Dubai International Rally/Baja – previous winners
+1981 Tariq Al-Wazzan (KWT)/Tony Samia (LEB) Toyota Celica GT
+1982 (Feb) Abdullah Omar Al-Majid (UAE)/John Daniels (GBR) Datsun Violet GTS
+1982 (December) Chris Wales (GBR)/Mac Cormack (GBR) Datsun Silvia
+1983 Abdullah Omar Al-Majid (UAE)/Hassan Ali bin Shahdoor (UAE) Toyota Celica Group 4
1984 Saeed Al-Hajri(QAT)/John Spiller (GBR) Porsche 911 SC RS
1985 Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE) Hassan Ali Bin Shahdoor (UAE) Toyota Celica Turbo
1986 Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE)/Solve Andreasson (SWE) Toyota Celica Turbo
1987 Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE)/John Spiller (GBR) Toyota Celica Turbo
1988 Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE)/John Spiller (GBR) Toyota Celica Turbo
1989 Björn Waldegård (SWE)/Fred Gallagher (GBR) Toyota Celica GT4
1990 Suhail Khalifa Al-Maktoum (UAE)/Benny Smyth (IRL) Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
1991 Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE)/Ronan Morgan (IRL) Toyota Celica GT4
1992 Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE)/Ronan Morgan (IRL) Toyota Celica GT4
1993 Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE)/Ronan Morgan (IRL) Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1994 Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE)/Ronan Morgan (IRL) Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1995 Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE)/Ronan Morgan (IRL) Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1996 no rally
1997 Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE)/Ronan Morgan (IRL) Ford Escort RS Cosworth
1998 Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE)/Ronan Morgan (IRL) Ford Escort Cosworth WRC
1999 Mohammed Bin Sulayem (UAE)/Ronan Morgan (IRL) Ford Focus WRC
2000 Mohammed Bin Sulayem (UAE)/Ronan Morgan (IRL) Ford Focus WRC
2001 Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE)/Khaled Zakaria (JOR) Ford Focus WRC
2002 Mohammed Ben Sulayem (UAE)/John Spiller (GBR) Ford Focus WRC
2003 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Steve Lancaster (GBR) Subaru Impreza WRC
2004 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Steve Lancaster (GBR) Subaru Impreza WRX
2005 Khaled Al-Qassimi (UAE)/Nick Beech (GBR) Subaru Impreza WRX
2006 Khaled Al-Qassimi (UAE)/Khalid Al-Kendi (UAE) Subaru Impreza WRX
2007 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Chris Patterson (GBR) Subaru Impreza N12
2008 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Chris Patterson (GBR) Subaru Impreza N13
2009 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Giovanni Bernacchini (ITA) Subaru Impreza N14
2010 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Giovanni Bernacchini (ITA) Ford Fiesta S2000
2011 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Giovanni Bernacchini (ITA) Ford Fiesta S2000
2012 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Giovanni Bernacchini (ITA) Ford Fiesta RRC
2013 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Giovanni Bernacchini (ITA) Ford Fiesta RRC
2014 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Giovanni Bernacchini (ITA) Ford Fiesta RRC
2015 Khalid Al-Qassimi (ARE)/Chris Patterson (GBR) Citroën DS3 RRC
Cars
#2016 Sheikh Saeed Al-Maktoum (ARE) Polaris ACE – National Rally and o/a
#2016 Ahmed Al-Maqoodi (ARE) Polaris RZR 1000 T3 – International Rally
2017 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Mathieu Baumel (FRA) Toyota Hilux
2018 Jakub Przygonski (POL)/Tom Colsoul (BEL) Mini John Cooper Works Rally
2019 Jakub Przygonski (POL)/Timo Gottschalk (DEU) Mini John Cooper Works Buggy
2020 Cancelled – Covid-19
2021 Yazeed Al-Rajhi (SAU)/Michael Orr (GBR) Toyota Hilux Overdrive
2022 Eryk Goczal (POL)/Oriol Mena (ESP) Can-Am Maverick Turbo
2023 Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Mathieu Baumel (AND) Prodrive Hunter
FIA T3
2021 Pierre Lachaume (FRA)/Loic Minaudier (FRA) PH-Sport Zephyr
2022 Fernando Alvarez (ESP)/Xavier Panseri (FRA) Can-Am Maverick X3
2023 Otavio Sousa Leite (BRA)/João Ferreira (PRT) Can-Am Maverick X3
FIA T4
2021 Pavel Lebedev (RAF)/Kirill Shubin (RAF) Can-Am Maverick X3
2022 Eryk Goczal (POL)/Oriol Mena (ESP) Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo
2023 João Ferreira (PRT)/Filipe Palmeiro (PRT) Can-Am Maverick XRS Turbo RR
Bikes
#2016 David McBride (GBR) KTM 450 RR
2017 Marck Ackerman (RSA) Husqvarna 450FX
2018 Mohammed Al-Balooshi (ARE) KTM 450
2019 Aaron Mare (ZAF) Husqvarna 450 FC
2020 Cancelled – Covid-19
2021 Sam Smith (GBR) KTM SX-F 450
2022 Tobias Ebster (AUT) Husqvarna FE 450
2023 Mohammed Al-Balooshi (ARE) Yamaha YZF 450
Quads
#2016 Abdulmajeed Al-Khulaifi (SAU) Yamaha YFZ 450
2017 Fahad Al-Musallam (KWT) Yamaha 700 Raptor
2018 Fahad Al-Musallam (KWT) Yamaha 700 Raptor
2019 Khalifa Al-Raisse (ARE) Honda 700 TRX
2020 Cancelled Covid-19
2021 Mansoor Al-Suwaidii (ARE) Yamaha YFZ 450 R
2022 Abdulaziz Al-Ahli (ARE) Yamaha YFZ 450 R
2023 Abdulaziz Ahli (ARE) Yamaha Raptor 700
+ not a round of the MERC
#candidate for the 2017 Gulf Challenge and ran as a Baja for the first time
Round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies in 2017 and 2018.
Round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas in 2019 and 2021 onwards.
Round of the FIM Bajas World Cup in 2021 onwards.