2015 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship


The 2015 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship season was the 13th season of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship.
Austria's Matthias Walkner, riding a KTM, was the winner of the championship by 7 points ahead of Great Britain's Sam Sunderland, who also rode a KTM. Walkner won the season's fourth event, the Sardegna Rally Race, while Sunderland was the winner of the final event, the Rallye OiLibya du Maroc. Third place in the championship, 11 points further behind Sunderland, went to the best-placed Honda rider, Paulo Gonçalves. Defending champion Marc Coma finished fourth, after announcing his retirement midway through the season – he was the only rider to win more than one event, winning the first two events at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge and the Sealine Cross-Country Rally. Two other riders won races in 2015; Pablo Quintanilla won his home event at the Atacama Rally, and Poland's Jakub Piątek won the Rallye des Pharaons.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2015 season featured six rallies. Some of the rallies were also part of FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup. The Atacama Rally replaced Rallye dos Sertões for the 2015 season.
RoundDatesRally name
127 March – 2 April Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge
220–24 April Sealine Cross-Country Rally
312–16 May Rallye des Pharaons
46–11 June Sardegna Rally Race
530 August – 5 September Atacama Rally
63–9 October Rallye OiLibya du Maroc

Results

Championship standings

Riders' championship

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th+
Points201715131110987654321

PosRiderABU
QAT
PHA
SAR
CHL
MAR
Points
1 Matthias Walkner31471212822322390
2 Sam Sunderland22361331912883
3 Paulo Gonçalves30431941651431972
4 Marc Coma12812851470
5 Pablo Quintanilla319514174128Ret368
6 Mohammed Al Balooshi613109319811Ret355
7 Jakub Piątek34491012859412854
8 Jordi Viladoms416712416Ret347
9 Rubén Faria416Ret381151444
10 Armand Monleón38381122337