Van den Brink and Van Heun win double World Baja Cup title in Dubai

Dutch rally-raid drivers Mitchel van den Brink and navigator Bart van Heun have won both the Challenger class and the overall FIA World Baja Cup after the season-ending Dubai International Baja, according to a report by Nieuws.nl credited to Eurol Rally Sport.

The pair secured the Challenger title after winning their class on the first long stage. Their overall title was confirmed after the final stage, where they finished just two seconds behind Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah, who was driving a more powerful Ultimate-class car.

Van den Brink began the event with a chance of taking both titles. His main rival for the overall crown, Portugal’s Francisco Barreto, was disqualified from the prologue for making pace notes, which the report says were prohibited by the rules. The final overall standings are not detailed in the article.

The report says Van den Brink and Van Heun will receive their titles at the FIA Prize Giving Awards in Shanghai. Van den Brink previously finished second in the 2025 Dakar Rally in the truck category.