When the 2023 FIM Bajas World Cup started with the Saudi Baja in early February, the Dubai Worldwide Baja was set as the ultimate spherical however with no confirmed date. The final three races had their slots set in stone on Monday, with Dubai being bumped to the penultimate race whereas the Jordan Baja is now the finale.
The Jordan Baja was initially deliberate for two–4 November however has been pushed again to 23–25 November. Dubai’s date was listed as TBA in December however will now be on 9–1 November. Whereas the FIM’s high cross-country championship swaps Jordan and Dubai, the FIA’s World Cup for Cross-Nation Bajas remains to be at present set to hit each rounds in that order to shut out its season, with each sanctioning our bodies’ Jordan Baja being collectively however the FIA’s Dubai Worldwide Baja on 1–3 December.
Additionally locked in with a date is the Baja do Oesta in Portugal, now set for six–8 October. It’s the second-to-last spherical of the Portugal All-Terrain Championship (Campeonato Portugal de Todo-o-terreno, CPTT). Whereas the CPTT primarily competes in Portugal, it additionally has a spherical in Spain with the Baja TT Dehesa Extremadura that the FIM Bajas World Cup can even run in April.
The FIA and FIM World Cups, which aren’t to be confused with the co-sanctioned World Rally-Raid Championship, has 4 rounds collectively: the Saudi Baja, the Qatar Worldwide Baja, the Baja España Aragón, and the Jordan Baja.
Of the eight rounds, six will depend for the championship with a rider’s two worst outcomes dropped. Mohammed Al-Balooshi gained the FIM Bajas World Cup opener in Saudi Arabia.