Bajas

The last round of the Bajas European Championship was held last weekend in Idanha a Nova (Portugal). The final rankings see the following winners for the respective classes: Overall Bike: Richard Hodola (HUN, Yamaha) 119 points B1 class: Andrea Brunod (HUN, Yamaha) 55,5 points B2 class: Rui Costa (POR, Husqvarna) 37.5 points Overall Quad: Lukasz Laskawiec (POL, Yamaha) 122 points Q3 class: Zbigniew Zych (POL, Suzuki) 83.5 points Q4 class: Lukasz Laskawiec (POL, Yamaha) 122 points (UEM Press Release 155/2012)

The third round of the Bajas European Championship was held last weekend in Hungary. The provisional rankings see the following leaders: B1 class: Richard Hodola (HUN, Yamaha) 55.5 points B2 class: Rui Costa (POR, Husqvarna) 37.5 points Q3 class: Zbigniew Zych (POL, Suzuki) 62.5 points Q4 class: Lukasz Laskawiec (POL, Yamaha) 97 points The next round is scheduled on the weekend starting the 29th and 30th of September in Idanha a Nova (Portugal). (UEM Press Release 129/2012)

The round of the Bajas European Championship, scheduled from the 29th of June to the 1st of July in Stalowa Wola (Poland), was suspended due to the tragic accident that caused the death of the Italian rider Andrea Brunod. UEM expresses its deepest condolences to the family, team and friends of the unfortunate rider.

The Bajas European Championship was held yesterday and today in Hajdúszoboszló (Hungary) with the Aqua-Palace Cup, the first round of the 20th anniversary season of the Hungarian Cross-Country Rally Championship. Aqua-Palace Cup is organised for the second time in Hajdúszoboszló, a famous spa town in the Eastern part of Hungary. The event is organised taking full advantage of the location mixing cross-country rally with... wellness! In practice this means that the rally is scheduled in a way to make it possible for the riders and drivers to try the wellness facilities in the evenings. This concept was a great success last year, so this year organisers decided to go on with it. The weekend was characterised with extreme conditions due to heavy rain falls, with tracks becoming more and more muddy and slippery. Among the bikes by the end of the first half of the day Hungarian Richárd Hodola took