Dos Hermanas will host the results of the Cross Country Rally World Championship.

3rd edition of “Andalusia Rally”The fourth and last valid test of World Rally Championship “Cross Country” The FIA ​​and FIM, from this Wednesday to Sunday, the car and motorcycle titles will be contested, with pilots of French stature taking part Sebastian Loeb (Bahrain Raid Extreme).

Starting in the city of Dos Hermanas (Seville), the epicenter of the five stages, followed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan and Morocco, it is the only European test of the FIA-FIM World Championships. .

in the car category robeThe nine-time World Touring Car Champion is second to leaders Qatar with 122 points. Nasser al-Attiyah Toyota Gazoo Racing has won the Dakar Rally three times and is the top overall ranking with 144 points.

Chilean in the T3 category Francisco Chaleco Lopez 182 points ahead of the Spaniard Christina Gutierrezdefending champions and 154 contenders.

british on a bike Sam Sunderland (GasGas Factory Racing), a two-time Dakar winner and top of the qualifying table with 74 points, are the prime contenders for the Chilean to replace him. Paul Quintanilla (Monster Energy Honda), 52 and 2-time World Champion in “Cross Country”.

The Andalusian Rally has 2,078 kilometers of route, the third edition has 1,175 timed sections, and for the first time the province of Cádiz is included as the main venue, as the previous two editions had their headquarters in Villamartín (Cádiz). Is not … .

The first stage (1A) is scheduled for a 12-kilometer route between Dos Hermanas and the same Seville town, with the Great Hippodrome of Andalusia being the center of operations for the entire championship.

On Thursday, Stage 1B is scheduled for over 315 kilometers in the mountains south of Seville. The second stage took place in Malaga on Friday, measuring 228 hours of the route through the Gualdarhorz valley and the Antequera region.

on Saturday, rally Facing the third and penultimate stage of over 473 kilometers (333 hours in total) in Huelva county, on Sunday the final route reaches La Janda (Cádiz) 126 kilometers below the clock.

The final stage of the first season of the World Rally Raid Championship (W2RC 2022) will take place two weeks after the Morocco Rally.

The 3rd Andalusia Rally, originally scheduled for early June, had to be postponed to October due to the high risk of fire in Europe and running through the summer.