Lithuanian rally driver
Rokas Baciuška
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| Nationality |  Lithuanian |
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| Born | (1999-12-10) 10 December 1999 (age 25)
Tauragė, Lithuania |
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| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
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| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb) |
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| Website | www.rbaciuska.com |
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Rokas Baciuška (pronounced [ɾoːkɐs bɐtsʲʊʃkɐ], born 10 December 1999) is a professional rally driver from Lithuania. He has won the Lithuania Kart racing championship, the European Rallycross Championship in the Super1600 class, and the World Rally-Raid Championship in the T4 SSV class.
Racing career
Early career
Rokas Baciuška started kart racing. at the age of 7.[1] Multiple victories, including the winning of a national title, inspired him to pursue a professional motorsport career. Since then, R. Baciuška has competed in several motorsport disciplines, including rally, rallycross, and rally raid.
Rallycross
Rokas Baciuška competed in the 2018 FIA European Rallycross Championship season, and won Super1600 class title on his first attempt.[2]
Rally raid
At the age of 22 Rokas debuted in 2022 Dakar Rally as the youngest Lithuanian ever to participate in the Dakar rally. Rokas took 3rd place overall in T4 category, and was nominated as a Best rookie.
The 2022 Dakar Rally was the first round of inaugural 2022 World Rally-Raid Championship. Rokas completed the season by taking four podiums, winning 2022 Rallye du Maroc, and winning the championship title in T4 category.[3][4]
His results in 2022 gained him a spot in Red Bull Can-Am Team for the 2023 Dakar Rally. He finished 2nd in the 2023 Dakar Rally in the T4 category, winning prologue, 3 stages and leading at the start of the final day. However, he lost the rally in a cruel manner, losing around twenty minutes due to a broken suspension arm, which needed replacement. The time loss was enough for him to drop down to 2nd place in the general standings.[5]
Racing record
Achievements and Nominations
- Multiple Lithuanian and Baltic States Karting champion
- Twice nominated as Lithuania best racing driver of the year - 2018 and 2019
- European Super1600 RX champion at first attempt - 2018
- First Lithuanian to participate in World RX Championship - 2019
- Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge: 2nd place - 2022
- Rallye du Maroc: 1st place in T4 category - 2022
- Andalucía Rally: 2nd place - 2022
- Dakar Rally: 3rd place in T4 category - 2022
- Dakar Rally: Best Rookie - 2022
- Dakar Rally: youngest Lithuanian to participate in series (22 years old)
- Dakar Rally: s10 and s12 stage winner - 2022 [9][10]
- Dakar Rally: 2nd place in T4 category - 2023
- Dakar Rally: Prologue, s5, s7 and s11 stage winner - 2023
Racing record
Dakar Rally results
Complete World Rally-Raid Championship results
(key)
* Season still in progress
References
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