AMMAN (JORDAN): Jordan Motorsport has confirmed that the Jordan Baja will host the second rounds of the FIA World and Middle East Baja Cups and the FIM Bajas World Cup and FIM Asia Bajas Cup on February 12-14.
The Aqaba-based event slots into the calendars two months earlier than 2025 and is one of the last sporting events to run in the region before the start of the Holy Month of Ramadan. It follows swiftly on the heels of the Saudi Baja (January 29th-31st), which hosts the opening round of the respective championships.
Based at the Hyatt Regency Aqaba Ayla Resort for a second time in three years, the three-day off-road event crosses some of the most spectacular terrain on the planet with competitors set to face 472.19 competitive kilometres (subject to FIA approval) and two punishing days of action through southern Jordan’s stunning Wadi Rum desert region.
An Aseza Prologue stage of 15.50km will kickstart the weekend’s action, 58km from Aqaba, on Thursday, February 12th and this paves the way for the first Humaymeh selective section of 245.02km through the Wadi Rum desert on Friday, February 13th.
Day three (Saturday, February 14th) will offers crews a Valentine’s Day to remember and sees them tackling a second shorter desert stage of 211.67km before the podium, prize giving and post-event press conference are held at the Ayla Resort in late afternoon.
In a total route of 821.69km, Jordan Motorsport is planning 472.19 kilometres against the clock with Khaled Zakaria acting as Clerk of the Course of the FIA event in tandem with George Khoury working in a similar role with the FIM event.
