Media Information
2017 Baja Poland
31 August 2017
2017 Baja Poland –
Round 9, FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup
.
- Three MINI crews set to contest 2017 Baja Poland.
-
Jakub Przygonski driving a MINI John Cooper Works Rally to
compete in front of his Polish compatriots. -
Polish rally ace
Krzysztof Holowczyc returns to race with MINI at Baja Poland
– an event he has won five times in his former racing career. -
Vladimir Valisyev to challenge for Baja Poland with
co-driver and fellow Russian Konstantin Zhiltsov.
Munich. Poland’s fans of cross-country rally will have a
double-helping of Polish racing stars contesting Baja Poland as part
of the MINI Family. Growing rally star
Jakub Przygonski (POL) – currently second in the
FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup
– and fellow countryman
Krzysztof Holowczyc, who retired from the international rally
stage in 2015, will be in the driving seats of MINI John Cooper
Works Rally cars.
Jakub Przygonski and co-driver Tom Colsoul (BEL) will not only be
driving all out to take the win in the #102 MINI John Cooper Works
Rally, but also taking time to meet the crowds who go a long way to
make Baja Poland an incredible mix of action and fun. There will also
be a great deal of charged emotions from fans and spectators with the
return of Krzysztof Holowczyc, the former international cross-country
rally star who now only competes at Baja Poland, his home race, since
his retirement from fulltime rally duty.
Holowczyc has always said Baja Poland holds a special place in his
heart and would dearly love to take a glorious sixth win at this
event. Together with compatriot Lukasz Kurzeja as co-driver, Holowczyc
in a X-raid Team MINI John Cooper Works Rally (#105) could surprise
everyone as he did last year when he completed 2016 Baja Poland in
second place; only a puncture on the last day robbed him of a certain win.
Joining the two Polish drivers for Baja Poland is the experienced
Russian duo of Vladimir Valisyev and Konstantin Zhiltsov in a MINI
ALL4 Racing (#107) under the banner of G-Energy Team.
Baja Poland is the ninth round of the 2017 FIA Cross Country World
Cup with the action taking place over three days (1-3rd
September). The event’s main staging area will be located in Szczecin,
with designated stages taking place in and around Dobra and Lubieszyn
as well as the military zone in Drawsko Pomorskie. A Super Special
Stage takes place on Friday (1-9-2017) evening to acquire starting
positions for the top ten drivers in the next day’s leg. A total of
840.25km will be covered over three days, of which 496.66km consist of
Special Stages – the racing spectacle!
For more information about 2017 Baja Poland, please visit the hosting
Baja’s home page here.
2017 Baja Poland: MINI line-up