufacturing facility driver retained a lead of 13.1 seconds to take into the in a single day halt. Roma slipped to 3rd, forward of Yacopini, Variawa and Marek Goczal in a trio of Toyotas.
Charles Munster (Taurus) received the stage in Challenger however Fidel Castillo (Taurus) led the class on the evening halt. Gonçalo Guerreiro (Polaris) claimed the quickest time within the SSVs and moved forward of Pinto within the total standings.
After struggling severe brake points on the opening stage, former FIA Baja champion Fernando Alvarez was compelled out of the second particular with electrical points, as have been FIA World Baja Cup Challenger class front-runners Lőrinc Mészáros and Tiago Reis. Eryk Goczal additionally retired his Energylandia Rally Crew Toyota with a sheared suspension bolt.
A 3rd stage of 232.11km rounded off the aggressive motion earlier than the end in Teruel. Luís Cidade (Can-Am) and Rui Carneiro (OT3) didn’t begin the final day.
A resurgent Eryk Goczal claimed the quickest time on the final stage from occasion winner Ferreira. Charles Munster (Taurus) and Guerriero earned the general laurels within the Challenger and SSV classes with the stage wins falling to Pau Navarro (Taurus) and Pinto.
Triumphant Ferreira and Palmeiro prevail within the FIA European Baja Cup
Outright victory for Ferreira and Palmeiro catapulted the Portuguese duo into competition for the Final class prize within the FIA European Baja Cup this season and enabled them to shut the hole on chief Magdalena Zając and her navigator Czekan Błażej, who completed down in fourth of the Final crews.
It was additionally a robust occasion for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Baltics crew of Benediktas Vanagas and Aisvydas Paliukenas. The Lithuanians completed eighth total and second within the FIA European Baja Cup and Final class standings.
Vanagas stated: “P8, however to be within the prime 10 on this race was a very good factor. I’m a fan of this race. I feel it is extremely good by way of tracks and competitors. The tempo we had was good. Now we look forward to the occasion in Hungary.”
Denis Krotov and Konstantin Zhiltsov registered for FIA European Baja Cupo factors of their X-Raid Mini JCW 3.0i and completed twenty first total and third within the factors’ standings for the general championship and the Final class.
Within the absence of a number of of their SSV rivals, Briton Sean Haran and his navigator Martin Hales guided their Polaris RXR Professional R Sport to thirty second total and picked up most factors within the class to maneuver ever nearer to the absent front-runner Yağiz Birinci within the Drivers’ Championship. Afonso Oliveira and Fabio Belo have been second within the SSVs of their Polaris and that enabled Oliveira to maneuver forward of Birinci within the SSV title race.
Oliveira stated: “We acquired the primary place within the European Championship and within the Juniors. It was laborious however enjoyable. Now we are going to proceed the battle for the title in Hungary.”
The Spanish duo of Miguel Angel Valero and Carlos Ruiz picked up most Challenger class factors in the direction of the FIA European Baja Cup of their VN Competición T34 and prolonged their lead over Lőrinc Mészáros and Tiago Reis within the standings. Valero additionally stayed in competition for Grasp Driver honours.
The Polish crew of Barthomiej Wajzer and Ernest Górecki continued to plod on in the direction of FIA European Baja Cup honours. They clinched the Inventory class title in a Toyota Land Cruiser KDJ 155 with a fifth successive most factors haul this yr and stay in competition for total honours. Wajzer additionally prevails within the Grasp class.
Górecki stated: “We did our job. We achieved the utmost quantity of factors we might get. Bartek did nice. There have been no issues. It was a pleasant, tough rally, quick, gradual and large stones. It was very simple to complete off the observe or with a damaged wheel.”
The 2025 FIA European Baja Cup continues with the twenty second Hungarian Baja on August Fifteenth-Seventeenth, whereas the FIA World Baja Cup resumes with the BP Final Baja Portalegre 500 in Portugal on October Twenty third-Twenty fifth.
2025 Baja Spain Aragón – ultimate end result:
1. João Ferreira (POR)/Filipe Palmeiro (POR) Toyota Hilux IMT Evo 5hr 50min 39.6sec+
2. Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Fabian Lurquin (BEL) Dacia Sandrider 5hr 50min 41.6sec
3. Joan ‘Nani’ Roma (ESP)/Alex Haro (ESP) Ford Raptor 5hr 52min 21.6sec
4. Saood Variawa (RSA)/François Cazalet (FRA) Toyota Hilux IMT Evo 5hr 57min 04.8sec
5. Juan Cruz Yacopini (ARG)/Daniel Oliveras (ESP) Toyota Hilux Overdrive 5hr 59min 12.2sec*
6. Martin Prokop (CZE)/Viktor Chytka (CZE) Ford Raptor T1+ 6hr 03min 49.4sec
7. Marek Goczal (POL)/Maciej Marton (POL) Toyota Hilux IMT Evo 6hr 03min 55.6sec
8. Benediktas Vanagas (LTU)/Aisvydas Paliukenas (LTU) Toyota Hilux 6hr 05min 37.0sec+
9. Lionel Baud (FRA)/Lucie Baud (FRA) Mini JCW Rally 3.0d 6hr 05min 55.4sec
10. Francisco Barreto (POR)/Carlos Silva (POR) Toyota Hilux 6hr 06min 42.7sec*
11. Michal Goczal (POL)/Daniel Dymurski (POL) Toyota Hilux IMT Evo 6hr 07min 49.6sec
12. Felix Macias (ESP)/José-Luis Conde (ESP) Toyota Hilux Overdrive 6hr 10min 02.9sec
13. Gonçalo Guerreiro (POR)/Joel Lutas (POR) Polaris RXR Professional R Sport 6hr 10min 14.9sec
14. Charles Munster (LUX)/Loris Pascaud (FRA) Taurus T3 Max 6hr 11min 17.9sec
15. Alexandro Pinto (POR)/Bernardo Oliveira (POR) Polaris RXR Professional R Sport 6hr 11min 32.4sec
16. Pau Navarro (ESP)/Jan Rosa (ESP) Taurus T3 Max 6hr 13min 58.5sec
17. Fidel Castillo (ESP)/Candido Carrera (ESP) Taurus T3 Max 6hr 14min 08.2sec
18. Puck Klaassen (RSA)/Augusto Sanz (ARG) G-ECKO Challenger One 6hr 15min 33.8sec
19. Jourdan Serderidis (BEL)/Fréderic Miclotte (BEL) Ford Raptor 6hr 16min 09.5sec
20. Santiago Carnicer (ESP)/Sergio Peinado (ESP) Toyota Hilux Overdrive 6hr 16min 43.9sec
21. Denis Krotov (KGZ)/Konstantin Zhiltsov (ISR) Mini JCW Rally 3.0i 6hr 17min 02.9sec+
22. João Monteiro (POR)/Nuno Morais (POR) Can-Am Maverick R 6hr 17min 22.0sec
23. Cristina Gutiérrez (ESP)/Pablo Moreno (ESP) Taurus T3 Max 6hr 17min 51.9sec
24. Pim Klaassen (NED)/Wade Harris (RSA) Taurus T3 Max 6hr 18min 28.2sec
25. Mitchel Van Den Brink (NED)/Bart van Heun (NED) Can-Am Maverick R 6hr 19min 34.0sec*
26. Laia Sanz (ESP)/Luka Larrosa (ESP) Taurus T3 Max 6hr 19min 37.2sec
27. Charles Tuthill (GBR)/Alex Sabater (ESP) Oryx T3 Evo2 6hr 21min 19.4sec
28. Romuald Lasne (FRA)/Delphine Delfino (FRA) Can-Am Maverick X3 6hr 22min 05.1sec
29. Daniel Alonso (ESP)/Alejandro Lopez (ESP) Ford Ranger 6hr 22min 43.6sec
30. Andre Lotterer (MON)/Alexandre Giroud (FRA) Taurus T3 Max 6hr 23min 15.3sec
31. Yannick Panagiotis (FRA)/Valérie Panagiotis (FRA) Apache APH-03 6hr 24min 05.8sec
32. Sean Haran (GBR)/Martin Hales (GBR) Polaris RXR Professional R Sport 6hr 24min 10.1sec+
33. Ruben Rodrigues (POR)/Rui Paulo (POR) Can-Am Maverick R 6hr 24min 23.9sec
34. Pierre-Antoine Rampon (FRA)/Loic Minaudier (FRA) Can-Am Maverick R 6hr 24min 28.1sec
35. Paul Spierings (NED)/Dick van Culenborg (NED) Taurus T3 Max 6hr 25min 17.5sec
36. Wilson Galo (POR)/Carlos Paulino (POR) Polaris RXR Professional R Sport 6hr 25min 57.9sec
37. Yasir Seaidan (SAU)/Omar Al-Lahim (SAU) MMP T3 Rally-Raid 6hr 28min 27.2sec
38. Miroslav Zapletal (CZE)/Marek Sykora (SVK) Ford F-150 Evo 6hr 28min 35.1sec*
39. Hamed Al-Wahaibi (OMA)/Ilka Minor (AUT) Can-Am Maverick R 6hr 29min 02.9sec*
40. Paulo Rodrigues (POR)/João Miranda (POR) Can-Am Maverick X3 6hr 29min 52.3sec
41. Nicolas Martinez (FRA)/Loriane Forgues (FRA) G Rally Crew OT3 6hr 29min 58.2sec
42. Eduardo Pons (ESP)/Jaume Betriu (ESP) Taurus T3 Max 6hr 30min 31.0sec
43. Michael Metge (FRA)/Xavier Flick (FRA) Can-Am Maverick X3 XRS Turbo RR 6hr 30min 49.4sec
44. Pedro Gonçalves (POR)/Hugo Magalhães (POR) Taurus T3 Max 6hr 31min 35.7sec
45. Federico Mogni (ESP)/David Nieto (ESP) Polaris RXR Professional R Sport 6hr 36min 41.4sec
46. Alex Toril (ESP)/Daniel Jordão (POR) JMP JMPT T3 6hr 37min 00.8sec
47. Henk Klaassen (NED)/Mark Laan (NED) Taurus T3 Max 6hr 37min 14.8sec
48. Juan Gasso (ESP)/Pol Ros (ESP) G Rally Crew OT3 6hr 37min 19.2sec
49. Diego Martinez (ARG)/Bernardo Graue (ARG) Can-Am Maverick R 6hr 38min 08.8sec*
50. José Maria Nananjo (ESP)/Eduard Ferran (ESP) JMP JMPT T3 6hr 39min 33.7sec
51. Rafa Muñoz (ESP)/Sergio Fernández (ESP) Can-Am Maverick X3 XRS Turbo RR 6hr 41min 44.6sec
52. Amerigo Ventura (ITA)/Erika Mingozzi (ITA) Yamaha YXZ 1000R SS 6hr 45min 24.5sec*
53. Hedda Hosås (NOR)/Harry Stubbs (GBR) Can-Am Maverick X3 XRS Turbo RR 6hr 45min 49.6sec
54. Jesus Calleja (ESP)/Eduardo Blanco (ESP) Century CR7 6hr 46min 28.0sec
55. Mónica Plaza (ESP)/Marta Plaza (ESP) Can-Am Maverick X3 XRS Turbo RR 6hr 47min 00.1sec
56. Ronald Schoolderman (NED)/Mark Salomons (NED) Mitsubishi ASX 6hr 48min 54.3sec
57. Vincent Albira (FRA)/Maxime Albira (FRA) Can-Am Maverick X3 6hr 50min 39.9sec
58. Juan Manuel Maña (ESP)/Giovanni Di Blasi (ESP) Polaris RXR Professional R Sport 6hr 51min 55.5sec
59. Benjamin Favre (FRA)/Thibaud Darroux (FRA) MMP T3 Rally-Raid 6hr 52min 11.7sec
60. Renato Duarte (POR)/Miguel Silva (POR) Polaris RXR Professional R Sport 6hr 54min 04.3sec
61. Marco Pereira (POR)/Eurico Adão (POR) Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR 6hr 54min 10.9sec
62. Sergei Remennik (UAE)/Aleksei Ignatov (KGZ) Taurus T3 Max 7hr 02min 18.4sec*
63. Magdalena Zając (POL)/Czekan Błażej (POL) Toyota Hilux 7hr 02min 21.8sec+
64. José Cami (ESP)/Cristian Cami (ESP) Can-Am Maverick X3 XRS Turbo RR 7hr 04min 27.9sec
65. Afonso Oliveira (POR)/Fabio Belo (POR) Polaris RXR Professional R Sport 7hr 07min 16.8sec+
66. Herlander Araújo (POR)/Tiago Magalhães (POR) Polaris RXR Professional R Sport 7hr 11min 33.5sec
67. Jordi Pons (AND)/Miguel Amblas (ESP) MMP T3 Rally-Raid 7hr 19min 52.6sec
68. Miguel Angel Valero (ESP)/Carlos Ruiz (ESP) VN Competición T34 7hr 20min 11.3sec+
69. Gaël Queralt (ESP)/Marc Solà (ESP) Can-Am Maverick X3 XRS Turbo RR 7hr 21min 45.4sec
70. Agnė Telyčėnaitė (FRA)/Marion Andrieu (FRA) Can-Am Maverick X3 XRS Turbo RR 7hr 47min 05.9sec
71. Fernando Barreiros (POR)/Jose Sá Pires (POR) Isuzu D-Max 7hr 48min 05.8sec*
72. Jedidia Favre (FRA)/Antoine Lecourbe (FRA) MMP T3 Rally-Raid 7hr 48min 45.3sec
73. Barthomiej Wajzer (POL)/Ernest Górecki (POL) Toyota Land Cruiser KDJ 155 7hr 54min 58.8sec+
74. Maria Gameiro (POR)/Rosa Romero (ESP) Mini JCW Rally 3.0d 8hr 25min 37.2sec
75. Emilio Fernandez (CHI)/Ion Del Cid (ESP) Taurus T3 Max 9hr 04min 47.7sec
76. Eryk Goczal (POL)/Szymon Gospodarczyk (POL) Toyota Hilux IMT Evo 10hr 00min 29.6sec
77. Jesus Fuster (ESP)/Joan Rubi (ESP) Herrator Inzane 901 10hr 26min 41.2sec
78. Lőrinc Mészáros (HUN)/Albert Horn (HUN) G Rally Crew OT3 12hr 41min 37.1sec+
79. João Dias (POR)/Rui Pita (POR) Polaris RXR Professional R Sport 12hr 57min 57.0sec
*denotes registered for FIA World Baja Cup
+denotes registered for FIA European Baja Cup
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